Robert Adler, 1913-2007 -- TV Remote Control Co-Inventor
Say a little prayer, but please don't stand up.
what other names are used to describe this critical instrument. ive used whapper and zapper. anything else? as in "can you find the whapper (or zapper)?"
the clickr.
clicker, right.
"the remote"
"the thing" ... "hey, there's a commercial, where's the thing (pantomimes with thumb)?"
Have you heard the stories about ultrasonic remotes? Birds could change channels. One of my parents' friends had a ultrasonic remote and a motor driven channel changer. The mechanism that changed channels would sometimes make just the right noise to trigger a channel change, leading to a perpetual feedback loop of channel changes. Much fun ... until owner of said set came charging into the room.
How did you rig it to make the "right noise"-- I mean, hypothetically?
It was a poor design. All you had to do was hold the channel change button through about 6 changes (which back in the day was a run through all the broadcast and UHF channels), and it would keep going on its own. If I remember right, it had to be unplugged to get it to stop.
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- dave 2-17-2007 9:01 pm
Say a little prayer, but please don't stand up.
- alex 2-17-2007 9:07 pm [add a comment]
what other names are used to describe this critical instrument. ive used whapper and zapper. anything else? as in "can you find the whapper (or zapper)?"
- bill 2-17-2007 9:24 pm [add a comment]
the clickr.
- dave 2-17-2007 9:57 pm [add a comment]
clicker, right.
- bill 2-17-2007 10:10 pm [add a comment]
"the remote"
- tom moody 2-17-2007 10:11 pm [add a comment]
"the thing" ... "hey, there's a commercial, where's the thing (pantomimes with thumb)?"
Have you heard the stories about ultrasonic remotes? Birds could change channels. One of my parents' friends had a ultrasonic remote and a motor driven channel changer. The mechanism that changed channels would sometimes make just the right noise to trigger a channel change, leading to a perpetual feedback loop of channel changes. Much fun ... until owner of said set came charging into the room.
- mark 2-18-2007 11:15 am [add a comment]
How did you rig it to make the "right noise"-- I mean, hypothetically?
- tom moody 2-18-2007 6:04 pm [add a comment]
It was a poor design. All you had to do was hold the channel change button through about 6 changes (which back in the day was a run through all the broadcast and UHF channels), and it would keep going on its own. If I remember right, it had to be unplugged to get it to stop.
- mark 2-19-2007 2:24 am [add a comment]