Can I make my cable box wireless?

TV, cable box, receiver & DVD plyr. all wired worst: remotes workin independent of others. How 2 make all as 1

• Yegads. Cable Guy somehow hooked up TV, DVD player, cable box AND receiver - all remotes operate independent of other three functions. Is it not possible, to (re) connect wires, enabling everything to work off of one remote only?! (INCL. SOUND) ??

• Answer:

  The wiring probably cannot be changed. Each piece of equipment is for a specific part of the home theater system and they must be wired in the proper sequence for everything to work as it should. Changing the wiring probably will cause something not to function properly. NOW as far as the remotes are concerned you can buy a universal remote, where one remote will operate most or all of the items you mentioned. If you have a digital cable box that remote normally is a universal remote and can be programmed to control other pieces of equipment. It if it is NOT you can buy one at any Electronics Store. A universal remote will require figuring out the codes for each piece of equipment and programming the remote with the correct code. This WILL take some time and will be mostly trial and error as the manufacturer may use several different codes depending on the model of the equipment. READING the remote control instruction manual carefully is Mandatory to get it to work properly. Do one piece of equipment at a time, and you can get one remote should control everything. You will still have to hit a button on the remote to activate the remote for that piece of equipment before operating it, but you won't have to have 3, 4 , or 5 remotes.