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 A television remote control A remote control is an electronic device used for the remote operation of a machine. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ...
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The term, sometimes abbreviated to “the remote” and also called "bufter", is most commonly used to refer to a remote control for televisions or other consumer electronics such as stereo systems and DVD players, and to turn on and off a mains plug. Remote controls for these devices are usually small handheld objects with an array of buttons for adjusting various settings such as television channel, track number, and volume. In fact, for the majority of modern devices with this kind of control, the remote contains all the function controls while the controlled device itself only has a handful of essential primary controls. Most of these remotes communicate to their respective devices via infrared (IR) signals and a few via radio signals. They are usually powered by small AAA or AAAA size batteries. Consumer electronics is electronic equipment intended for use by everyday people. ...
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The term television channel generally refers to either a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart (both outlined below). ...
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History
One of the earliest examples of remote control was developed in 1893 by Nikola Tesla, and described in his patent, U.S. Patent 613809, named Method of and Apparatus for Controlling Mechanism of Moving Vehicle or Vehicles. The first remote-controlled model airplane flew in 1932. The use of remote control technology for military purposes was worked intensively during the Second World War, one result of this was the German Wasserfall missile. The first remote intended to control a television was developed by Zenith Radio Corporation in the early 1950s. The remote — unofficially called “Lazy Bones” — used a wire to connect to the television set. To improve the cumbersome setup, a wireless remote control was created in 1955. The remote called “Flashmatic” worked by shining a beam of light onto a photoelectric cell. Unfortunately, the cells did not distinguish between light from the remote and light from other sources. The Flashmatic also required that the remote control be pointed accurately at the receiver... Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856 - c. ...
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Hermes-A1 (American Copy of the Wasserfall-missile) Wasserfall (German for waterfall) was a German surface-to-air missile developed during World War II. It never reached operational status although it was well developed and likely ready for operation, and the project was cancelled in February 1945. ...
Zenith Electronics Corporation is a manufacturer of televisions in the USA. It was the inventor of the modern remote control, and it introduced HDTV in North America. ...
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 The Zenith Space Command remote control In 1956 Robert Adler developed “Zenith Space Command”, a wireless remote. It was mechanical and used ultrasound to change the channel and volume. When the user pushed a button on the remote control it clicked and struck a bar, hence the term “clicker”. Each bar emitted a different frequency and circuits in the television detected this noise. The invention of the transistor made possible cheaper electronic remotes that contained a piezoelectric crystal that was fed by an oscillating electric current at a frequency near or above the upper threshold of human hearing, though still audible to dogs. The receiver contained a microphone attached to a circuit that was tuned to the same frequency. Some problems with this method were that the receiver could be triggered accidentally by naturally occurring noises, and some people, especially young women, could hear the piercing ultrasonic signals. There was even a noted incident in which a toy xylophone changed the channels on these types of TVs since some of the overtones from the xylophone matched the remote’s ultrasonic frequency. Image File history File links Zenith_SpaceCommand. ...
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Piezoelectricity is the ability of certain crystals to generate a voltage in response to applied mechanical stress. ...
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The impetus for a more complex type of television remote control came in the late 1970s with the development of the Ceefax teletext service by the BBC. Most commercial remote controls at that time had a limited number of functions, sometimes only four: next station, previous station, increase or decrease volume. This type of control did not meet the needs of teletext sets where pages were identified with three-digit numbers. A remote control to select teletext pages would need buttons for each number from zero to nine, as well as other control functions, such as switching from text to picture, and the normal television controls of volume, station, brightness, colour intensity and so on. Early teletext sets used wired remote controls to select pages but the continuous use of the remote control required for teletext quickly indicated the need for a wireless device. So BBC engineers began talks with one or two television manufacturers which led to early prototypes in around 1977-78 that could control a much larger number of functions. ITT was one of the companies and later gave its name to the ITT protocol of infrared communication. [1] A BBC Ceefax page from 10 September 1999 Ceefax (phonetic for See Facts) is the BBCs teletext information service. ...
A BBC Ceefax page from the 10th September 1999. ...
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest publicly-funded radio and television broadcasting corporation of the United Kingdom (see British television) and the world. ...
ITT also stands for ITT Technical Institute, Institute of Technology, Tallaght, Institute of Technology, Tralee and here in Hungarian. ...
In the early 1980s, when semiconductors for emitting and receiving infrared radiation were developed, remote controls gradually switched to that technology which, as of 2006, is still widely used. Remotes using radio technologies, such as Bose Audio Systems and those based on Bluetooth also exist. MacGyver is one of the symbols of the 1980s in America The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...
A semiconductor is a material with an electrical conductivity that is intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor. ...
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The Bose Corporation is a privately held American company based in Framingham, Massachusetts that specializes in audio equipment. ...
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By the early 2000s, the amount of consumer electronic devices in most homes greatly increased. According to the Consumer Electronics Association, an average American home has four remotes. To operate a home theater as many as five or six remotes may be required, including one for cable or satellite receiver, VCR or digital video recorder, DVD player, TV and audio amplifier. Several of these remotes may need to be used sequentially, but, as there are no accepted interface guidelines, the process is increasingly cumbersome. Many specialists, including Jakob Nielsen [2], a renowned usability specialist and Robert Adler, the inventor of the modern remote, note how confusing, unwieldy and frustrating the multiplying remotes have become. 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. This design, which has spawned several imitations, is likely to change the way consumer electronics designers approach the remote. 2000s - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the industry organization for the consumer electronics industry in the United States. ...
Home cinema, also called Home theater, seeks to reproduce cinema quality video and audio in the home. ...
The video cassette recorder (or VCR, less popularly video tape recorder) is a type of video tape recorder that uses removable cassettes containing magnetic tape to record audio and video from a television broadcast so it can be played back later. ...
A digital video recorder (DVR) (also called Personal video recorder (PVR)) is a device that records video to a digital storage medium. ...
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Jakob Nielsen is the name of two notable people: Jakob Nielsen (mathematician), a Danish mathematician Jakob Nielsen (usability consultant), a software and Web usability consultant This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...
TiVo (pronounced, in IPA, ) is a popular brand of digital video recorder (DVR), a term synonymous with personal video recorder (PVR). ...
Types of remote controls Remote or radio control exist for many other devices as well: scale model airplanes, helicopters and other radio-controlled models are popular children’s toys; many robots are remotely controlled, especially those which are designed for doing perilous tasks; and some state of the art military fighter jets are operated by remote control. Remote Controlled Car File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Kyosho Inferno 1/8-scale buggy A radio-controlled car is a powered model car driven from a distance using a radio control system. ...
This remote control airplane is carrying a scale model of X-33 and is taking part in actual NASA research. ...
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A humanoid robot manufactured by Honda. ...
The state of the art is the highest level of development, as of a device, technique, or scientific field, achieved at a particular time. ...
A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for attacking other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ...
Alternatively, universal remote controls combine multiple remotes into one, usually with some sort of switch or button saying which device the remote is currently controlling. Universal remotes run from inexpensive basic models to a US$700 Linux-powered model from Sony [3]. The first Universal Remote Control was developed by William Russell McIntyre in the mid 1980s, while employed at North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corporation (Magnavox/Sylvania/Philco). McIntyre’s software design was awarded patents, since it was the first remote which could be pointed at an electronic device and learn its operational controls. The next step in remote controls is a Home Control Panel. These remote controls not only work on television or home entertainment sets, but also let you control other electronic appliances as electronic curtains, lightswitches and security cameras. Some of the latest Home Control Panels will also let you stream audio and are able to make photos. A Universal Remote is a Remote Control that is used to operate one or more consumer electronics device. ...
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Magnavox (Latin for loud voice) is a consumer electronics company that is now part of Philips Consumer Electronics. ...
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- No person shall operate, provide, sell, or use or offer to operate, provide, sell, or use any device or service that allows a person, not physically present, to remotely control a firearm, weapon, or device to hunt any live animal or bird.
Technique
 The emission spectrum of a typical sound system remote control is in the near infrared. Most control remotes for electronic appliances use a near infrared diode to emit a beam of light that reaches the device. This light is invisible to the human eye but carries signals that are detected by the appliance. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x900, 12 KB) Summary emission spectrum of the control remote of a Yamaha sound system, measured with an Ocean Optics spectrometer Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x900, 12 KB) Summary emission spectrum of the control remote of a Yamaha sound system, measured with an Ocean Optics spectrometer Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Image of a small dog taken in mid-infrared (thermal) light (false color) Infrared (IR) radiation is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than that of visible light, but shorter than that of microwave radiation. ...
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With a single channel remote control the presence of a carrier signal can be used to trigger a function. For multi-channel remote controls more sophisticated procedures are necessary: one consists of modulating the carrier with signals of different frequency. After the demodulation of the received signal, the appropriate frequency filters are applied to separate the respective signals. Nowadays digital procedures are more commonly used.
Usage
Industry Remote control is used for controlling substations, pump storage power stations and HVDC-plants. For these systems often PLC-systems working in the longwave range are used.
Weapons Remote-controlled weapons have been used since World War II.
Also known as a "Smitchik", referring the remotes that controlled the most destructive weapons. The term "Smitchik", of Yiddish descent, is a generally accepted synonym for a Television Remote Control.
The term "Smitchik Factor" refers to the amount of inherent destructive capability of a weapon or person.
Space Remote control technology is also used in space travel, for instance the Russian Lunokhod vehicles were remote-controlled from the ground. Direct remote control of space vehicles at greater distances from the earth is not practical due to increasing signal delay times. Lunokhod series Soviet Moon exploration robot vehicle A panorama shot from Lunokhod 1 Lunokhod (Russian for Moon walker) 1 and 2 were a pair of unmanned lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union. ...
See also Channel surfing is the practice of quickly scanning through different television channels or radio frequencies in order to find something interesting to watch or listen to. ...
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Domotics is the application of computer and robot technologies to domestic appliances. ...
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Audience Response Systems PRS remote control PRS receiver An Audience Response System (or ARS) allows large groups of people to vote on a topic or answer a question. ...
This remote control airplane is carrying a scale model of X-33 and is taking part in actual NASA research. ...
A remote-controlled animal is controlled via a radio link. ...
Entry remote for a Chrysler vehicle A remote keyless system is a system designed to remotely lock, or unlock, access to premises or automobiles. ...
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TV-B-Gone is a type of universal remote control device that was designed to be able to turn off a large majority of the current available brands of television sets. ...
A Universal Remote is a Remote Control that is used to operate one or more consumer electronics device. ...
X10 is an industry standard for communication among devices used for home automation. ...
External links - Description of infrared remote protocols
- Infra-red handset technical overview
- Infra-red handset signalling systems
- Infra-red Remote Control Theory
- RemoteCentral.com
- Five Decades of Channel Surfing: History of the TV Remote Control
- Watchkey
- Radio Control - A wiki whose "aim is to be the ultimate knowledge base on everything RC!"
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