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Post 1 made on Saturday January 15, 2000 at 15:49
Gerard J. Pinzone
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Look what I found:

[Link: babelfish.altavista.com]

The document is in French, so I ran it through a translator.

It's a bit hard to read. It mentions the advanced code range go from 100-355 rather than 0-255. Hmmmm.

OP | Post 2 made on Saturday January 15, 2000 at 16:19
Gerard J. Pinzone
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Hey, I was reading this thing a little further and they are listing some functions differently:

VCR Magic/c 996 [3] Magic [8] Magic [-/--] [6] Magic/c

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program the button "scan" keyboard VCR so that only chains 3, 8 and 16 are swept at the time of its support

Magic/c 996 Magic/c
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To clear the above scan.

MAGIC-9-8-0:
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Erases all the functions installed by MAGIC-9-9-4 (key mover and advanced codes) and MAGIC-9-9-5 (macros).

MAGIC-9-8-1:
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reinitialize completely the remote control; DANGEROUS FUNCTION: erase the advanced functions on all the keyboards, but erases also the new codes installed by the SAV itself.

MAGIC 9-9-7
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fact of passing the remote control in learning mode, allowing him to receive updates by telephone (is exploitable only on the remote controls equipped with a modem)


I always thought the MAGIC-997 function doesn't apply to the Cinema 7. But look at this:
"The EPROM of the remote controls One for All can be updated, to make it possible the remote control to emit new infra-red numerical salvos, those of apparatuses recently introduced on the market for example.
With through the compartment with piles of the model Ofa LITE, one can observe three small holes on the electronic card. When these holes are provided with studs, it is the sign which the remote control is " reprogrammable ". To my knowledge, only a technician of the SAV can modify the memory thanks to these contacts and charge the codes for new apparatuses. Thus should be returned to him the remote control.

This known as, the very last top-of-the-range models integrate a modem into magnetic coupler. The SAV can then install the updates by telephone: it is enough to approach the remote control of compound!"

Sounds cool, but they also mention that, "The three studs are thus not used only to update the memory of the remote control; they also make it possible to the user to control his remote control with a PC." and then reference John Wasser's page.
OP | Post 3 made on Sunday January 16, 2000 at 01:24
Ingenious
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I already knew about this page.

The reason I did not publicize it is that it
contains some rather dangerous information. Be
very careful with the above codes. You could
seriously mess things up, most notably with that
981 code. I've never tried it, but I get the
impression that it might permanently erase some
data updates programmed at the factory.

Beware.

-=Ingenious=-
OP | Post 4 made on Sunday January 16, 2000 at 10:05
Gerard J. Pinzone
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Yeah, could you imagine that one number difference could be so dangerous? :)

I'm beginning to wonder if the Cinema 7 is upgradeable remote. BTW, the RS 15-1994 does have studs (pins) soldered in for those three little connectors.
OP | Post 5 made on Wednesday January 19, 2000 at 04:08
cico
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> Hey, I was reading this thing a little further and they are listing some
> functions differently:

I checked out this page (it's of interest to Cinema7ophiles, once you
are able to get past the bizarre translation and "decipher" certain
key phrases), but I have seen no direct reference to the Cinema 7. The
author makes reference to other OFA models, ie. "One For All 6", "OFA
LITE", etc. Maybe his references are a European equivalent of the
Cinema 7, but I have verified that any references to commands with
"996" or above do not work with the C7. Those of 990 to 995 do
however, and there are a few commands he talks about that I have not
seen referenced elsewhere here, but no "magic bullet" (ie. nothing I
didn't already know how to do in one way or another).

As for the so-called "DANGEROUS CODE" he mentions, what he appears to
be referring to when he says it will erase "new codes" is the upgrade
programming OFA does on certain models after you send it in (or have
it done on the phone, depending upon your model). Since the C7 has no
such capability, this should not have such an effect on it. All
non-user programmed codes (namely the device codes) in the C7 are
"hard-wired", so I don't believe anything you punch into the remote
can erase those codes. Anyone care to prove me WRONG??! If so, just
enter [command sequence]: MAGIC** 981. I imagine it would work like
"980" (ie. you erase your own programming), if indeed it works at all
on the C7. I'd do it myself you know, just for curiosity's sake, but I
just got finished writing and entering my memory pool's limit of
macros and EFC's, etc., etc... Speaking of EFC's, I don't see any
reason to believe there is anything special in the 100-355 range, that
the author of the FAQ makes mention of. I've always used 000-255, and
it's my understanding that they are simply repeated a few times within
the 000-999 range, so anything in 100-355 should be in 000-255. He
probably just finds it easier to remember numbers in that range.

I've also checked out the software he makes reference to. It is not
designed for the C7, but other OFA model(s), although it appears it
would work to control the C7, if the pinout arrangement and related
circuitry is the same as those models. However, as far as I can tell
in a brief review, all it does is control your remote via PC. Why
anyone would want to buy a special cable and obtain special software
in order to use a PC to emulate the buttons on their remote when they
could do the same thing by hitting the remote's keys I have no earthly
idea. I guess you have to be a computer engineer to appreciate that
option.

These are the command sequences below that I lifted from the French C7
FAQ that might be of interest to C7ophiles, some of which may not have
appeared on this forum before (or at least in this form...). I'm
reprinting them in case you wish to add them in a future ver. of the
NA C7 FAQ, if they are not yet included (I have translated them from
"babblespeak" to a form understandable to me. DEV=device, nnn=3 digit
number):


- > copy the function of [KEY1] on to [KEY2] within a DEV:

[command sequence]: DEV MAGIC** 994 [KEY1] [KEY2]

- > copy the function of [KEY1] from one DEV to [KEY2] of another DEV:

(option: Hit "MAGIC" before KEY2 in the sequence to put the
function to a shifted key)

[command sequence]: MAGIC** 994 [source DEV] [KEY1] [target DEV] [KEY2]

- > installs EFC code from one device on the key of another device:

[command sequence]: MAGIC** 994 [source DEV] MAGIC nnn [target DEV] [KEY1]

- > copy the function of one key within a DEV to a "shifted" key
(KEY1=key function you wish to copy, KEY2=key you wish to copy to.
Hit "MAGIC+KEY2" to access the function)

[command sequence]: DEV MAGIC** 994 [KEY1] MAGIC [KEY2]

- > erases a device's functions:

[command sequence]: MAGIC** 994 DEV DEV



OP | Post 6 made on Wednesday January 19, 2000 at 08:47
Gerard J. Pinzone
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BTW, the french FAQ did mention programing the "scan" button via MAGIC-9-9-6. The Cinema 7 doesn't have this button, but the Radio Shack 15-1994 does and is documented in its manual.
OP | Post 7 made on Thursday January 20, 2000 at 00:05
Ingenious
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Given a model to work from, I bet it wouldn't be
too difficult to install a scan button in the
C7... :)

-=Ingenious=-


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