About 6 months ago, I purchased the Philips/Magnavox Universal
Learning Remote control, to replace the remotes for my TV, VCR, DVD,
TiVo, and Cable Box.  I just tried today to add a new functionality to
the remote, but couldn't find the manual.  I also cannot find the
manual online anywhere.

I need to know the correct sequence of keys to press both on the
Learning Remote and on the original remote to have the Learning Remote
'learn' new abilities from the original remote.

Thank you,
Paul Lalli

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 04 Jan 2004 21:09 PST

I have a Philips Magnavox Universal Learning Remote that controls five
devices. I also have one that controls seven devices. They are both
programmed in the same way. I can describe for you the procedure that
my remotes use to learn commands from an original remote, but I cannot
guarantee that this procedure will work with your 8-device unit.

If this information would be satisfactory as an answer, please let me know.

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Clarification of Question by mritty-ga on 05 Jan 2004 04:33 PST

Well, I have no way of knowing if the procedure is the same for the
two devices.  If you posted the procedure for your 7device remote, and
it works on my 8device remote, I'd certainly accept that as a valid
answer.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 05 Jan 2004 13:23 PST

I've made a scan of the portion of my Philips Magnavox Universal
Learning Remote manual that deals with learning commands. Since these
instructions work with both my 5-device unit and my 7-device unit,
it's quite possible that they will help you to program your 8-device
remote. Worth a try, anyhow.

Here you'll find a JPEG of the material (it's large, so you'll
probably need to scroll around to read all of it):

http://www.mortalwombat.com/Special/Remote1.jpg

Elsewhere in the manual, it is mentioned that the two remotes should
be head-to-head and approximately one inch from each other during the
code learning procedure, and you should perform the procedure while
you're at least three feet away from incandescent or low-energy light
sources.

Make sure you have fresh batteries in both the source remote and the
Philips/Magnavox -- once I tried to acquire programming information
from a remote with old batteries in it, and the results were very
flaky.

Please let me know if this helps!

Best regards,
pinkfreud

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Clarification of Question by mritty-ga on 05 Jan 2004 15:15 PST

Yup, that did it. If you'll post the comments as an answer, I'll be
happy to mark this Answered.

Thank you very much!

Whew! I am glad that the instructions from my manual did the trick for
you. Since manufacturers haven't standardized these things (even
within a single brand), there was no way to be sure this would work
other than to give it a try.

I hunted for an online manual for your unit, and failed to find one,
but I did find something that may be useful. This is a manual for a
6-device Philips Magnavox Universal Learning Remote which seems to be
virtually identical to the manuals for my two remotes. It could be a
close match for yours, too:

Amazon.com
http://media-server.amazon.com/media/mole/MANUAL000027937.pdf

NOTE: The file linked above is in .pdf format. You need to have Adobe
Acrobat reader software installed on your computer in order to view
.pdf files. If you do not already have this software, a free download
is available here:
 
Adobe.com
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html 

If anything is unclear, please request clarification; I'll be glad to
offer further assistance before you rate my answer.

Best regards,
pinkfreud

Thank you for the help!

Thanks for the five-star rating and the tip!

~pinkfreud