# This early TV remote worked without a battery

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**Created:** [August 5, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-early-tv-remote-worked-without-a-battery/988102 "2023-08-05T12:38:57Z")\
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In addition to the tuning fork type, there were also remotes with ultrasonic whistles.

> [@Without saying your age, what's something from your childhood that a younger person wouldn't understand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/1429):
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> Hah! Although I thought it was a Zenith, I was wrong. I found the exact model remote she had. It was an Admiral. When I learned that Zenith used tuning forks, not whistles, I began to doubt myself. I’m pleased to see I’m not going crazy. (Or, at least, that this is not evidence of it.)

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