[mythtv-users] remote recommendations

[John Madill]

I just got a Radio Shack 15-2103 5 in 1 learning remote, and followed 
Harry Orenstein's directions he forwarded out to the list yesterday.  
Although his info referenced the URC-6012 remote, I tried the 
instructions for remapping the keys on the Radio Shack remote, and it 
worked just fine even though the RS remote's instructions made no 
mention of that capability.  Most of the RS remotes are made by One for 
All, so I guessed it might work.  The key is using the Magnavox/ 
Philips remote codes for the 0081 device.

FYI, I did have to edit his included .lircrc file ... first to 
reference "irxevent" vs "mythtv" for the program, and then to change 
the config statement.  Here's a before edit:


begin
     prog = mythtv
     button = PIP
     config = V
end

and here's the edited version for that code:


begin
     prog = irxevent
     button = PIP
# Toggle Picture-In-Picture
     config = key V CurrentWindow
end

Don't know if I just had a different version if lirc, but these changes 
were copied from the original working .lircrc, and were  needed before 
anything worked.

I hope this helps.

Let me know if you need me to forward Harry's message to you.

-jm

On Dec 16, 2003, at 12:36 PM, John Wells wrote:

> I have a IR LiteOn Airtouch keyboard, a PVR-350 and PVR-250.
>
> My wife hates the PVR-350's gray remote because it can't control tv 
> volume
> etc, and buttons aren't clear.
>
> I'd like to pick her up a learning remote for Christmas that could 
> emulate
> the LiteOn's key stroke and communicate with it's receiver, that could
> also control our TV (a later model Phillips), and one that I could use
> without the LiteOn receiver by purhasing a IR receiver (in case the 
> LiteOn
> ever dies).
>
> Any recommendations?  The cheaper more user-friendly, the better!  My 
> wife
> will be the primary user...
>
> Thanks guys!
>
> John
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