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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/27/2013 10:01 AM, Michelle Dupuis
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">I need to add an IR
receiver for another frontend. I've been using IRTRANS
devices which are fantastic, but expensive. My remotes are
not all RC6 compatible (some strange older ones) so I need a
very flexible IR receiver.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">Would this work? I
see RC6 in the description - does that mean only RC6 codes
are recognized?</font></div>
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href="http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Media-Center-USB-RC6-IR-Infrared-Remote-Receiver-Windows-Vista-WIN-7-XP-/151195461217?pt=US_Remote_Controls_Pointers&hash=item2333f3a661&_uhb=1">http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Media-Center-USB-RC6-IR-Infrared-Remote-Receiver-Windows-Vista-WIN-7-XP-/151195461217?pt=US_Remote_Controls_Pointers&hash=item2333f3a661&_uhb=1</a></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">Would something like
this work (below)? Anyone know if the chips used are
supported in linux/lirc?</font></div>
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href="http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Infrared-Remote-Control-Receiver-Emitter-USB-Adaptor-IR-Extender-Repeater-FV88-/130978728295?pt=US_Remote_Controls&hash=item1e7ef0c967&_uhb=1">http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Infrared-Remote-Control-Receiver-Emitter-USB-Adaptor-IR-Extender-Repeater-FV88-/130978728295?pt=US_Remote_Controls&hash=item1e7ef0c967&_uhb=1</a></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman">I'm sure someone will
comment that best and cheapest are contradictory...but I'd
like to see the tradeoffs...</font><br>
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I waffled back and forth about this one for longer than necessary
when I upgraded from my old frontend systems to my new ones. With
my old ones, I had purchased serial IR receivers (I still have them
if anyone wants them), got myself an $8 one-for-all remote, and all
was good. With the new ones not having serial ports (and not really
wanting to go down the USB to serial adapter route), I settled on:<br>
- Refurbished Logitec Harmony 200 off of ebay (these were relatively
cheap (<$20), so I bought an extra one.. just in case)<br>
- "Vista MCE Remote Control with USB IR receiver" off of ebay (I
only wanted the USB IR receiver, not the remote that comes with it..
I now have four of remotes still in the packaging that I have in a
trashbag at the moment)<br>
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My requirements were:<br>
- One remote to control all of the devices (TV, Surround Receiver,
MythTV frontend)<br>
- Programmable remote<br>
- IR receiver that translated to keyboard commands via native kernel
support<br>
- IR receiver that could wake the frontend when it sleeps.<br>
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It took me a bit to properly map (via the myharmony.com site) the
keys on the remote to do what they should, but once I got that
ironed out, it worked like a champ. :)<br>
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So far, I met all of the requirements, and the WAF factor was
preserved when my upgrades were complete over the summer. The only
gripe I get is that the Harmony remote's nav buttons seem to be in
odd places.<br>
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-Rich<br>
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