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=Remote Control=

By Edward Fitzgerald
A remote control is a device that will allow you to send signals to another machine and control it from a distance or from a remote place.

It is also called a remote or controller. The main use of remote controls are to give commands to a electronic device from a certain distance usually to televisions or such things like DVD players and AC units. Remote controls for such devices are mainly small with no wires, can be held in your and have a series of buttons to change certain settings on the computer or machine. Most controls only have a small amount of different functions that you can use. Usually use infrared signals or radio signals for example remote control cars. There also are controllers that can be used for more then one device.



There are many different types of remote controls for TVs, VHSs and DVD devices.
 * Television remote controls**

These remotes have made several people change their lifestyle patterns and watch more TV. It allowed audiences, for the first time, to interact with their TV. This no longer meant that people who watched certain shows because they did not want to get up to change the channel. Nowadays the more advanced remotes not only can tell you when a show is on but also it allows you to skip advertising and skip to your favourite parts of a TV show or movies and they may have watch certain shows whenever you want.

In the 1980s Steve Wozniak of Apple, started a company named CL 9. The purpose of this company was to create a remote control which could control several different types of electronic devices. The CORE unit as it was named (Controller Of Remote Equipment) was introduced in the fall of 1987. The advantage to this remote controller was that it could “learn” remote signals from other devices. It also had the ability to perform specific or multiple functions at various times with its built in clock. It was also the first remote control which could be connected to a computer and updated when needed. The CORE unit never made a huge impact on the market. It was much too hard to use for average people to program. These obstacles eventually led to the destruction of CL 9, but one of its employees continued the business under the name of Celadon.
 * Other remote controls**

The Joystick was a type of remote control that would allow people to have further control of their TVs. Pong (a very old video game) was a basic game that was based on ping-pong and it allowed people to have more control of things.
 * The Joystick**

Video game consoles had not used wireless controllers until recently (PS3, Wii and Xbox 360), mainly because of the difficulty involved in playing the game while keeping the infrared transmitter pointed at the console. Early wireless controllers were difficult to use and when powered on alkaline batteries, lasted only a few hours before they needed replacement. Some wireless controllers were produced by normal people, in most cases using a radio link instead of infrared. Even these were very bad, and in some cases, had transmission delays, making them virtually useless. The first official wireless controller made by a manufacturer was the WaveBird for Nintendo Gamecube. The Wavebird changed the face of wireless technology in video game consoles.
 * Video games**

Remote control toys, such as racing cars, boats and even aircraft are a favorite hobby of many people.
 * Radio-controlled model**



Remote controlled planes are a common hobby of many. These planes have a similar set up to real planes and fly by the same principles. If the wing of the remote controlled plane is in an airfoil form and creates high and low pressure and lift, the plane will fly. This can be facilitated by a small electric motor that creates thrust.
 * Remote Controlled Planes**

Since infrared remote controls use light, they require line of sight to operate the destination device. The signal can, however, be reflected by mirrors. If operation is required where no line of sight is possible, for instance when controlling equipment in another room, many brands of infrared extenders are available for this on the market. Most of these have an infrared receiver, picking up on the signal and making a new radio signal to the remote part, which has an infrared transmitter which copies the original infrared control.
 * Infrared, line of sight and operating angle**

To be turned on by a wireless remote, the controlled appliance must always be partly on, consuming standby power.
 * Standby power**