Reviving an ancient programmable remote

[3dbinCanada]

When I purchased the Yamaha EQ-630, the man through in an ancient Harmony 659 remote. I never thought much of it and squirreled it away. However, I had added the Iomega ScreenPlay MX2 as my digital music (only) source to the Yamaha 2 channel stack. This necessitated the use of a remote so I simply retained the functionality of Iomega and created an another activity to the main Logitech Harmony 650 remote that I use on my Yamaha HT stack. The 650 is programmed to capacity and I couldn't add any more devices to it like the pre-amp and the EQ. In a stroke of genius, I thought why not use the ancient remote instead of wasting another Logitech Harmony 650 on it. I said waisted because there are a lot of things in the 2 channel stack that requires hands on like eject andnext/previous track on the DVD player, power up the power amp, and NT settings on the deck.

So here its is..back from electronic wasteland.

 

[Sonnie Parker]

So you visited the landfill and stumbled across an oldie but goodie.

 

[3dbinCanada]

So you visited the landfill and stumbled across an oldie but goodie.

One man's garbage is another man's treasure. You never know what one can find.

 

[Todd Anderson]

Refreshing to see a repurpose for something that, in a lot of cases, would be rotting somewhere in a landfill. Honestly, that notion is bothering me more and more these days.

Great save!

 

[Sonnie Parker]

I have a drawer full of old remotes, but never had the Harmony.