TV-B-Gone Universal TV Power Remote Control Keychain by Cornfield Electronics
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Digital camera reviews of TV-B-Gone Universal TV Power Remote Control Keychain
Digital camera Review: FUN!!
Summary: 5 Stars
GO TO A SPORTS BAR AND WHEN SOME IMPORTANT PLAY HAPPENS FOR LIKE FOOTBALL OR SOMETHIN, PRESS THE BUTTON!!Digital camera Review: GREAT FUN!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This item is GREAT! When you put it on your keyring, it looks like it is nothing more than the remote for a car alarm.
If anyone asks you what it is, you tell them exactly that. If you have your keys in your hand as you walk through a store, it is not unusual, but just carrying this device by itself might cause suspicion. PUT IT ON YOUR KEYRING! Keep your keys in your hand, try not to be too obvious or point your keys at the TV sets! Keep your arms down at your sides, it has a fairly good range.
Going into stores that have large displays of television sets, it is fun to hit the button and watch the sets go off. Some go off quickly, others take a while as the unit gets to that specific brand. Some sets can take quite a while to turn off.
Sony must be the very first code in this unit, as Sony sets go off imediately. Panasonic sets take 5 - 10 seconds.
At best buy, when brat kids are playing the video games, this unit will turn off the sets so they can't play anymore.
The one thing people forget, is that the same signal that turns TV's off, is the same exact signal that also turns TVs ON!! So if a TV set is off, then using this device will turn it ON.
So another great use is when you are at a restaurant and they don't have the TV set on, you can turn the set on, you just can't change channels and volume, you are stuck with what it was last set at.
GE makes a universal remote in which you keep pressing a button called "CODE SEARCH" until your TV set goes on, then hit ENTER, and all the features of the remote then work with that TV set. However, bringing a regular sized universal remote everywhere you go is not much fun, so this "car alarm remote" disguised universal ON/OFF TV remote is a nice thing to have on your keyring.
NOTE: If you are using this in department stores with security cameras, remember that video cameras can SEE the infrared light that these remotes use, that your naked eye can not.
(Point your TV remote at your own camcoder or digital camera, and you will SEE it light up like a flashlight through the video screen. By the way, this is a great way to test to make sure if a TV remote is working or broken. If you see the flashes of light with your camera, then the remote is fine, your TV has the problem, or something is blocking or standing in front of the sensor on your TV)
So if you have this aimed in the direction of a security camera in the store, it could be detected by store security. Then again, you are not doing anything illegal, the worst they can do is ask you to leave the store if you are caught having fun with this device.
UPDATE - Battery Replacement
After using this device for several months, I noticed that it would not turn off all sets anymore. Mystery solved, the batteries were just getting low.
THIS PART IS IMPORTANT.... When you unscrew and open the device, you see ONE 3V battery. People might replace this battery, find that the unit still does not work and think the unit is defective. There are TWO MORE 3V batteries on the OTHER SIDE OF THE PC BOARD! Those power the LED and need to be replaced too.
The first side with just the ONE 3 volt battery was a thin 2016 battery and I happened to have a 2032 which is double the thickness and fit perfectly in the battery slot. Turns out the website for this device even says to PUT a 2032 in the unit, even though it came from the factory with the 2016 in it.
Both are 3 volt batteries, but the thicker one will last longer, just as a AA battery will have more power than a AAA battery, even though both are 1.5 volts.
On the other side, you can't use the 2032's since you need to fit TWO 3 volt batteries in the slot (to get 6 volts) and two 2016's will fit, but only one 2032 would fit in the same space.
So, you will need to get (1) 2032 battery and (2) 2016 batteries when it comes time to replace them. They are available at Radio Shack and I even found them at the grocery store with the other batteries, so they are not hard to find.
With new fresh batteries, the unit is again working as before.
While the batteries were weak, it would have enough power to turn off the first sets in the string of codes, but then the LED would go dim and not turn off any other sets. So if after months of use, you find it turns off some sets and not as many others as it used to, time to replace the batteries.
I use this thing a lot, so the batteries lasted as long as they can be expected to, considering the small size of the batteries.
I have been thinking of taking it apart and putting into a hat with bigger battery pack and 4 infrared LEDs around the hat so that it turns all sets off no matter what way I am facing.
Digital camera Review: Garbage!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
Useless..don't buy this product if you are planning to use it in Europe, or in countries which ones are using the PAL system...
Cheap plastic, to big, and it is not working...garbage...
Digital camera Review: Get a TVGO instead
Summary: 1 Stars
I was about to buy one of these a while ago nd came across another mini universal remote instead. With speculation I bought and its worth every penny.Its called the TVGO remote (tvgoremote.com and ebay) and not only does it turn it on and off, but it changes the channel, volume, input, and sleep timer as well (it also has a built-in flashlight). I bought the orignal version TVGO almost a year and a half ago. LOVED IT! It was so much fun, I enjoyed it so much that I bought the updated version a few months later. The expressions and cluelessness of the people around you is priceless when changing TVs.
The funniest time using this was at TGI Fridays and they had a big screen TV against the wall. I changed the channel from ESPN to the movie "Bowling for Columbine". There just happened to be a family woth two little kids behind us who kept complaining about the violence about the movie.They kept changing it back and I kept changing it back to the movie. Finally, after about ten times of putting the volume to maximum, changing the channel and everything else I could do, they got their meal for free. Sounds immature, but nonetheless this is a blast and never gets old as there are endless possibilities out there. Take it to sports bars during the Super Bowl and off track betting paramutuals for some twisted fun. BUT DON'T GET CAUGHT!
Digital camera Review: Great Gift!
Summary: 4 Stars
This product is a great gift for people in your life who enjoy to be annoying and obnoxious. I gave this to my friend who now enjoys turning off televisions in businesses and restaurants and waiting lobbies while snickering under his breath and getting a great deal of pleasure out of it.