Posted by Gary on 07/06/06 01:35

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"Dave Farrance" <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi. I'm in an email conversation with somebody that's trying to program
> special key-function codes into a One-For-All-4 universal remote, a
> URC-7740, so that they can convert their Sony RDR-GX120 DVD-recorder to
> region-free.
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> Unfortunately, the conversation is extremely slow-going, and I don't
> yet know if the URC-7740 takes 3-digit or 5-digit key-function codes.
> (Typically, the older OFAs use 3 digits and the newest use 5 digits.)
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> Can anybody that owns a URC-7740 help me out here please?
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> A URC-7740:
> http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5344905.htm
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> The Sony hack:
> http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=214244
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> To check if the OFA takes 3 or 5 digit codes, you do the following.
>
> * Press the DVD button
> * Hold the "magic" key until a double flash occurs on the DVD button.
> * Enter 994 and watch for a double flash
> * Press "magic" once without holding it
> * With about 1 second between each key-press, enter: 0 0 0 0 0 0
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> Did a double flash occur after the 4th or the 6th zero? If it's the
> former, then the OFA takes 3-digit codes and if it's the latter, then
> it takes 5-digit codes.
>
> (To restore the "0" key to normal: hold-magic ** 994 ** 0 0 **)
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> Dave Farrance
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