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Easy IR Remote Jammer

Easy IR Remote Jammer
How can you make a infrared remote jammer with no soldering no LEDs and no electronics experience required? With black tape of course!
 
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Step 1Materials

Materials
1 IR TV remote (or more if you plan to block multiple remotes)
1 roll of black electrical tape
1 utility knife or hole punch (depending on what type of remote you are blocking)
1 pen (optional)
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4 comments
Aug 18, 2011. 8:40 PMrobot1398 says:
whats that arduino circuit behind?
Apr 3, 2011. 12:54 PMHarveyH44 says:
Why scissors will not work? Wouldn't a paper hole punch make a nice size dot, that could be set just over the emitter itself? People tend to know their remotes, intimately, and the smallest change is noticed. Like when somebody "borrows" the batteries, it just doesn't feel right.

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