On our cable system, Insight, they aren't even sighted friendly. They have the most difficult to use operating system I've ever seen.
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 7:02 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] infrared remotes > Lenny > > This is interesting and leads me to a question I have had. Are any of the > cable boxes, DVR features etc blind friendly? > > thanks > Al > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lenny McHugh > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 7:55 PM > To: Handyman-Blind > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] infrared remotes > > > We had an interesting situation with an infrared remote. > Sunday afternoon our cable box stopped working. You could not change > channels or turn the unit off. > I did the standard reset by pulling the plug. This did not help. > Later in the day when my grandson wanted to watch TV it started working > and when he left it again stopped working. On Monday when the service > technicians came they said that they never saw one of the new style boxes > act that way. After the replaced the box it still did not work. > They noticed that if they held the remote very close it would work. Then > they found that if they stood in a certain area of the room that it would > work. This is the same area that my grandson sits to watch TV. Now we have > a > lot of remotes. one for the cable box, receiver, dvd player and vcr. Here > something was holding one button down on one of the remotes and it was > aimed > at the cable box. This caused the single to be unidentifiable for the TV. > We > learned that if one of the devices stops working in addition to the > batteries make sure that no other remote is sending out a signal. When my > grandson placed a chair in the center of the room he was blocking the > signal > from the remote that had a button depressed. > > Lenny, Please visit my home page http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ > It's motivating, humorous and has a lot of resources. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.4/1310 - Release Date: 3/4/2008 > 8:35 AM > >
