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T&T: Fwd: Changing a IR remote comtrol to a RF control

From: Gregory Han (no email)
Date: Tue Jan 03 2006 - 18:37:28 EST

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    Oh Yeah - what a tease

    http://www.weaknees.com/rf_remote_details.php?code=139125

    Price $49

    manufacturer http://www.nghp.net/

    Search google for remote control extender and you will get other options

    Greg Han

    On 1/3/06, <> wrote:
    >
    > Greg,
    > Manufacturer? Model? Link?
    >
    > Eric Thompson
    > S/V Procrastinator
    > South San Francisco
    >
    >
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "Gregory Han" < >
    > To: "GARY RITZMAN" <>;
    > < >
    > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:40 PM
    > Subject: T&T: Changing a IR remote comtrol to a RF
    > control
    >
    >
    > > I just bought a gizmo that will allow you to
    > convert any remote control
    > > that will only work with IR into a control that
    > will operate in any room.
    > > I have my TIVO in the saloon and TVs in the
    > pilothouse and the Main
    > > stateroom.
    > >
    > > It is truly ingenious the way it works.
    > >
    > > The unit consists of a IR eye that sits in the
    > room with the TV. In the
    > > standard TV remote control you replace one of
    > the batteries with a special
    > > AAA sized sleve which is an RF transmitter which
    > holds a special
    > > rechargeable battery that makes the pair into a
    > AAA battery. If your control
    > > uses AA there is another sleve that transforms
    > the pair into a AA battery
    > > size. A spare special size rechageable battery
    > sits in the 'eye' unit ready
    > > for use.
    > >
    > > Hope you can follow that. Anyway the
    > installation takes about 30 seconds. It
    > > operates my regular cable DVR flawlessly from
    > across the house. I will
    > > install on the boat later this month.
    > >
    > >
    > > --
    > > Greg and Susan Han
    > > Allegria Krogen Whaleback #16
    > >
    > >
    > > On 12/3/05, GARY RITZMAN <>
    > wrote:
    > > >
    > > > Wow, the questiuon about how to wire speakers
    > to two amps got a lot of
    > > > suggestions. We can only hope to be so lucky!
    > Our issue is this: We want
    > > > to have one radio in the saloon and we have
    > two speakers in the saloon
    > > > and two on the fly bridge. We control the
    > volume above and below
    > > > seperately by use of the fader (front-lower
    > and rear-upper). We once had
    > > > a wired remote that included fade control but
    > that radio died and we have
    > > > not been able to find another radio that has
    > either a wired remote that
    > > > includes fader control or a non line of sight
    > remote control. So the
    > > > question is this: what volume control would
    > work on the fly bridge to
    > > > control the volume of those two speakers
    > (maybe just leave their volume
    > > > up at the radio and then lower it as needed on
    > the bridge).
    > > >
    > > > PS No man is an island but my Admiral says
    > that occaisionally we can be
    > > > atolls.
    > > >
    > > > Gary Ritzman, M/V Dharma, Albin 40, Mercer
    > Island WA (In the very very
    > > > dangerous Pacific Nothwest)
    > > >
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    Greg and Susan Han
    Allegria Krogen Whaleback #16
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