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Post 1 made on Wednesday January 7, 2009 at 22:39
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I will be buying a digtal converter in the next few days for my 90 year old aunt and I will need a VERY simple remote (pwr/vol/ch is really all she needs :-)). Any suggestions? She is in a fringe area and will need one that can pull in weak stations.

I already have a DishTV PalPlus converter that I had hoped to give her but there is no way she will ever use that remote. But I wonder if there is a universal remote that will control that box?

...or is there another brand converter box which CAN be controlled by a simple UR to replace the remote that comes with the box?

I do have the govt coupon so it would be nice to buy one that I can use that with.

Any help will be appreciated. Is this the right forum for this?
Thanks!
Doug
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Post 2 made on Thursday January 8, 2009 at 18:27
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Any learning remote will work that, as it's IR controlled. Look at the Sony RM-VL710. It's discontinued but still readily available. Fairly simple, big buttons, and not a lot of clutter.

It will be able to control any IR device.

The DTVPal and especially the Plus are supposed to be very good for fringe reception.

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Post 3 made on Thursday January 8, 2009 at 19:13
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On Thursday January 8, 2009 at 18:27, OTAHD said...
Any learning remote will work that, as it's IR controlled. Look at the Sony RM-VL710. It's discontinued but still readily available. Fairly simple, big buttons, and not a lot of clutter.

It will be able to control any IR device.

The DTVPal and especially the Plus are supposed to be very good for fringe reception.

The sony rm-vl710 is NO where to be found, thats a pity too, its great remote.

You could get the rm-vl600, yes its 8 device remote, but program a single device, dumb it down however you wish. Once its set to the way you like it, then you can clone that device to other 7 devices. so you'll have 8 devices all the same.
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Post 4 made on Thursday January 8, 2009 at 19:37
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Wow...only a few months ago they were all over ebay!

VL-600 is a good remote too, can be programmed relatively foolproof for this situation, but is smaller in button size and a tad more cluttered. Although don't let the extra buttons scare you, you can program them to do nothing so that they won't screw anything up.

RM-VL600 picture:
http://www.remotecentral.com/vl600/photo01.htm

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Post 5 made on Friday January 9, 2009 at 19:34
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Are the DTVPal codes preprogrammed or will I need to learn them?
...and thank you VERY much for your responses.
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Post 6 made on Friday January 9, 2009 at 19:34
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...PS: I also have the Zenith DTT901 box that I will try.
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Post 7 made on Friday January 9, 2009 at 22:17
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Chances are you'll need to learn them, as the converter boxes are very new. Shouldn't be too much of a hassle though.

Actually, I'd recommend learning anyway, so you only learn the buttons that are necessary, leaving out the ones that can screw things up.

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