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It's not focused! Could somebody with macro on his digital camera take a new photo and replace it?
-- Miceagol 2006 Dec 8
I suspect this article's flow would benefit greatly from the introduction of section headers. I'd suggest starting with "Function" and moving on to "History". Any other ideas?
-- Ventura 23:49, 2004 Nov 22 (UTC)
Are console controllers i.e. Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo etc.. considered to be remote controllers?
-- Unrelated, 2005 Feb 05 <USA>
shouldn't the "wiimote" get a mention?
Info about standards for consumer remote controls is missing. RC5 and RECS 80 appear to be some?
-- Bypasser
This may (or may not) be the same thing, but I came here trying to understand how the codes one enters into a universal remote work. How are the codes created? Surely each manufacturer of universal remotes doesn't have to get a remote control for every device made by every equipment manufacturer and extract the UV signal from them. Hopefully somebody can add that to the main page and then delete this request. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki name (talk • contribs) 02:10, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
"To that end, designers of the TiVo remote control replaced the standard columns of buttons on a black rectangle with a distinctive peanut shaped design that has been well received by its users [2]. This design, which has spawned several imitations, is likely to change the way consumer electronics designers approach the remote." So the Tivo has a different shape. How does this address the button issue? --Gbleem 17:33, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
Add example of bits and bytes sent to do a command like change to channel 54.
After looking at the article, it seems like a "Telecommand" is a much broader term than "remote control", especially in American English. A "remote control", or simple "remote" is usually used only to describe a simple device used to control home electronics. You would hardly call a device that launches missiles a "remote control". If you have a remote that can do that though, please let me know ;-) (Patrick 08:29, 13 May 2006 (UTC))
We should take a vote on it and either proceed with the merger or remove the merger request templates, so both articles can be cleaned up, any suggestions? (Patrick 12:57, 14 May 2006 (UTC))
Although the idea seems to be dead in the water so to speak, I'd like to express support for keeping the two articles separate, or even merging telecommand into remote control. "Telecommand" refers to a command sent by a remote control device, and does not refer to the concept of remote control of a device using a signal of some sort. As such, if anything, "telecommand" belongs as a topic in the remote control article. "Remote control" not only refers to the concept of controlling remotely, but also to the device used for that purpose, as well as serving as a description of the device and the device it controls. E.g. The TV's functions can be operated by remote control (the concept), using the remote control (the actual handheld control), and is a remote control TV (the type of TV in terms of how it can be operated). As a side note, we would do well to remember that many of the great leaps forward in science have come from realising that two apparently different things are in fact the same or different aspects of the same thing, e.g. falling apples and orbiting planets are both controlled by gravity. Electricity and magnetism are different aspects of electromagnetism, and light is the propagation of the electromagnetic force. Telecommand is any command sent by remote control. Special:Contributions/58.175.171.223|58.175.171.223]] (talk) 01:25, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
I remember having a Zenith Commander remote in the 60's, and we also experienced the problem of interference -- the bell in our old telephone could trigger the On/Off/Volume sensor, and our dog's choker chain jingling would change the channel. I don't know if I can formulate this kind of personal anecdote into acceptably "encyclopedic" form, though I wonder if the current example of the xylophone interfering was also a personal anecdote? --Birdbrainscan 19:44, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
I remember my dad changing the channel of my grandfather's television by shaking his key ring. In addition, shaking the chain holding the weights on the cuckoo clock worked. I also remember, as a kid, being able to hear the tone--kids ears being more sensitive at high frequency than adults (pre-Walkman era). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.1.89 (talk) 22:35, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
I think the original name was Space Commander, and was changed later to just Space Command. I have photos of both. Rees11 20:17, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
That does make sense, but I'm not sure it explains why later remotes were labeled "Space Command." See this one for example:
www.flickr.com/photos/15692756@N00/1524813919/[1]
Rees11 01:10, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
Actually, the first remote was officially called "Lazy Bones" and was introduced in 1950. See for example Five Decades of Channel Surfing: History of the TV Remote Control [2]. Rees11 (talk) 14:05, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Are the last 2 lines of the toys section neccesary?
You get RC planes of all sizes. The smallest has a wingspan of 8 cm and the biggest one is over 5 metres long.
Although remote controlled planes are very fun, there is a trick in how to fly it and people who want to begin this hobby has to read the forums on which plane to buy and how to fly it.
munchman | talk; 12:57, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
I can't find a page describing the standard symbols such as the play symbol, fast-forward symbol, etc. Are these formal standards or just de-facto standards? —Ben FrantzDale (talk) 15:51, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Ladies and Gentlemen, as stated in the subject of this post, the "TOYS" section needs some work. I've been an RC Aircraft hobbiest for the last 30 years (5 years in RC aircraft), and I would be happy to clean it up for you. However, I didn't want to just start editing, without the approval of those who are here.
Some things I would change:
I look forward to your comments, and will be happy to edit the article if you allow me to.
Thank you. 70.169.212.130 (talk) 15:26, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
This article seems to miss mentioning 'remotes' that are integral to headphone cords in Walkmen, PSP and similar devices. 220.101.28.25 (talk) 12:52, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
Pong- the game in which people first used joysticks- was a basic game that was based on ping-pong.
Pong used joysticks? And do gaming joysticks really qualify as remote controls? 68.239.116.212 (talk) 04:17, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
I suggest create a replacement section in the article, about open-air hand-gesture controlled television. Makers include GestureTek, Softkinetic, Canesta and Hitachi, Samsung and Microsoft... Related terms : gesture-based user interface, gesture control, transparent AMOLED, transparent OLED, Project Natal. Regards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamiltha (talk • contribs) 16:33, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
much of this article isn't really appropriate to an encylopaedia - much of the article is written as though the only kind of remote control is the one for a television. It's also inappropriate to have some handyman's tips for how he fixed his TV remote. Most of the article is irrelevant chit chat that just doesn't belong in an encyclopaedia. Owen214 (talk) 08:32, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
This needs to be split up - it's rather silly to be talking about changing TV channels across the living room and launching Hellfire missiles deep in Pakistan under the same heading. I don't know what we'd call two articles - perhaps group the stuff on TV and other household electronics devices under Remote control (consumer electronics) and leave Remote control for vehicles, industrial and military applications.But of course I'm a dangerous menace to the very foundations of Wikipedia, so I'd appreciate some other comments before I become bold and split the article. --Wtshymanski (talk) 14:08, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
I support keeping the two together, if only to remind readers that they are fundamentally the same thing, and that "remote control" does not only refer to the small handheld device used to change TV channels, and that, indeed, it is not just a noun. Before Newton, one would also have said that it is silly to speak of falling apples and orbiting planets under same heading of "gravity". (58.175.171.223 (talk) 01:10, 20 December 2015 (UTC)).
The article should mention that batteries aren't the only way to charge the remote. Sometimes, remotes are charged by using a device which the remotes stands on, which charges it (it may also be charged using batteries). It's usually common on video game consoles. Galzigler (talk) 16:35, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
What ever happened to UHF remotes, like what Dish Network uses for Dual TV receivers. The receiver has an antenna, and the remote sends the commands via analog signals to the receiver. There should be a section on that. --Danielh32 (talk) 02:08, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
Many early VCRs and CATV boxes came with wired remotes, which is a redlink, and there is no mention of them in this article. Would anyone object if I added a short section? And maybe dig up some at a thrift store/flea market to photograph. Westin Dodger 12:58, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
Although the infrared LED does visibly illuminate any object, in a dark room, with the LED close to and directly in front of the eye, it is quite easy to see the deep red glow it produces. (58.175.171.223 (talk) 01:04, 20 December 2015 (UTC))
On some low-end devices, the remote control is not merely a convenience feature, it's required to operate the device, as essentially all controls have been removed from the device itself. A number of low-end TVs have done this, for example. It may be appropriate to modify the above statement in the lead. Rwessel (talk) 17:03, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
I think this would be better renamed 'remote control (consumer electronics)' or somethign like that; remote control should be the disambiguation, because there are so many uses and contexts for the term. remote control should redirect to something describing all forms of remote control ('teleoperated'?), which points back at remote control (consumer electronics). Results in easily creating the wrong links. I did this (drone -> remote control and aircraft..), and corrected my mistake, but it if was disambugation, it would have been easier to catch.