Hi Folks!

I just got this XL100.

It says remote control on the front, but none of my RCA remotes will work with it.

Anyone know what the correct remote looks like? Can a universal be programmed for it?

The original remote for this is the RCA remote with the full keypad, recall button, and mute. It has a silverish-white background behind the buttons and a black back. IR, not ultrasonic of course.
Chances are that any universal can work with it. I have an 83 FJR- colortrak on a universal remote.

Thank I shall try a universal remote. Would still love a photo of the original remote.

Would it be this one by chance?
This also has VCR controls on it.

A much simpler RCA TV/VCR remote from about that era is the CRK50E. I have a beat-up one that worked on a 1991 RCA-built console TV. There are a couple on fleabay right now. I think the IR codes changed after '82 or so, whenever the rounded-edge 6-button jobs were discontinued. The remote I have wouldn't work the '82 ColorTrak I had.

The RCA remotes that I have work all my 1989 and newer sets. They do nothing for my newly acquired 1985 XL100 though.

Would it be this one by chance?
This also has VCR controls on it.

Those are pretty cool remotes Jon.

A universal remote with the same code worked a console identical to the '91 (date sticker missing on that one) and a 1987 XL-100. The VCR I believe it was supplied with is no newer than 1986 as far as I know. I guess the IR code wasn't changed for all sets at once. You might need one of those 6-button jobs, CRK33H.