noisy toshiba remote

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I received my toshiba 62hmx84 last week, very happy with it, except when the
remote is illuminated it gives off a kinda whining noise, goes away when the
illumination is turned off, is this a defective remote or just the way they
are, its not really that bad, I haven't contacted my dealer yet.

 

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Common with these remotes. To produce the light there is a dc to dc circuit
within the thing that is running, which produces the whine. Would have to
opt either for another brand of set or remote to not have this additional
feature.
"Gogordo" <no.address@none.com> wrote in message
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>I received my toshiba 62hmx84 last week, very happy with it, except when
>the remote is illuminated it gives off a kinda whining noise, goes away
>when the illumination is turned off, is this a defective remote or just the
>way they are, its not really that bad, I haven't contacted my dealer yet.
>

 

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have you tried the logitech harmony remotes, are they OK?, would the 659 be
OK for dvd/satellite/receiver?

Thanks

"Art" <plotsligt@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Common with these remotes. To produce the light there is a dc to dc
> circuit within the thing that is running, which produces the whine. Would
> have to opt either for another brand of set or remote to not have this
> additional feature.
> "Gogordo" <no.address@none.com> wrote in message
> news:VN9Xd.12572$JH1.602933@news20.bellglobal.com...
>>I received my toshiba 62hmx84 last week, very happy with it, except when
>>the remote is illuminated it gives off a kinda whining noise, goes away
>>when the illumination is turned off, is this a defective remote or just
>>the way they are, its not really that bad, I haven't contacted my dealer
>>yet.
>>
>
>

 

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Gogordo wrote:
> I received my toshiba 62hmx84 last week, very happy with it, except when the
> remote is illuminated it gives off a kinda whining noise, goes away when the
> illumination is turned off, is this a defective remote or just the way they
> are, its not really that bad, I haven't contacted my dealer yet.
>
>
I have a Toshiba 62HM94 and I don't hear any noise from the remote.

Sharon

 

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"John" <noneya.biz@email.com> wrote in message
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> The soon-to-be-released Harmony 880 will come with a recharging
> station:
http/www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/detailsharmony/US/EN,CRID=2084,CONTENTID=9933That looks nice. Can the remote's program be backed up on a PC andrestored to another (or same) remote?

 

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"Markeau" <please_reply@news.group> wrote in message
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>
> "John" <noneya.biz@email.com> wrote in message
> news:njkXd.2040$WK2.1882@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com...
>> The soon-to-be-released Harmony 880 will come with a recharging station:
> http/www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/detailsharmony/US/EN,CRID=2084,CONTENTID=9933That
> looks nice. Can the remote's program be backed up on a PC andrestored to
> another (or same) remote?

The "program" is actually stored on Logitech / Harmony's web site and is
portable between different models of remotes. You connect the remote to
your PC via USB and connect to the website to modify / download programming.

- John

 

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thanks all, I'll talk to Toshiba, the remote does everything for me and I
like the auto backlight feature, other than the select key doesn't work with
my bev 6000 receiver, thats another question for them

"sharonf" <me7@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Gogordo wrote:
>> I received my toshiba 62hmx84 last week, very happy with it, except when
>> the remote is illuminated it gives off a kinda whining noise, goes away
>> when the illumination is turned off, is this a defective remote or just
>> the way they are, its not really that bad, I haven't contacted my dealer
>> yet.
> I have a Toshiba 62HM94 and I don't hear any noise from the remote.
>
> Sharon

 

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"Art" <plotsligt@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Common with these remotes. To produce the light there is a dc to dc
> circuit within the thing that is running, which produces the whine. Would
> have to opt either for another brand of set or remote to not have this
> additional feature.

Its actually probably a DC-AC circuit to run an electroluminescent
backlight. The inverter circuits usually take in DC from the batteries and
output ~120V at 400hz. EL backlights look cooler than a cheaper and quieter
LED backlight, but I just don't think its worth it. The expense, the noise,
the battery life. Having said that, I have chosen EL backlights for
projects of mine because they DO look cool.

--Dan

 

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like was already posted apparently this is by design, its not that loud if
you have the tv up normal
"dg" <dan_gus@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Art" <plotsligt@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:T_KdnUOFe_id4rDfRVn-1A@comcast.com...
>> Common with these remotes. To produce the light there is a dc to dc
>> circuit within the thing that is running, which produces the whine. Would
>> have to opt either for another brand of set or remote to not have this
>> additional feature.
>
> Its actually probably a DC-AC circuit to run an electroluminescent
> backlight. The inverter circuits usually take in DC from the batteries
> and output ~120V at 400hz. EL backlights look cooler than a cheaper and
> quieter LED backlight, but I just don't think its worth it. The expense,
> the noise, the battery life. Having said that, I have chosen EL
> backlights for projects of mine because they DO look cool.
>
> --Dan
>
>

 

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"Gogordo" <no.address@none.com> wrote in message
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> like was already posted apparently this is by design, its not that loud if
> you have the tv up normal
>

Noisy by design? Do you mean toshiba intended the remote to be noisy?

Thanks,
--Dan

 

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dg wrote:
> "Gogordo" <no.address@none.com> wrote in message
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>
>>like was already posted apparently this is by design, its not that loud if
>>you have the tv up normal
>>
>
>
> Noisy by design?

Yes.

> Do you mean toshiba intended the remote to be noisy?
>

No. Toshiba intended the remote to have a backlight. The method chosen
emits sound. That is not the intent of a backlight, it is a requirement
of the circuitry to provide the backlight.

--
Matthew

I'm a contractor. If you want an opinion, I'll sell you one.
Which one do you want?

 

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due to the inherent dc-dc circuit it does produce some minor noise, probably
not by design, rather, the way it is

does that clear it up for ya

"Matthew L. Martin" <nothere@notnow.never> wrote in message
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> dg wrote:
>> "Gogordo" <no.address@none.com> wrote in message
>> news:biPXd.26796$JH1.1212492@news20.bellglobal.com...
>>
>>>like was already posted apparently this is by design, its not that loud
>>>if you have the tv up normal
>>>
>>
>>
>> Noisy by design?
>
> Yes.
>
>> Do you mean toshiba intended the remote to be noisy?
>>
>
> No. Toshiba intended the remote to have a backlight. The method chosen
> emits sound. That is not the intent of a backlight, it is a requirement of
> the circuitry to provide the backlight.
>
> --
> Matthew
>
> I'm a contractor. If you want an opinion, I'll sell you one.
> Which one do you want?