On Saturday, we worked for several hours to try to get the LEDs to jam the tv remote. While they seemed to be emitting in the right frequency range, they still weren't jamming the remote. We came up with two hypotheses as to why it wasn't working:

1. The IR LEDs weren't properly aimed at the tv

2. Even though the IR LEDs were in the right frequency range, the frequency of the voltage across them was not the "magic" frequency.

To address the first issue, we attatched the remote to a baby breadboard that the two LEDs were wired up to (see images below). The remote still worked.

To address the second issue, we tried the remote at every frequency. We took turns-- one person would change the frequency while the other person tried to change the channel. But still, the remote prevailed.

Then, we got a giant poteniometer (the big black circle thingy) to try to see if we could get more precise frequencies. But STILL the remote worked.

'Twas a discouraging time. But eventually, it was time to do as the Lord commands and take a Sabbath.