January 30, 2012
My RC car is being controlled by my TV remote?
So earlier today I was playing with my remote control car with my neighbor. When she left, I turned it off. So just about 5 minutes ago, I switched on the TV so I could watch the Simpsons, and when I pressed the guide button, my RC car moved. At first, I thought that something weird was going on, but when I pressed the guide button again, the RC car moved again. I quickly realized that the TV remote was controlling my car. It wasn't shut off properly, but how was the TV remote controlling my car?
Remotes send a specific signal [ MHz and GHz ]. So lets say the RC Remote is 1 GHz, And the TV Remote is also 1 GHz. If you press a button on the remote, It will send the 1 GHz signal around, and since the RC Car reacts to 1 GHz Signals, It moves. Some old telephones can also have some problems. You could be talking, And some one pushes the button on the remote, and you hear static. It has to be the same frequency though.
Filed under Remote Controlled Cars by Carl
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they both run on Infared Signals so maybe there at the same frequency.
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i don't know about that maybe you should send the remote and the car to a expert and see whats wrong!
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Remotes send a specific signal [ MHz and GHz ]. So lets say the RC Remote is 1 GHz, And the TV Remote is also 1 GHz. If you press a button on the remote, It will send the 1 GHz signal around, and since the RC Car reacts to 1 GHz Signals, It moves. Some old telephones can also have some problems. You could be talking, And some one pushes the button on the remote, and you hear static. It has to be the same frequency though.
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Change the frequency of one of the devices.
On some RC cars there is a chip that one can take out and replace with one of different frequency.
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