• Llcooljessie
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    11 months ago

    Those don’t take batteries and your click generates the electricity for the signal. Right? Like a wind up radio.

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      11 months ago

      No, it’s a tuning fork that produces 4 seperate tones, one for each “button.” The TV had a microphone listening for tones and would respond accordingly. You didn’t actually have to point the remote at the TV, which later became a problem, as the mic on the TV was technically always listening for a tone.

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        11 months ago

        Neat. I knew I could Cunningham Law this instead of doing research.

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          11 months ago

          Unfortunately, you violated the law slightly by asking a question!

          Cunningham’s Law states “the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it’s to post the wrong answer.”