Friday, April 9, 2010

How to program Sony STR-DE675 and other AV Receivers on FIOS remote

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Comcast Custom DVR
Xfinity on demand Nov 2011
3 device red button
Hit aux button
Press Setup until aux flashes
type code 30158
press power to check
Buttons: 3=DVD/LD 9=MD/TAPE 1=video 1 2=cd
Mute Vol
Down = sleep timer

FIOS: 4-9-2010
Programming your Philips RC144 Remote To set up your Philips RC144 remote, follow the steps below:
  1. Find the remote codes for the devices you want to set up. You can find the latest codes below:

    Codes
    Televisions
    DVDs
    VCRs
    Audio Receivers
    Audio Amplifiers

    In addition, remote codes are listed in the Philips RC144 Remote Control User Guide.
  2. Write down the remote codes for the devices you want to set up.
  3. Turn on the device you want to program into your remote, for example if you are programming your remote to control your TV, then turn on the TV.
  4. Press and hold the appropriate device button and press OK.
  5. Release both buttons. The device buttons blink twice. STR-DE675 3714
  6. Enter the remote code for the device (if there is more than one remote code listed for your equipment, start with the first remote code in the list).
1085, 1285, 1468, 1585, 1685, 1785, 1786, 1885, 3606, 3621, 3622, 3631, 3640, 3641, 3642, 3643, 3648, 3651, 3657, 3671, 3672, 3673, 3674, 3684, 3685, 3714, 3716, 3717, 3730, 3735, 3739, 3744

    The device button blinks three times.
  1. Point the remote at the device and press the Power button.
  2. Did the device turn off? Yes: Keep the code you wrote down above for future reference. You may need it again if the remote code is accidentally erased. No: Repeat these steps using the next remote code listed for your equipment. Note: If none of the listed codes work for your equipment, you can use your remote to manually search for a valid code.
  3. Repeat this procedure for each device you want to program into your remote control.

Audio Receiver Remote Codes
DeviceManufacturerCode(s)
Audio ReceiverADC0558
Adcom3725
Aiwa0148, 0216, 1415, 1432, 1668, 3614, 3615, 3616, 3617, 3627, 3636, 3670, 3680, 3718
Alco1417
Amphion Media Works1590, 1642
AMW1590, 1642
Anam1101
Anthem3757
Apex Digital1457
Audiotronic1216
Audiovox1417, 3754
Bose0666, 1256, 1280, 1960, 3741
Capetronic0558
Carver0216, 1216, 3636
Classic3664
Coby3751
Denon1387, 3602, 3633, 3662, 3663, 3676, 3681, 3682, 3691, 3694, 3700, 3702, 3703, 3704, 3709, 3721
Emerson3603
Fisher1828
GE3635
Harman/Kardon0137, 0216, 0918, 1331, 1333, 3626, 3636, 3699
Hitachi1828
Integra0162, 1325, 1347
JBL0137, 1333, 3626, 3752
JVC1401, 1522, 3618, 3659, 3668, 3686, 3695, 3706, 3712, 3713, 3715, 3729, 3737, 3738
Kenwood1340, 1596, 1597, 3619, 3646, 3649, 3656, 3658, 3675, 3688
KLH1417, 1455
Koss1393, 3749
Lexicon3758
LG1320
Linn0216, 3636
Magnavox0216, 0558, 1216, 1296, 1541, 3636
Marantz0216, 1216, 1296, 1316, 3636, 3727
McIntosh3759
Mitsubishi1420, 3708
NAD3637
Nakamichi3638, 3639
Onkyo0162, 0869, 1325, 1347, 1558, 3628, 3650, 3653, 3660, 3666, 3669, 3687, 3693, 3697, 3705, 3707, 3710, 3711, 3719, 3753
Optimus0558, 0697, 1050, 1101, 3634
Oritron1393
Panasonic1315, 1335, 1343, 1545, 1575, 1660, 1790, 1791, 3629, 3630, 3667, 3683, 3701, 3723, 3728, 3731, 3732, 3733, 3734, 3736, 3742, 3743, 3745, 3746, 3747, 3750
Philips0216, 1216, 1293, 1296, 3636, 3698, 3749
Pioneer0041, 0177, 0558, 0657, 1050, 1411, 3607, 3608, 3625, 3644, 3645, 3652, 3654, 3677, 3678, 3679, 3689, 3690, 3722, 3740
Polaroid3605
Polk Audio0216, 1316, 3726
Proscan1281, 3635
RCA0558, 1050, 1101, 1281, 1417, 1538, 3609, 3620, 3635, 3748
RCA & Dimensia3610, 3611, 3612, 3613, 3635
Rio1896
Rotel3760
Samsung1322, 1527, 3720, 3755
Sansui0216, 3636
Sanyo1496, 1828
Sherwood1104, 3632, 3724
Sonic Blue1896
Sony1085, 1285, 1468, 1585, 1685, 1785, 1786, 1885, 3606, 3621, 3622, 3631, 3640, 3641, 3642, 3643, 3648, 3651, 3657, 3671, 3672, 3673, 3674, 3684, 3685, 3714, 3716, 3717, 3730, 3735, 3739, 3744
Soundesign0697
Sunfire1340
Teac1101, 1417
Technics1335, 1545, 3629, 3630, 3661, 3665, 3667
Thorens1216
Venturer1417
Wards0041, 0216, 3625, 3636
Yamaha0162, 0203, 1203, 1303, 1358, 1402, 3600, 3601, 3604, 3623, 3624, 3625, 3647, 3655, 3692, 3696, 3756
Zenith1320

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

University of Washington Computer Science: Good News and Bad News

The good news is that the University of Washington has an awesome computer science department. They claim to be in the top 10 undergraduate or graduate, but my feeling is that they are just as good as anybody but the top 5 schools, which would include MIT, Stanford, Berkeley and CMU. They have a terrific new building funded by Paul Allen and Bill Gates of MIT with a dramatic atrium, and a building that's built to be wired and rewired with visible cable tracks in all the hallways. Technology review in one year had TWO UW people highlighted for their research one year and they had one in another year when most colleges don't get any. The University of Washington overall is about the equal of UCLA, but relatively easy to get in with an admit rate of 65 percent, SAT math range of 560 and 670 and ACT range of 23 to 28. I know of many high school students with 99 percentile test scores good enough to get into Stanford and Harvard, or got into places like USC who still put UW at the top of their list, and Asian parents who moved here from Texas and Kansas who put their kids through academic hell to get their kids into the UW.

The BAD NEWS ... the student I called for was admitted to the UW, but did not get notified that he was admitted into the computer science department, like he was for every other college he was admitted into (Santa Clara University ,Worcester Polytechnic, Villanova, Seattle University). When I called they said that all students who applied for the department who had taken enough classes (mainly calculus by graduation) were considered, but if he wasn't notified, he wasn't in. Most students have to take and do well in all of the required courses (chem, physics, calc etc) and apply in the spring. She said about 50% of applicants get in. HALF? That cuts the overall chance of 65% overall to more like 35%, which would be approaching Ivy League admission odds. Add that to the recent Seattle Times coverage of ridiculously huge freshman classes (budget swells class sizes) and rowdy frat crowds throwing bottles at officers checking out open bonfires, and the usual stories about crime in the area, and it's not such an easy call.