Denon PMA-1500R remote control (RC837)

[Biusa]

Hello everyone,

This is my first post on the audioholics forums. I would love to get some help with the following problem:

I've gotten the Denon PMA-1500R amplifier for a bargain price second hand. I however do not have the original remote control for it. As you probably know it's an oldish model, so it's not very easy to get a new remote control for it - and I do not even want to get one.
I am thinking about buying a one-for-all universal remote control to handle all my electronic devices. It would be easy to "teach" the new remote the tricks of the old ones', but in my case this is not possible. I am not 100% certain whether the IR-codes for the PMA-1500R's remote control (rc837 afaik) can be downloaded from the companys' site. They can, however, be manually added for the remote if you have the codes.
I do not have a problem operating the amplifier manually without a remote control. The problem is that when I power up the amplifier it goes to stand by mode and I can't do anything without powering it on using the remote control (which I do not have ).

So my question is:
Does any of you who read the forum have the IR-codes present for the RC837 or are you familiar with operating the PMA-1500R with a universal remote control (one for all, etc).
Also if you know of any "tricks" how to power it on without the proper remote control, I could test a few sets of speakers I have here laying around...
Any help concerning this problem would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

 

[MDS]

A good place to check if the codes are available is http://www.remotecentral.com.

Nearly all universal remotes come with a built-in database of pre-programmed codes and there is a good chance that one of them has the codes you need. Your best options are the Harmony from Logitech or the Home Theater Master remotes from Universal Remote Control (my preference is the HTM remotes). There is also a site (URL may or may not be exactly correct but you can search for it) called replacementremotes.com that sells original equipment remotes for older equipment.

Sometimes the inexpensive One-For-All brand remotes have the codes for older equipment built in and you can buy one of them 8811 or 8810w (same thing but sold at Walmart, hence the w suffix) and use that to teach your remote.

Lastly, if you want to pony up the big bucks for the super advanced remotes that can be programmed via an application on the computer, like the 800 and above HTM remotes, you can import codes in practically any format - even raw Hex codes if you can find the codes and for that I would again suggest Remote Central as the most likely source of such codes if they exist.