Laseractive remote

[bust3dstr8]

I was wondering if a wireless remote was made for the unit, or did you need
to use a Pioneer receiver that supports the the Laseractive through the com link?

[Cryomancer]

My Laseractive came with a "Compatible Laserdisc Player Remote Control Unit CU-CLD085". It takes two AAA batteries, as Pioneer and Laserdisc logos on it, but nothing Laseractive-specfic. Pretty sure it works fine / wirelessly (there is no wire on the remote, it's IR), but my Laseractive is not currently plugged in so I can't test it at this exact moment.

[Steve W]

It did come with a wireless remote control. My Laseractive was a floor model, and didn't come with one, so I ended up mail ordering one directly from Pioneer for $20 back in the day. And they put me on their mailing list for their laserdisc anime releases, which was pretty nice.

[Captain Wrong]

It's just a small generic Pioneer Laserdisc remote. Nothing special.

[Natty Bumppo]

It's just a small generic Pioneer Laserdisc remote. Nothing special.
To expand on what he said, all pioneer laserdisc wireless remotes work with any pioneer laserdisc machine - just that some remotes will have special features that a different player may not have(or vice versa) - for example side b - which the laseractive doesn't have. So any pioneer laserdisc remote (even the simplest) will work for you.

NEC also retailed a laseractive player (these are very rare)
which was the pioneer one with the nec logo replacing the pioneer logo - I assume they used the same remote with the same frequencies but I don't know for sure on this. (And I am not sure if the nec model was released both in Japan and the u.s. or not.)

[Ze_ro]

When I*bought my Laseractive off eBay, the guy didn't have a remote. After sifting through eBay for some months, I bought a CU-CLD085, which is what it supposedly came with. However, the on/off button on the remote doesn't do anything. Everything else works fine.

The only way you're going to get much use out of the remote is if you watch a lot of laserdisc movies (which I*actually do)... and even then, assuming you have one of the modules, you can do everything with a Genesis or TG-16 controller. Trying to find specific remotes can be surprisingly difficult, so unless you have a need for it, I'd say just skip it.

--Zero

[Natty Bumppo]

When I*bought my Laseractive off eBay, the guy didn't have a remote. After sifting through eBay for some months, I bought a CU-CLD085, which is what it supposedly came with. However, the on/off button on the remote doesn't do anything. Everything else works fine.



--Zero
That is the right remote for the laseractive. However (and yeah this was really really dumb on pioneer's part) the on/off on the remote will not work when there is a control pac in the unit. Go figure. I have my laseractive plugged into one of the switchable power outlets on my receiver - when I am playing a game on the laseractive I just leave the laseractive on and it powers up with the receiver - since all my game systems are routed through the receiver I have to have the receiver on anyway.

The regular laserdisc player I use for movies also doesn't turn on/off through the remote - but since it is one of the very few (I think there were only two) pioneer laserdisc models to use a red laser I put up with the power/remote silliness.

[Captain Wrong]

To expand on what he said, all pioneer laserdisc wireless remotes work with any pioneer laserdisc machine - just that some remotes will have special features that a different player may not have(or vice versa) - for example side b - which the laseractive doesn't have. So any pioneer laserdisc remote (even the simplest) will work for you.

And to expand on that expansion, the proper LA remote is pretty stripped down. Not only that, but you need a game module and controller to actually use any special features. So, you can buy any Pioneer remote and be good, but I wouldn't waste much money on one as really all you can do is basic transport controls.

As interesting as the Laseractive is as a console, it's pretty easy to see why it failed if you own one. The thing was really expensive and the laserdisc side of things is very lackluster. You could have easily bought a Sega CD set up (or Turbo Duo) and much better Laserdisc player for the same price or even less if you shopped around.