"Peter" wrote

Unless you are pulling our legs, how common is it for an entertainment
receiver to use an RF based remote? I thought they were all IR.

Both are IR

On 6/6/2010 3:19 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

"Peter" wrote

Unless you are pulling our legs, how common is it for an entertainment
receiver to use an RF based remote? I thought they were all IR.

Both are IR

Another respondent suggested returning the home entertainment system and getting
another brand.

I suspect that any thermostat modern enough to have an IR remote control feature
probably is also fully programmable, and the need to manually over-ride the
program on an ongoing basis is like to be minimal if you've set the programs for
your customized circumstances. I suggest that unless a member of your household
has a physical limitation that really makes the remote control operation of the
thermostat important, you might want to forsake that feature and put a small
amount of opaque tape over the IR sensor on the thermostat.

"Peter" wrote in message
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On 6/6/2010 3:19 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

"Peter" wrote

Unless you are pulling our legs, how common is it for an entertainment
receiver to use an RF based remote? I thought they were all IR.

Both are IR

Another respondent suggested returning the home entertainment system and
getting another brand.

I suspect that any thermostat modern enough to have an IR remote control
feature probably is also fully programmable, and the need to manually
over-ride the program on an ongoing basis is like to be minimal if you've
set the programs for your customized circumstances. I suggest that unless
a member of your household has a physical limitation that really makes the
remote control operation of the thermostat important, you might want to
forsake that feature and put a small amount of opaque tape over the IR
sensor on the thermostat.

You missed the part about being a room AC. It is not a thermostat it is the
unit itself controlled by a remote. off/on, temperature fan/cool

The TV volume can be controlled with the cable box remote so it is only when
using the BluRay Disc that I'll be using the receiver volume with a remote.
The AC is only in the window a few months of the year so it is not difficult
to work around the few times needed. Duct tape can fix anything. .

On 6/6/2010 3:40 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

"Peter" wrote in message
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On 6/6/2010 3:19 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

"Peter" wrote

Unless you are pulling our legs, how common is it for an entertainment
receiver to use an RF based remote? I thought they were all IR.

Both are IR

Another respondent suggested returning the home entertainment system
and getting another brand.

I suspect that any thermostat modern enough to have an IR remote
control feature probably is also fully programmable, and the need to
manually over-ride the program on an ongoing basis is like to be
minimal if you've set the programs for your customized circumstances.
I suggest that unless a member of your household has a physical
limitation that really makes the remote control operation of the
thermostat important, you might want to forsake that feature and put a
small amount of opaque tape over the IR sensor on the thermostat.

You missed the part about being a room AC. It is not a thermostat it is
the unit itself controlled by a remote. off/on, temperature fan/cool

The TV volume can be controlled with the cable box remote so it is only
when using the BluRay Disc that I'll be using the receiver volume with a
remote. The AC is only in the window a few months of the year so it is
not difficult to work around the few times needed. Duct tape can fix
anything. .
Sorry for the inaccurate read, of your initial inquiry, but the principle behind
my suggestion (above) remains the same. I assume that the window A/C unit has
controls directly on it. Would it be a big sacrifice to cover the IR sensor on
the A/C unit and control the unit directly?

I'm suggesting that if you've set the temperature (thermostat) control on the
A/C unit to suit your comfort, you probably only want to turn the unit on when
that area is hot and occupied, and not run it if that area gets too hot but it
is unoccupied. So, when you plan to occupy the area instead of turning on the
unit with the A/C's remote, you manually turn on the A/C. You remain in the
area for whatever activities you normally do there. When you would normally
turn the unit off using the A/C's remote control, you turn it off on the unit
itself, rather than by using the A/C's remote control. You say that it is a
window unit, you can probably easily reach the manual controls on it unless as I
mentioned above there are physical limitation issues that for personal privacy
reasons, you would rather not mention here. You end up keeping both the A/C and
your new equipment that you probably like and for which you probably spent a
good amount of time researching before you bought it.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:

"Peter" wrote

Unless you are pulling our legs, how common is it for an entertainment
receiver to use an RF based remote? I thought they were all IR.

Both are IR

Not that this sheds any light on it, but a few yr ago I had a similar
problem. I bought an electric space heater with a remote, for my
computer room/den. Turns out that the remote from my Motorola DVR would
also trigger the heater! The heater would respond randomly to various
buttons, and then once it started doing that, would randomly change
settings even if a button hadn't been pushed. Weird thing was that if I
power failed the heater and then didn't use its own remote, it wouldn't
react to the Moto one, but if I once used its own remote to fire it up,
it would start reacting to the Moto.

Never could figure it out, and either could the heater company. I
finally just quit using its own remote, and just turned it off and on
manually, and it never misbehaved again.

"Peter" wrote
Sorry for the inaccurate read, of your initial inquiry, but the principle
behind my suggestion (above) remains the same. I assume that the window
A/C unit has controls directly on it. Would it be a big sacrifice to
cover the IR sensor on the A/C unit and control the unit directly?

Its really not a big deal, I thought it funny after I found what was going
on. The AC gets turned on, later turned off and is rarely ever adjusted.
Same with the sound level as that control is usually only use with an input
aside from the cable box. . I'll either tape over it or make some provision
for the few times they may interfere.

On Jun 6, 10:25*pm, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
"Peter" wrote

Sorry for the inaccurate read, of your initial inquiry, but the principle
behind my suggestion (above) remains the same. *I assume that the window
A/C unit has controls directly on it. *Would it be a big sacrifice to
cover the IR sensor on the A/C unit and control the unit directly?

Its really not a big deal, I thought it funny after I found what was going
on. *The AC gets turned on, later turned off and is rarely ever adjusted.
Same with the sound level as that control is usually only use with an input
aside from the cable box. . *I'll either tape over it or make some provision
for the few times they may interfere.

If you can find the ir pickup on the ac you could try gluing a small
tube over it. That would keep it from reponding to stray ir as
easily. You would need to point the control more directly in front of
it then.