hows does the remote work? do you have to be close or pointed at it. buying for boat.dont always have a dirtect sight of it to change channel
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Hi 515Rusty, the remote for this Sony CDXM20 uses infrared, which mean that you must be always at the line of sight for the it to work properly. -Ely
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Actually we have it in our boat as well. Our boat is 22" & we can get out of it & put the remote on the back side of the boat or on the front bow (it
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Rusty, the remote has to be aimed at the radio, I believe it is infrared. It will not work any other way. I have tried it.
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theirs and antenna that comes with the receiver, so when you wanna watch tv in the bedroom or in the kids room. and the remote will turn the channel , the guide, and ext. with ease. no problems. and the remotes will learn the tv and other remotes control.
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I find that I don't use them. It's a good TV, but it's a TV first. I've never used these motion, or gesturs, or spoken comands to my TV. You'll have your cable or sattelite receiver and that's the remote you'll use to change channels, turn your TV on/off, and affect volume. I'd buy last year's model and save your money and forego the fancy features you won't use.
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I bought remote from crutchfield ($19.99 with about 3 dollars shipping). Works well but must be pointed directly at receiver. Remote is about 3.5 inches long and half inch think. (like a very small tv remote) I keep in the tray of my truck and like it. And much prefer it to reaching for controls on the unit.
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We had the same problem. Our remote was junk and fell apart. Tview wanted $90 to replace the remote. I haven't been able to get a universal remote to work with it either.
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there are 3 radio channels that the remote control can use. If you're not getting good control because of interference you can switch channels.
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That is what it does. It was sold to me as a universal remote, but it does not do anything but change channels, turn the radio on , not the dock. Will not change volume.
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I have used mine on my houseboat for over a year. Once it is locked, it stay's locked....make sure the actual unit does not slide around... I tie mine down, but I have not had signal problems to date and both TV's work.
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It is not an rf remote if that's what you're asking. You need to have it pointed in the general direction to make it work.
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no, these boats are cheap, so make sure to follow the instructions, turn on the hand held transmitter first then the boat..Turn off the boat then the transmitter, If you don't follow this the boat could be interfered with and not work properly. the longer antenna won't matter unless your 100 yards away from boat.
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The wireless remote works via infra-red like your TV remote does. I've found that it will function through one of those tinted plastic stereo covers, but, mine will only work if I am oriented toward the radio face. I cannot, for example, use the remote to reliably control the radio if I am standing at the bow of my center console due to the radio's face orientation aft.Edit: This just popped in my head, but, you can probably use one of those IR repeaters common in home stereo and mount the receiver in a more conducive location.
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The internal antenna I feel is a little bit better than the external antenna. In 2013 I had a brand new boat set up with a new 898/external antenna, every time i backed off the boat lift it was searching for a signal, that boat was destroyed in a building collapse over winter. so I now have a new 2014 boat set up with an 899 and a 999 with internal antennas the "searching for signal" rarely comes up and I fished the exact same lake all this past season. I think you will enjoy your new unit.
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I was just playing with that feature last night, and discovered there's no "." or "-" key to enter a digital channel (for OTA viewing). The range of the remote is fine. But I'll need to look for a better app.
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My husband and I looked at the packaging and remote. It is NOT amulti-channel remote. So, we would guess that if you bought two of themthere is a chance that they may be on the same channel and you wouldn't beable to change them.
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That is what it does. It was sold to me as a universal remote, but it does not do anything but change channels, turn the radio on , not the dock.Will not change volume.
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Technically, you need to get permission from a vessels captain to use any radio equipment at sea. Practically, I don't think you will have any problems using this while in or near a port and that is the only time you will be able to reach a shore based repeater. You are an FCC licensed amateur radio operator aren't you? If not, than this is not the right radio for you. Look for a FRS or MURS radio instead.
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For this item the auto switch does not work all the time. What I have noticed is you power on the device it will then trigger to switch to that channel.Hope this helps