I've started taking a fair amount of public transportation lately here in LA, and it really bothers me that if I started playing music or what have you without earphones, I could be fined or thrown off the bus, with enough money you can make EVERYONE listen to your bullshit! With sound! - on TV screens in both the front and back of the bus. I've been considering picking up a TV-B-Gone remote to quash that particular form of noise pollution.

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I saw the same on adbusters, and just had to order one. Now for the 8-12 week wait !

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winter orbit

pdawin have free designs for a gadget that will amplify any IR signal, you just have to use your IR device near its pickup and point its output at whatever you want.

I paid $40.00 US for my TV-B-Gone, and it is excellent and does what it says. There are many similar little ones on eBay for about 5 bucks. On these you have to hold something down (usually the mute button until the icon shows on the screen) then release and it is ready for use. I recommend the black 'ninja' ones. I got one because I bought the PAL TV-B-Gone, but there are more and more universal or NTSC machines coming into Oz.

These ebay ones also allow you to play with av settings, change channel and volume. These need you to stand for a while before programming - they say one TV type at a time, but for example today I strolled along the aisle in my shopping centre with my finger on the power button. One TV went off, one went to AV blue screen, another gave me a message saying sleep mode was in 120 mins, the rest remained untouched.

The TV -B-Gone has the advantage of more codes, secret transmission (you dont have to set up the channel first, just click and aim). TV-B-Gone isn't limited to TV's. A bit of experimentation has shown some vcr's dvd players, and even foxtel satellite recievers are affected...run out and play!!

Here's a trick too -- I found TV-B-gone is the best for turning off those big banks of monitors that all show part of a picture...it usually won't turn off all of the screens all at once. THIS IS GOOD...yes, its best if one or two screens remain on in a bank of screens.

A completely black wall will bring the clerk or whoever running immediately, but if you leave a few on, the people still register colour and motion and it takes them much longer to realize that some of the screens are turned off, especially in music displays where videos keep changing image anyway. Of course, it takes a couple of tries to find the best combination, and often if you wait, the power on codes are transmitted and turn most back on -- just experiment and enjoy

Some practical advice I hope can help

You're right,

Ive done some research since my last post and have been looking at indigenous art on cave walls, talking to some local Indigenous Australians and trying to find some other environmentally sound solutions. They have techniques to make the images last longer, but Ive got to get to know them better before they'll share something sacred with me.

peace

Malcolm

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