[sci.electronics] VCRPlus Code Clues!

john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III) (05/24/91)

In article <1991May19.042753.9148@anomaly.sbs.com> mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes:
> ken@wybbs.mi.org (Ken) writes:
>
> > VCR Plus is a small handheld remote that will control your VCR. "Ah, you
> > say!" "I already have a remote for my VCR." Well, there exists a sizable
> > portion of our society that cannot operate their remotes.

> Isn't the whole point of this thread useless then? After all, if someone has
> a VCR Plus because they are too stupid to learn how to program their VCR, I
> really doubt they will be able to decrypt the programming algorithm used.....

The thing is that the codes are only available for money.  You have to buy
TV guide or a Newspaper to get the popular codes, and call a 900 number to
get some of the more obscure codes.  The idea then is to make up a chart
of codes or a small computer program to generate them for free.  Check over
in sci.electonics, the first 100 codes have already been broken, and I
hear that codes 100-1000 are on the way.

-john-

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