Arduino control of a tv remote

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Ineed to control a tv remote using an arduino. I need to do it quick and dirty so I thought of getting a programmable generic remote and triggering the buttons with the arduino. The buttons are contact momentary buttons so I thing I need some relays triggered by arduino that will close the buttons' circuits.

I only need to tap into volume and channel up and down and the main power on/off switch.

Any suggestions on what is the best component type to use... Solid state relays, transistors, reed relays... This is my first time dealing with relays so I don't know what is the best type for this app...

Thanks

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Why don't you just use an IR LED to transmit the signal directly from the arduino to the TV? Is that a problem? There's an IR library in existence.

If you must do it this way, i believe any of those will work... someone else should be able to answer the question of which is best, but I only posted in case you wanted to consider the IR LED route.