john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) (01/17/86)
After reading several net articles about the GE programmable remote and its memory, I have one question... How do you resolve conflicts between two devices which use the same IR signal for different purposes? When I used to work in the TV department of a department store, I remember seeing times when two adjacent sets would use the same signal for different purposes- on one TV, the channel would step while on the other, the volume would increase. How does the GE (or GE owners) resolve this? -- Name: John Ruschmeyer US Mail: Monmouth College, W. Long Branch, NJ 07764 Phone: (201) 571-3451 *** NEW NUMBER *** UUCP: ...!vax135!petsd!moncol!john ...!princeton!moncol!john ...!pesnta!moncol!john CLUE: This movie was based on a board game. I would rather have seen a movie version of Scrabble. -Stuart Klein, WNEW-TV
ron@brl-smoke.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (01/20/86)
> When I used to work in the TV department of a department store, I remember > seeing times when two adjacent sets would use the same signal for different > purposes- on one TV, the channel would step while on the other, the volume > would increase. How does the GE (or GE owners) resolve You don't have too. If you have two devices that act on the same signal you lose whether you use the GE or the individual remote controls from each one. -Ron
rep@panda.UUCP (Pete Peterson) (01/21/86)
In article <607@moncol.UUCP> john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) writes: >After reading several net articles about the GE programmable remote and its >memory, I have one question... > >How do you resolve conflicts between two devices which use the same IR >signal for different purposes? > >When I used to work in the TV department of a department store, I remember >seeing times when two adjacent sets would use the same signal for different >purposes- on one TV, the channel would step while on the other, the volume >would increase. How does the GE (or GE owners) resolve this? > Except for the fact that somebody mentioned that the GE unit appeared to be less directional than others, I don't see why this should be more of a problem with the GE unit than with the normal IR remote controls. It is, however, a real problem. A friend of mine has a VCR and a cable box both of which have remote controls. From time to time when he attempts some remote function on the VCR, the TV set will turn off because the VCR remote control activates the POWER OFF function of the cable box. Perhaps what's needed is some kind of prefix code in new remote control designs so that a particular unit responds only to commands directed at it. pete peterson