[mythtv-users] blue tooth / wireless keyborad

[Willy Boyd]

On 3/6/07, Ryszard <ryszard99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> i got myself a harmony 525 (the cheapest of the harmony lineup) and it works
> perfectly with my hauppauge ir reciever.  one drawback tho', you must have
> windows to configure it.  that was a bit of a sore point for me as i dont
> have windows in the house, and had to bring it to work to configure it.. ;-(
>
> other than that, i could recommend it.. ;-)

I know this probably doesn't help you, but in case it helps a person
or two reading:  you don't technically have to have Windows to
configure it; it comes with OSX (Mac) software as well.

>
>
> On 05/03/07, Dan Cronstein <dcronstein at fuse.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Well...not using Myth currently...couldn't stop it from crashing
> CONSTANTLY! Sure wish I could have gotten it to work...ended up with Windows
> Media Center. (GRRR...but it does work!)
> >
> > However, when working with Myth, I did purchase the Logitech MX-5000
> keyboard and mouse combo. This generally worked well, although it would
> disconnect once in a while. Also purchased a Philips IR (Model SMK-8630)
> keyboard and reciever for 20 or 25 dollars. This was OK, but the response
> was a little slow.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:
> mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Phil
> > Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 2:34 PM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] blue tooth / wireless keyborad
> >
> > On 3/2/07, Rod Smith <mythtv at rodsbooks.com > wrote:
> >
> > > For the most part, this works well. The main drawback is that the IR
> receiver
> > > occasionally misses the key-up part of the IR signal from the URC-6131
> > > remote, and MythTV responds as if this were many keypresses in quick
> > > succession. Perhaps disabling auto-repeat in X would fix this, but I
> haven't
> > > gotten around to trying it. I have yet to see this happen when I'm using
> the
> > > actual keyboard.
> >
> >
> > I had the exact same problem - very annoying when it happened when
> increasing the volume ! :-)   And indeed, turning off auto-repeat does the
> trick.  I just added "xset r off" to my .xinitrc and that solved the problem
> perfectly.
> >
> > As far as remotes go, I learned my keyboard keystroke on a Sony RM-VL600
> and it's quite nice - all the buttons I need, and it's relatively
> inexpensive - around $40 canadian.  Good simple combination without  futzing
> with a serial lirc receiver.  Highly recommended.
> >
> > http://www.remotecentral.com/ureview/116.htm
> >
> >
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