Can anybody recommend a good JP1-ready remote in Canada?

Talus · Post by **Talus** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:42 am

I just realized my OneForAll URC-6017B00 remote is not JP1 ready. I saw in the battery compartment the letters 'JP1' and being the total n00b that I am, thought that is where I plugged the cable in. Needless to say, there are simply 6 holes that mean nothing to me.

Much to my chagrin, I am slowly realizing that I have to buy all sorts of extra parts (like EEPROMs) to get my remote JP1-ready.

I would much rather buy a new remote (this one is about 3 years old anyway) that is JP1-ready 'right-out-of-the-box' for use with a standard JP1 cable from www.hovisdirect.com.

Any suggestions for a OneForAll for a n00bie that is available in Canada that folks have had good luck with?

Thanks for any and all suggestions.

jason-wein · Post by **jason-wein** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 8:38 am

Rob sold ma an 8811 with the cable and he shipped it to Canada.
Check out his list of currently available remotes.
I am just getting started with this too but I have my remote doing what I want (mostly) - I can hit 1 button to watch a DVD and hit another to watch TV. There are a few more tweaks that I need to do as far as button assignments but this JP1 thing is great.
I don't know how to provide a link but I hope you can find it by yourself or if someone would be nice enough to post it in their reply!
Jason

Post by **The Robman** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:19 am

I ship to Canada for the same price that I ship domestically (it just takes a little longer for the remotes to get there - ie, about a week) and I also sell JP1 cables too.

The URC-6017 just needs 3 parts soldered in:

1) a 2k EEPROM chip
2) a 6-pin connector
3) a wire across the JMP2 spot

I can sell you the parts for an additional $3 if you buy a remote from me, just in case you want to try your hand at modding your 6017.

Talus · Post by **Talus** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 6:09 am

Thanks for the offer, but considering I have NO electronics skills whatsoever I'd rather keep things as simple as possible.

Richard is already shipping me a JP1 cable from a couple weeks back...I should have done my research

The 8811 or the 8810 are what have been suggested so far and sound like what I'm looking for though.

johnsfine · Post by **johnsfine** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 6:44 am

Talus wrote: The 8811 or the 8810 are what have been suggested so far and sound like what I'm looking for though.

Good choice. In the US, Walmart charges a trivial amount less than Rob does for that model, and if you have a cable already you can get the remote faster from Walmart. You might want to check Walmart in Canada, but I doubt that they charge less than Rob does. I'm not even sure they carry that model or what they call it.

Talus · Post by **Talus** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 7:38 am

Well, I'll head off to WalMart this afternoon!

I let everybody know what I find...

JCTerrier · Post by **JCTerrier** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 8:38 am

Talus,

In Canada Wal-mart charges $ 35-37 for the 8811 (red backlight).
I bought one and then I bought several more from Rob,

Regards
JCT

mjlee · Post by **mjlee** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:21 pm

I don't know if you guys have already gotten remotes but Radio Shack has the 15-2116 remote on sale for $39.99 CDN currently. I think it is on until the end of February.

HondaHacker · Post by **HondaHacker** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:46 am

I just picked up a 15-2116 at Radioshack for $40 (on sale) and made the interface cable in about 5 min using the spare parts I had sitting around.

It works great and I wish all you guys could have seen the look on my friends faces who spent $200 on their Harmony/Logitech remotes!! haha!

I think I'm going to go over to my parents house and take a look at thir Rogers remote because I'm pretty sure that all the Rogers Digital remotes are JP1'able and if so I'll setup a quick how-to for us Ontarians that want free programability!

p.s. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the JP1 site and knowledge base- this is awesome!