[mythtv-users] Not happy with StreamZap remote

[Mark Gilmore]

On 2/2/07, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Feb 2, 2007, at 2:08 PM, Scott Johnson wrote:
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> >
> > After giving up on LIRC with my TV Tuner remote I bought a
> > StreamZap USB
> > receiver and remote and it worked right away on my Fedora Core 4
> > MythTv
> > box.  My problem is that it is tricky to use.  You have to press and
> > hold each button for just the right amount of time.  Too long and it
> > repeats the press.  Too short and it skips it.   I can tolerate it but
> > it nags me.  So that is my first problem.  The second is that the IR
> > receiver flashes its bright red LED in my living room 24 hours per
> > day.
> > The LED flashes in Windows too but the remote is much more
> > responsive in
> > Windows.
> >
> > I hoped that the problems were the Streamzap receiver and after it
> > annoyed me enough I bought a second StreamZap remote and receiver to
> > test that theory.  At least maybe the red LED wouldn't flash any more,
> > or so I hoped.  Wrong, the new receiver still flashes its LED and is
> > just as sluggish in MythTv.
>
> Sounds like you might have something interfering with your remote. Do
> you have any flourescent lights in the room? Sunlight? Does this
> happen at night with all the lights off? Do you perhaps have any RF
> devices that might be getting into the receiver?


Yeah, I have no issues with the receiver, so it sounds like something is
interfering with it.  Also, I found the receiver will work with just about
any remote.  I actually redid my lircd.conf to use my directv remote instead
of the Streamzap one -- StreamZap didn't have enough buttons ;)
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