JP1 Remotes

ElizabethD · Advanced Member Joined: 09 Feb 2004 Posts: 2348

Rob, are you back from vacation? Very Happy

I've already hijacked this thread. There's now another,and sounds similar and I don't want to hijack that
See last post Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:44 am http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5494
Do you think the new IR which can see >4K might see my eeprom with that pin3 grounded? It would make such a cool tool for big capacity learning.
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The Robman · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:00 pm Post subject:

ElizabethD · Advanced Member Joined: 09 Feb 2004 Posts: 2348

Can't take a picture, 'cause you have it. It's black. Very rectangular, not rounded edges, 3 batteries. Some knob in the middle you can push down I think for backlight. Over 70 buttons. Some blue and black buttons or something blue, perhaps outline. That's all from memory. And I bet this manual goes with it - otherwise I would not have this file on my computer - remote stuff starts on p.80. It's a huge file, so delete when you get it if space is short
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=4368
I posted the inside view (I didn't know about those direct url links - cool!) it has some ID numbers.
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=45992#45992
The picture is still at imageShack, I just checked.

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The Robman · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:29 pm Post subject:

You should've reminded me about this when I got back from last summer's vacation because I had completely forgotten about it and now I have no idea where the remote is. Every so often I do a "remote sweep" in the basement and scoop up all the remotes that are lying around and put them into a box, which is probably what happened to this remote, only now I don't know which box it's in nor where the box is.

But, if I come across it, I will re-investigate whatever it was we were trying to do before.
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The Robman · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject:

Is this what your remote looks like Liz...

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ElizabethD · Advanced Member Joined: 09 Feb 2004 Posts: 2348

nevyn · Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 3

mine also has 6 pads above the battery compartment.

There seem to be a number of threads (mostly quite old) trying to work out if onkyo remotes are jp1ish as they're quite nice (the only problem being I keep picking the thing up upside down)

The Robman · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:05 pm Post subject:

Hey Liz,
Good news, I found the remote! Now let's see if I can do anything with it.
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The Robman · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:23 pm Post subject:

I just tried downloading it again and it didn't work, so I took it apart and had a good look at the PCB and I really don't think this is a UEI remote. So, what next?
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ElizabethD · Advanced Member Joined: 09 Feb 2004 Posts: 2348

Thanks so much for taking time to check it. I really appreciate it.
Can you sit on it a bit longer? Till your next sweep Smile

Perhaps some idea will come along. I hate to fill the potholes or the town dump with it since it seems so cool. None of the jp1... modes worked? Slow, Fast? It said nothing? Do all UEI insides share something that just is missing here and makes it really obvious it's not UEI? If not them, who'd make a neat one like that? BTW, when you read the instructions, there are differences that make me think also it might not be UEI, yet it seems so close.
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The Robman · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:40 pm Post subject:

None of the other chips on the PCB look like UEI chips and I've never seen UEI use an EEPROM as big as this one. I checked the connectivity between the 6 pads and the EEPROM, at first I was hopeful because pad-4 connected to EEPROM pin5 and pad-6 connected to pin6, which is as it should be, but pin3 didn't connect to ground like it normally would on a UEI remote. So, I think the fact that they have 6 pads in a shape muck like a JP1 remote is really just a coincidence. Therefore, even if we were to read the EEPROM contents, they probably wouldn't make much sense, and given the size, I bet the EEPROM is just there to hold learned signals.
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ElizabethD · Advanced Member Joined: 09 Feb 2004 Posts: 2348

Boo Hoo

When I sent it to you, I haven't even tried it as an end-user. So, at some point, I may want to see how it stacks up. If I send you a check or PayPal for postage, can you mail back? Which is better?

Perhaps, for the record, and to answer future, similar questions, if you still have it opened, it might be neat to get good sharp pics of both sides of the PCB and post at imageShack. If you find time.
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