<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On 21/10/2010, at 5:44 PM, Nick Rout wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Encouraging news - we'll soon find out as I've ordered one. For 18 buckies, best offer, I'll be test bunny!<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I already have a question, though :) There is a remote, a usb receiver and an ir emitter. What does an ir emitter do and where does it plug in?<br></blockquote><br><br>controls another device like a STB. Usually plugs into the usb<br>receiver and has a little IR transmitter that you put in front of the<br>device you want to control. Computer (using lirc) sends commands to<br>the STB to, eg, change channel.<br><br>Possibilities are as endless as the variety of devices controllable by<br>IR remotes. Aircon/heat pumps another good example.<br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>i thought along those lines, but as we have more dvb-t cards here in Australia, I wasn't really thinking of the STB angle (let alone aircon etc!!)<div><br></div><div>cheers<br><div>
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