AVR-Chat

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006, Mansur Mansur wrote:

> Dear all,
>   I plan to build wireless communication using sony remote controll as a transmitter and sony receiver.any one has experience using this sonny remote.
>   Regards,
>   Mansur 
> 

Most of the Sony remotes I have had experience with used infrared.  I 
worked in an electronics repair shop for 10 years that was an authorized 
Sony warranty repair station. Some really OLD remotes used audio 
frequencies and tuning forks!

You could gut the electronics, use the infrared LED and sensor and connect 
your own AVR circuit to it, but I'd rather just get an IR LED and sensor 
from one of the many sources and build it from scratch.

All of Sony's chips and firmware for these remotes is proprietary AFAIK. 
They only give minimal info to the techs so they can determine if a part 
is bad or not.

Zack