Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 06/18/07 22:37

On 6/05/2007, Dietmar Haltermann posted this:
> Ken Maltby wrote:
>> "Dietmar Haltermann" <maxhalt@hugonet.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:f3tc5i$juv$1@news-01.bur.connect.com.au...
>>> Hi all,
>>> This problem has been with me for almost a full year.
>>>
>>> My girlfriend has a TEAC TV Model CT-M5929STC.
>>> During burglary all portable stuff like DVD, cordless phone,
>>> VCR and ALL remotes were stolen. Her TV is ok, was too heavy.
>>>
>>> But without the remote the TV is almost unusable and here
>>> is why:
>>>
>>> 1) TEAC cannot supply a replacement
>>> 2) There are almost no front controls on the TV.
>>> 3) All so-called universal remotes that I tried have no TEAC TV
>>> codes listed.
>>> 4) Spending hours trying to locate the code by some auto-
>>> find methode didn't work either.
>>> 5) For learning remotes to work you must have the original
>>> to teach with.
>>>
>>> Please forgive the cross-postings and reply to alt.video.dvd.tech only
>>>
>>> Max.
>>>
>>
>> You could try this:
>> http://www.shomer-tec.com/site/product.cfm?id=9f2d8f22-3048-72de-285464a3eeead76f
>>
>> it looks like it runs through the codes until you get the responce
>> you are looking for.
>>
>> Luck;
>> Ken
>>
>>
> Yes I have tried some of those.
> Problem is with the MENU button for the TV.
> You press Menu once for brightness adjustment using
> separate Up and Down buttons.
>
> You press Menu twice for contrast adjustment using
> separate Up and Down buttons.
>
> And you press Menu thrice for contrast adjustment using
> separate Up and Down buttons.
>
> None of the universal remotes I have seen can do that.
>
> Thanks anyway, Ken.
>
> Max.

(Been on a trip - travel, not drugs!)

I would think that's a response of the TV to a sequence of commands,
not a response of the remote.

But I *was* wrong once before about something :-)

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