Sonic Universal Remote?

[dustyfro]

Since my Tardis is going to be an entertainment center, I figure a Sonic Universal Remote would be the finishing touch.  Has anyone ever taken apart a television remote?  I'm thinking the barrel would have to be pretty fat or pretty long to put all the numbers on it, plus all the other gizmos like turning the television on, volume, channel, etc.  How do you even set a universal remote to work with your own tv?  I'm going to poke around at a second hand shop and see what I can find.

[Dematerialiser]

Hi dusty

I would look on ebay for one of those remote-control watches (Casio?) as it's small and (possibly) easy to strip down to small components. I don't think it's a 'learning' remote though, it would be universal, as you mentioned, so you'd have to make sure it has codes for your make/model of TV. I wouldn't know if it could control more than one device though - I think you'd need a large universal remote or learning remote for that, which would probably rule out being fitted inside a sonic..

cheers
Chris

[dustyfro]

Thanks for the tip about the watch!  I saw a couple of different models for them, some including a touch screen, some with just the buttons.  Hmmmm.

[vlair]

they actually make Harry Potter Wand Universal remotes, which aren't overly thick. I imagine if you were to cannibalize one of those, you could fit it into a sonic body.

[Teletran]

the biggest part of a remote is the interface for the buttons and the battery compartment so depending on how many functions you need...

[wayne venomous]

How about using the guts of one of those tiny keychain remote controls?


I'm sure I've seen these in Poundland!

[cathlyn847]

they actually make Harry Potter Wand Universal remotes, which aren't overly thick. I imagine if you were to cannibalize one of those, you could fit it into a sonic body.

This pricked my interest so I went to the website and sent them an email suggesting a sonic.
To my delight I got the following reply --
Cathlyn,
Love the idea. A sonic screwdriver certainly has been on our hit list of
things to do from the beginning. However, we have some other interesting ideas
on the drawing board that you might like, but I can't say much more right
now. So for now all I can say is you'll have to watch this space... :-)

Cheers,  Chris

--------I this is Chris Barnardo....
nice of a multi-millionair to answer emails from fans.

[greatwazoo42]

they actually make Harry Potter Wand Universal remotes, which aren't overly thick. I imagine if you were to cannibalize one of those, you could fit it into a sonic body.

Great minds think alike.  I was going to suggest that too.   

[d-hyde]

This pricked my interest so I went to the website and sent them an email suggesting a sonic.
To my delight I got the following reply --
Cathlyn,
Love the idea. A sonic screwdriver certainly has been on our hit list of
things to do from the beginning. However, we have some other interesting ideas
on the drawing board that you might like, but I can't say much more right
now. So for now all I can say is you'll have to watch this space... :-)

Cheers,  Chris

--------I this is Chris Barnardo....
nice of a multi-millionair to answer emails from fans.

IT was nice of you to get an email back... I didn't even get that. However, having read the comment about taking out the innards of one of the wands... it is a tempting and pleasing idea, is it not? Lol Although it would involve me buying the wand and another screwdriver... I couldn't justify taking apart my only Tennant and Smith screwdrivers to play with...