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A good universal remote can help tame today’s complex home entertainment systems, combining both classic IR and more modern WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity with programmable functions that allow the user …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2023: OMOTE Universal Remote
This swanky Magnavox remote is old enough to predate the use of infrared, and actually relies on ultrasound to communicate with the television. It’s a neat conversation starter, but not …read more Continue reading Vintage Remote Control Gets Bluetooth Upgrade
Researchers disclosed the ‘WarezTheRemote’ attack, affecting Comcast’s XR11 voice remote control. Continue reading Comcast TV Remote Hack Opens Homes to Snooping
We recently published an article where someone apparently controlled their TV by simulating a remote with merely a lighter and a sheet of paper. The paper had a barcode like cutout for a supposed “Universal Standby Signal”. The video rightfully attracted a substantial crowd, some awestruck by its simplicity, others sceptical about its claims.
Coming from some generic “Viral Life Hack” production house, the characteristic blare of background music, more suited to an underground rave than a technical video, certainly did not do it any favours. As any moderately experienced campaigner would know, modern televisions and remotes have been carefully …read more
Continue reading HackBusting: Can you Fake a TV Remote with a Lighter and some Paper?
Cut slots into a piece of paper to represent the IR remote control bitstream for putting your TV into standby. Insert it between your TV’s IR receiver and the flame from a lighter, and pull the slots along to generate the coded pattern. Get it just right and you have a paper and lighter remote control. That’s just what [ViralVideoLab] did and you can see it in action in the video below.
Think of this as just the germ of an idea. Imagine how you’d automate this and extend it to include more commands. A wheel with the various bitstreams …read more
Continue reading Faking TV Remote Control with Paper and a Lighter