Hope you don't own a Sony TV and a MAC Performa!
- Larry and Tracey came into the Mac Department today (3/24/96) at
Micro Center in Houston (Store #14), saying that their Sony TV Remote
Control turns their new Performa 6300 on and off. The Performa was
purchased at this Micro Center last Thursday.
- Also they reported that the sound on the Performa turned off on
them inexplicably last week, and now the menu bar blinks instead.
- I asked them how far away from the store they lived, and could they
bring the remote and CPU in (service department is open on Sundays).
They did that.
- Their Sony remote turned on and off every Performa in the store,
not just their own!
- Also, the "Mute" button on the remote clicked an "X" in the "Mute"
box on the Volumes submenu in the Sound control panel. It took a
little while to discover this!
- Store tech. guy (Lucas) says Infrared is not tunable, and
disconnecting it would also turn off the headphones and the volume
control. He taped over the infrared port and is contacting Apple for
further instructions.
- The Sony TV Remote Control unit is Model # RM-V21. It only powers
the Performa on and off when set to the "TV" channel. But it mutes
the Performa on "TV," CBL," and "VCR." Other channels are "AV1" and
"AV2." Of course YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary).
p.s. If this info were generally known, think of the havoc that could
be played out in a lab of Performas by some miscreant with one of
these remote devices! Lots of unsaved ClarisWorks files would get
lost, to say the least.
p.p.s Tracey thought at first it was a poltergiest, and was relieved
that there was a rational explanation.
p.p.p.s. Rumor has it that Sony makes the infrared assembly used in
the Performas.
-Unknown Source