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The Phillips Universal Remote can be bought as a useful alternative to a mess of electronics remotes for your entertainment center. Instead of separate remotes for your TV, VCR, DVD player and stereo, you can control all of these components with one universal remote. Programming your universal remote is very simple. more »
Universal remote controls are remote controls that can be programmed to operate a variety of brands of consumer electronics. These universal remote controls often replace factory issued remotes that have been lost or misplaced. Some universal remote controls can control only one device, but higher-end models can control many... more »
Universal Remote Controls are devices that are designed to operate multiple electronic devices from different manufacturers simultaneously. A Universal Remote can be convenient if you have a TV from one manufacturer, a DVD player from another, and a surround sound system from another. Instead of using three different remotes to... more »
Jensen universal remote controls are a personal electronic device used for controlling many home products. Jensen is a popular brand of consumer and home gadgets, and their universal remote control can be used with televisions, DVD players, VCRs, DVRs, cable inputs, audio devices, and other home equipment. Codes can be programmed into... more »
A universal remote control can be easily programmed to simultaneously operate different types of electronics devices, from TVs to stereos to DVD players without regard to the model or brand. These remotes look like and have similar button layouts to normal remote controls that may come with a TV or DVD player, and are used in the... more »
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An AT&T, also known as ATT, universal remote can replace the remote you use to control your television set, DVD player, cable box or other... more »
RCA universal remotes are remotes than can control several different devices, such as a TV, VCR and stereo. Once programmed, you don't need to use... more »
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Universal remote controls have become quite common over the last decade. They are user-friendly and easy to program and operate. This article will... more »
A universal remote is a remote control that can be programmed to operate various brands of one or more types of consumer electronics devices. Low-end universal remotes can only control a set number of devices determined by their manufacturer, while mid- and high-end universal remotes allow the user to program in new control codes to the remote. Many remotes sold with various electronic devices include universal remote capabilities for other types of devices, which allow the remote to control other devices beyond the device it came with. For example, a VCR remote may be programmed to operate various brands of televisions. Because programming a universal remote can be a fairly complex procedure, it is most often performed by technically-minded individuals, although non-technical users can often operate the remote after it has been programmed.
History
On 30 May 1985, Philips, through Magnavox, introduced the first universal remote (U.S. Pat. #4774511).
In 1985, William "Russ" McIntyre, a software engineer with North American Philips Consumer Electronics (Magnavox, Sylvania, and Philco) developed the first universal remote control along with two colleagues. Shortly after development was completed and patent applications filed, Magnavox initiated the "Smart, Very Smart" campaign, coining the smart axiom. McIntyre has claimed that the primary design challenge was fitting the well-crafted, tight code into an extremely limited memory space. There are at least 2 subsequent patents which follow: US Pat. 4703359, on November 20, 1988 and US Pat. 4951131, in 1989.
In 1987, the first programmable universal remote control was released. It was created by CL 9, a startup founded by Steve Wozniak, the inventor of the Apple II.
In March 1987, Steve Ciarcia published an article in Byte Magazine entitled Build a Trainable Infrared Master Controller, which described a universal remote with the ability to upload the settings to a computer."ciarcia">C read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal+remote
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