A rare photo of a remote control from the 70's

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LogicOverAll on April 30th, 2021 at 04:43 UTC »

Didn’t even need batteries

DiedWhileDictating on April 30th, 2021 at 04:47 UTC »

Our tv in the 70’s had a remote control. It was mechanical (no batteries). 2 “buttons”. When you pressed one, it caused 2 pieces of metal to clank together. Somehow the tv recognized this. The metal rods were different sizes for the two buttons, leading to the clanks having different pitches. Some of my mother’s jewelry (like a big metal chain necklace) would cause the channel to change if they clanked around a bit.

TestDummy987 on April 30th, 2021 at 05:43 UTC »

As a child from those days, I can say that it was easy with only 13 channels on the tv, and only 5 that actually work. I remember that around 2am nothing would be on. All the station shut down until morning.