Tandy Corporation

Paul J Pempsell

Peter H Haagen

Benjamin F Evans

A reconfigurable remote control transmitter can be used with a plurality of remotely controlled products, each of which is normally controlled with one or more signals from an associated remote control transmitter. The reconfigurable transmitter has a plurality of input keys and operates either in a Learn mode in which it may store indications of signals generated by the remote control transmitter from one or more of the products or a Run mode in which it selectively transmits stored signals in response to one or more keyed inputs. During the Learn mode a selected sequence of operations to be performed by one or more of the products in response to a first selected key sequence may be stored and during the Run mode stored signals are transmitted in a predetermined order in response to the performance of the selected key sequence to cause the selected sequence of operations to be performed. The transmitter may also include one or more timers settable to a selected data and time, which may be utilized to control the transmitting of stored signals or signal sequences. Finally, a means may be provided which is operative during the Learn mode for indicating that the signal being received by the transmitter from a remote transmitter is of proper strength to permit an indication thereof to be correctly stored.

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Bedford, TX, United States of America

Paul J Pempsell