Another Hecksperiment

[Lazarus Short]

A couple of years ago, I was gifted an Escient Fireball DVDM-100, along with a Sony 400-disc changer. The Escient unit is meant to control the Sony, but can also act as a DVR, internet radio tuner and preamp. I was intrigued, but gave away the Sony and put the Escient away. Yesterday, I dug it out, had a look at the manual and remote. The remote had buttons for volume +/-, so I hooked the thing up with source, power amp, speakers and a video monitor. I had high hopes, you see. The remote, however, was unable to communicate with the Escient. I even had to turn the thing on manually, and all the rest was dependent on the remote. Check it: a $1999 piece of gear rendered useless because of a cheap remote. It's now back in storage. Rats.

 

[laatsch55]

Well fuck...

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

Yup, even some of the Carver units had limited functionality without the remote. I had to go buy a replacement twice. That's why I got a good deal on them. Luckily the replacement remote was only $29 at remotes.com

 

[mlucitt]

I hate it when those durned remotes stop working, and you have to change the batteries.

 

[Lazarus Short]

Well, I did put fresh batteries in it, and even burnished the spring contacts. The power button did light up when any other button was used.

 

[orange]

Where you supposed to reprogram it to run the controller, or what's the deal? Is there a button for that unit and then you switch to the player?

I just want 2-3 VCRs serviced so I can watch crappy 2 head recorded cable movies I saved from the neighbor tossing and Purple Rain.

I have Woodstock on VHS too, one of my laserdisc players has Michael Nesmith's Elephant Parts stuck in it though and that is my favorite LD title.

 

[marcok]

Discovered yesterday .
https://www.remote-control-world.eu/
Ciao
Marco

 

[orange]

I think they still have a site called Remote Central in the US that tells you how to program both old and new models and has reviews.

 

[Lazarus Short]

Thenk you, orange and marcok - I'll check those out, but it's no biggie if nothing works.