[mythtv-users] Remote Control Units

[John Madill]

Harry,

Thanks for your kind offer.

Please forward to me directly at: jmadill(at)joyousnoise.com

-jm

On Dec 14, 2003, at 10:20 PM, Harry Orenstein wrote:

> John,
>
> Bingo!  The Hauppauge IR receiver will only recognize RC-5
> protocol.  This means (in general) Philips, Magnavox and
> Marantz remotes (or universal remotes that emulate them).
>
> After some searching I think the best overall choice for the
> money is the URC-6012 by One-for-All.  It has keys for all
> the menu functions (menu, guide, info, exit), arrow keys,
> PIP commands, fast rewind and fast fast forward (which
> can be used as replay and skip).
>
> Best of all, this remote can emulate a Philips remote and
> you can remap any of the keys that don't send codes in
> the emulation to send valid RC-5 commands.  If you are
> interested, I have config files that support all keys on the
> remote with RC-5 codes and assign them to Myth functions.
>
> Oh, BTW: it costs $14 and is available at WalMart.
>
> If you are interested in using the Hauppauge IR receiver
> with a univeral remote (and you want to go another way
> than I have described) you will probably need to get the
> full RC-5 devices lircd.conf file from lirc.org (I posted to
> another thread previously with this info, not sure if it was
> this list or the ivtv-users list).  This file contains ALL
> RC-5 codes and if you run a universal remote emulating
> an RC-5 device with this lircd.conf running irw you will be
> able to see what codes need to be mapped in an
> lircd.conf file specific to your universal remote.
>
> Hope this helps!!  Post again if you have more questions.
>
>
> -- Harry O.
>
>
>> From: John Madill <jmadill at joyousnoise.com>
>> Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Remote Control Units
>> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 18:33:19 -0500
>>
>> Basically, what I had in mind was using another Remote *with* the 
>> Hauppauge IR receiver.
>>
>> Since I posted that, I was testing with lirc (irrecord) with some 
>> controllers I had around, and it seems as though the Hauppauge unit 
>> doesn't pick up some if the IR transmissions from the remote I tested 
>> with (Sony RM-301, specifically).
>>
>> Is this true?  Anything that can be done?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -jm
>>
>>
>> On Dec 14, 2003, at 5:08 PM, Paul Woodward wrote:
>>
>>> The ATI Remote Wonder is great, works very well indeed. You don't 
>>> need
>>> lirc either as it uses xmodmap, and there are config files available
>>> already.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>>> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of John Madill
>>> Sent: 14 December 2003 22:01
>>> To: Discussion about mythtv
>>> Subject: [mythtv-users] Remote Control Units
>>>
>>> I feel like I've outgrown the Hauppauge remote that came with the
>>> PVR-250.  Any suggestions for a remote that works well with the PVR 
>>> and
>>> Myth ... stuff like "menu" and "guide" ... not to mention PIP and
>>> Volume! <g>
>>>
>>> I don't mind creating a profile for lirc, but would definitely 
>>> welcome
>>> pre-configured lircd.conf and .lircrc files, if they exist.
>>>
>>> By the way, I do have a Sony RM-V301 that's programmable, if there's 
>>> a
>>> suggested configuration for that.
>>>
>>> Thanks so much.
>>>
>>> -jm
>>>
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