So how many cables does the ir blaster setup require? From the implementations I've seen, that involves running a wire/ir emitter to every ir receiver. In my case, I'd have 3 wires taped to the front of my stereo. That doesn't sound very aesthetically or wife friendly.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/22/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael T. Dean</b> <<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 10/22/2007 03:30 PM, Michael Lynch wrote:<br>> On 10/22/07, Stephen Brooks <<a href="mailto:nightbikeman@googlemail.com">nightbikeman@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> I've used an ATI remote wonder it's USB and works without too much fiddling.
<br>>><br>>> <a href="http://www.itx-warehouse.co.uk/Product.aspx?ProductID=159">http://www.itx-warehouse.co.uk/Product.aspx?ProductID=159</a><br>>><br>>> Only £22.<br>>><br>>> Only niggle is the large mouse pad in the middle that I don't use.
<br>> ...and it can't control your other devices ;)<br><br>But, by hooking an IR blaster to your Myth box, you can send RF commands<br>to the Myth box via the RW and it can send IR commands to other<br>devices--thereby, you control your other devices using only the RW.
<br><br>This approach is, IMHO, significantly better than getting a "smart"<br>remote. Then entire Myth box becomes the smart remote, so you're able<br>to determine much more information about state and create much more
<br>complex "macros" for controlling your equipment. Oh, and you never have<br>to deal with "mode" buttons on your remote (i.e. "Oh, the remote is in<br>Receiver mode, so when I hit the power button, it didn't turn on my TV.
<br>So, let's see, I hit the TV mode button, hit power, then hit the Myth<br>mode button, then select Watch TV, then hit the Receiver mode button to<br>change the input..." Could be, "OK, I hit the TV button on the RW and
<br>Myth turns on my TV, changes the input on my receiver, and starts<br>playing LiveTV.")<br><br>Mike<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">
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