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[RPB]

Hi all, is this remote control infra red or RF? 

[BenMcr · Accepted solution]

That's an IR only remote for the old V boxes. It's not designed for any of the current boxes, although will allow control of a TiVo or V6 box for basic functions.

It won't work with the 360 boxes at all.

[RPB]

Thx BenMcr - my mum-in-law is 89 so kept this remote as she just cannot learn another and her eye sight is bad so can’t see the buttons properly. I am getting one of those ‘learning’ remotes with massive buttons so need the IR to teach the new remote from.

I did get what I thought was a ‘high contrast’ Virgin Remote control however it was nothing like I thought it would be and is still all black! She cannot make out the buttons from all of the black background. I thought the plastic would be silver with black buttons or something. 

Thanks 👍🏻

[BenMcr]

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@RPB wrote:

I am getting one of those ‘learning’ remotes with massive buttons so need the IR to teach the new remote from.

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You may find that the remote has 'Virgin Media' in as a control set to use already which will use the same IR set as that remote.