TV REMOTE

Libby Stofko
 WHAT TYPE OF SPECTRA DOES THE TV
REMOTE USE?

• Infrared Radiation/Light
 WHAT IS A TV REMOTES
USE?

• Usually used to change:

• TV channels
• Adjust volume
• Track number
• To turn the TV on and off
 HISTORY OF TV REMOTE

• Early TV remotes used ultrasonic tones

• The first TV remote that was meant to be used on a
TV was made by Zenith Radio Corporation this was
in1950
• The remotes name was “Lazy Bones,” it connected
to the TV like a wire
• The forst wireless TV remote was made in 1955, it
was made by Eugene Polley
• The remotes name was “Flashmatic”
 HOW DOES THE TV
REMOTE WORK?

• Many TV remotes use infrared light

• There is a signal between the remote control and
the device it controls, there are pulses sent between
them when buttons are pressed on the remote
• There is a light emitting diode that is on the end of
the remote that is where the pulses are sent from
• The pulses start a pattern that is only used for the
specific button, the receiver recognizes the pattern
that is sent to it and does what the pattern is
 WEBSITES

• “How Remote Control and Radio Control Work.” Explain That Stuff, 15 Aug. 2017,
www.explainthatstuff.com/remotecontrol.html.
• “Zenith Flash-Matic.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Sept. 2017,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_Flash-matic.
• “Remote Control.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 31 Oct. 2017,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_control.
• Learning, Lumen. “The Electromagnetic Spectrum.” The Electromagnetic Spectrum | Physics,
courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/24-3-the-electromagnetic-spectrum/.
• “Control Any Electronics with a TV Remote | Arduino IR Tutorial.” HowToMechatronics, 16 May
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