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Tom-
Yes, that VCR should work with standard Sony IR codes. You did not post which model it is, but at some point in that era Sony started having two sets of VCR IR codes (and later went to three), VTR-1, VTR-2, and VTR-3. Unofficially, VTR-1 was the original Beta code set, 8mm VCRs were VTR-2, and Sony VHS machines, once they came out, were VTR-3. Through the late 80s and into the 90s, some of their remote controls could be set to the various code sets with a slide switch.
The cable block converter may come with a chart of its channel conversions, but roughly it converts the 120-300 MHz range to an equal block in the 470-890 MHz range, but exactly where, I do not remember. That corresponded to the cable-TV channels 14-22, regular channels 7-13, and cable channels 23-36. It may also do a usable job of converting other signals above or below that range into the UHF band as well.
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Chris
Quote from another forum: "(Antique TV collecting) always seemed to me to be a fringe hobby that only weirdos did."
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