[zenithfan1]

Bob and I were discussing things like this last week. He had a good idea, another way to still use a remote set is: take 5 converter boxes, 5 commercial RF modulators from like a hotel or something {look on the bay} set on 5 different channels {VHF}, skipping every other one to eliminate bleed over. Then find 5 of your favorite channels on the boxes, one on each box. Then, hook all this up to a video combiner to get it all into one coaxial wire, this can then be routed to every room in the house if you want. Lastly, hook your remote set to the coaxial and enjoy 5 crystal clear channels on your mechanical ANALOG tuner with no mods to any set. My idea was similar to fsjonsey's, I wanted to take apart a box, mount it inside an old set {NOT an early color set} maybe like a mid '60s B/W console. Take the IR sensor and move it to a location on the front of the set hidden from view and hook the box to the incoming power supply. Then, hook the coax to the set internally and hook the ant. input from the box to the terminals on the back of the set, hook up the amplified ant. and enjoy remote controlled B/W. OR jack the thing into the chassis to the first I.F. and bypass the tuner altogether. But I thought maybe that would make it harder to hook other things to the set when done that way, i.e. DVD, VCR ect. It is also crappy that there is no pass through so maybe run an extra coaxial outside the set to hook up the other components. Any suggestions on improvements on the idea are welcome.