Digital Command Center
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Remote control
A remote control is a component of an electronics device, most commonly a television set, used for operating the television device wirelessly from a short line-of-sight distance.The remote control is usually contracted to remote...
introduced for RCA's high-end television sets; in 1983 for the Colortrak 2000
Colortrak 2000
Colortrak 2000 was one of RCA's brand names for their high-end television models produced from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s, the other being Dimensia. The RCA Colortrak, however, was not a high-end model. The Colortrak 2000 chassis was identical to the Dimensia tabletop model. Colortrak 2000s...
and the SJT400 CED player and in 1984 for the Dimensia Lyceum TV
Lyceum TV
The RCA Lyceum TV was a commercial monitor/receiver with a large input/output panel on the back, and a long grounded plug. During the mid-80s, RCA released the Colortrak 2000, a television identical to the Dimensia table-top model. Even though the Colortrak was considered the mid-range model,...
sets. The main feature of the Digital Command Center was that it was universal amongst many RCA components, including VCRs, CED players, tuners, amplifiers, CD players, etc, on top of controlling the monitor itself. The Digital Command Center took four AA
AA battery
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batteries to power, which is understandable, considering its extensive and ahead-of-its time functionality.
The initial Digital Command Center released in 1984 with the Dimensia system, the CRK35A, had 52 buttons, had onboard memory, and weighed nearly a pound with its batteries.
In 1985, RCA released the Digital Command Component System, an all audio system that was compatible with all Dimensia audio components, which also used the Digital Command Center remote. The idea of this system was to have the full functionality of the Dimensia's sound system without the need of a Dimensia monitor.
Dimensia Intelligent Audio Video and Dimensia Digital Control
See also: RCA DimensiaRCA Dimensia
Dimensia was RCA's brand name for their high-end models of television systems and their produced from 1984 to 1989, with variations continuing into the early 1990s, superseded by the ProScan model line. After RCA was acquired by General Electric in 1986, GE sold the RCA consumer electronics line...
In Dimensia television systems, the remote was called Dimensia Intelligent Audio Video or Dimensia Digital Control because all of the components were integrated so that the remote could activate the entire system with the touch of one button by communicating with the built-in computer found in the Dimensia monitor via the black control jack found on all Dimensia components. This remote had 8 device keys on it; TV, VCR, VID2 (DISC), AUX, AM/FM, PHON, TAPE, and CD. Since the CED Player intended to be released with the Dimensia system in 1984 was cancelled, the VID2 button and the ability to control the CED Players was absent from later remotes.
In 1987, the Dimensia Intelligent Audio Video was replaced with a wedge-shaped remote (CRK45A) shown at the bottom of the picture to the right.
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