[mythtv-users] Lite-On IR Keyboard and Learning Remotes

[Michael Haan]

I'm using this keyboard:  http://www.smarterdeals.com/BuyNow.aspx?id=238429


On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:20:19 -0500, Doug Larrick <doug at ties.org> wrote:
> Sent this to Paul directly because he cc'd me and it went in both folders.
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> PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:
> >> Really?  Do you hold the key down a long (>1 sec) time, or
> >> does it matter?  Are you doing this in the dark on a dark
> >> surface, or light surface in ambient light?  This is awesome
> >> news, as I've tried a lot of combinations and never gotten
> >> the basic naviation (arrow down, left, up, right, enter, etc.)
> >> to work.  Not to mention my macros.  Now that I hear it can
> >> be done, I'd love to hear the conditions under which you got
> >> it working.
> 
> I'm hoping I'm using the same keyboard as you are... LiteOn AirBoard
> like this:
> http://www.digitalconnection.com/Products/keyboard/sk7100.asp ?  My
> receiver looks a little different than that, but the keyboard is the same.
> 
> I will generally put the keyboard and remote on the coffee table, which
> is dark-ish wood, about 3-6 inches apart, IR windows facing each other
> (of course).  Go into learning mode on the MX-500, then press and
> release the key as if I were typing it, not holding it down at all.  The
> MX-500 may think a bit before flashing "GOOD".  Arrow keys, numbers,
> spacebar, pgup/pgdown, and various letters (M, I, W, A at least) work
> fine.  Like I said, Enter gives me problems.
> 
> -Doug
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