How many remotes?

[Hi Ho]

Are you referring to the Dish Network 811? If that's the case, it uses IR and UHF, not RF. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any universal devices that can transmit via UHF.

Leave it to Dish to utilize UHF instead of something much more common like RF... -TD

It doesn't matter if it uses RF or UFH. A universal remote with RF still could not directly control it via radio frequencies. The FCC doesn't allow this. The remote can communicate only with it's base station which sends IR signals to the components.

 

[tomd51]

Thanks for the clarification on this, I thought that's what you were saying earlier but this makes sense.

So if the receiver/pre-pro manufacturer were responsible for making the remote itself, they could implement RF, correct? -TD

 

[MDS]

So if the receiver/pre-pro manufacturer were responsible for making the remote itself, they could implement RF, correct? -TD

Correct and some older receivers ('70s) used RF frequencies for their remote. I don't think it's very common these days.

 

[bandphan]

hughs was using some rf remotes, until 03, what a pain for intergration.

 

[Lawman82]

3 in the mans room.

I just purchase a universal remote to get rid of my three in the den, I just have been able to program it yet, got it on a closeout sale, no manual, so if anyone is using a ARR-1540 form Acoustic Research, please let me know.

 

[selkec]

I use the Harmony 676 to control all my equipment. It works really good with my sony dvd player that holds 400 dvds. It actually allows me to do more than the remote that came with the sony player. It even stores all the movies in it so with the touch of a button it will play that movie and put all equipment on the right settings.