A long forgotten remote commander.
SONY RMT-V406 Remote Control
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This remote I have tested on video recorder Sony model SLV SE 730G/I, so any mention of things that are coded 230 and 830, I haven't tested them with this remote myself, but they are written about in the manual which came with the 730G/I VCR that this remote drives perfectly without any problems. The manual says it is for: SLV SE830G, SE730G, SE730I, SE230G and SE230I. Note the I is the letter not number one. And the video I tested it on also had code I at the end which might mean it is for PAL TV in the UK which is PAL code I , so for your country you probably need the correct code number for the TV system at the end, see Worldwide TV Systems (NTSC, PAL, and SECAM). For SECAM or NTSC it will be different again, but it will still say 230G, 730G or 830G.
There are about 2 extra buttons on the 830G and about 2 less on the 230, everything else is identical.
It takes two AA R6 batteries, and negative end has to go in first to the negative connector.
The VCR it is for was made around 2003. Now if it is for an 830, it will have also a TV power on, TV mode select button and a teletext button to the left of the volume up and down buttons (these volume buttons are on the 230, 730 and 830). If it has a x2 button and a slow button, it is for a 830G, although this works perfectly, on 730G, it's just that 830G uses these buttons not only for the speed of playback but also for viewing fast text.
Now at the top right on the 730G and 830G remote is the audio monitor. You use this to select audio inputs left right stereo or mono channels. The 230G does not have this button, so it cannot select the sound, therefore it will probably just be set always to stereo. 230 also doesn't have the index search buttons (below slow and x2), double arrows and a line.
Now the manual is dated 2003, in it it says the remote will also operate a Sony TV, and the 830G model will operate a number of other TVs as well. Other manufacturers. It says provided the TV's themselves don't have their own remote, and the TV must have the 'R in a square' symbol near it's remote sensor. But, the televisions that they are talking about were probably 15 years ago, so they will be long gone now,
It says some televisions won't allow operation of the teletext, fast text, TV/video, program up and down, and volume up and down and menu up down left right and OK button, but again, 15 years ago, and who knows what models?
Note: I have not tested this remote with any TVs, so it is just an added bonus if it works on some old TV system.
Now, you cannot operate any menus without the remote commander, example tuning your TV channels, I mean there is no ok button for example or menu button on the VCR. And direction keys are ONLY on the remote. Only the remote commander can set the clock, set SP/LP, or do index counters. You can see by looking at it what functions it does.
The point is, you need this remote to control the video properly. Because when you have only the VCR, you only have tracking, play, pause, stop, eject, forward, back, record, program up and down channel, and power off. That is, anything more than the basics of a video you need the remote. For example, I use the audio monitor. It can set right left channel mono or stereo for your sound.
There is a button midway on the far right that you press to choose what audio and video input you want, i.e. line 1, line 2, or the television channel.
Or you can use the remote for doing video recording, stopping video, playing video, forward, back, as you can't possibly be going over to the video player all the time. You can do fast rewind straight from the remote and then use the remote to eject the video.
There are hundreds of things that this remote does, I can't list them all. Basically it operates every single thing in the video. And the manual contains countless operating instruction pages on the things you can do with it, names, links, code number entries; hence everything here is given briefly in reduced form to give you the basics.
It is a state of the art piece of electronics, courtesy of Sony.
Remember the remote has an infra red LED and the sensor in the video recorder has a photo diode (Infra red sensor.) The sensor on the VCR might have gone, if this has gone, obviously the remote won't work either.
It's very professional looking, and must be handled with care, it has quite a bit of weight.
It operates my old SLV-SE730G/I VCR absolutely perfectly, but as I've stated I haven't tested it with other VCR models or on any TVs.
Good Luck with it,
Chris Fleetwood,
Haworth,
EnglandRead full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
