Media Center Usb Remote At Pantip?

[autonomous_unit]

Has anybody come across a shop at Pantip with media center accessories? I want one of the Microsoft compatible hardware solutions that can send IR signals to other devices. I actually plan to use it with LIRC on Linux, but I've read that they work pretty well...

I saw a Thermaltake receiver with a small display at Jedicool, but it didn't have any IR blaster and that's the only part I actually want. We asked around quite a bit but didn't have any luck. I don't know if it's really uncommon or just known by some other term here.

[autonomous_unit]

Thanks for the confirmation... I added another fruitless hour or so myself, so I'm glad to know I'm not just blind...

[paveet]

I tried the same thing, what I did in the end was carry one in from the UK. It's annoying because you cannot get a TV signal in if you select satellite/cable (and use anything but coax in) because it keeps asking for IR blasters!

[Lordfoul]

I picked up a hauppauge pvr-150 MCE (With remote, receiver and blaster) while in Singapore a couple of weeks ago.

I had to use a hacked driver to get the MCE remote working with XP (not sure whats available for linux)

Everything works great.

And using TVxb I have a Program Guide for UBC/True. It is nice to have a fully functioning PVR

[autonomous_unit]

Hmm, I actually have a Hauppauge 150 with remote and blasters, but I tried every remote code it supported and none of them seemed to do a thing to affect my UBC dstv set-top box.

Which kind of set-top box do you have, and what remote setting for the Hauppauge did you use that actually allowed the channel to be changed? I had read that it only supported a limited range of remotes, and after trying them all (I think), I had given up hope on making that blaster work...

[cdnvic]

I picked up an ATI Remote Wonder with a $45 TV tuner card. Works much better than the MS remote. ATI probably has them in Thailand.

[Lordfoul]

Do you have the MCE or Non MCE model?

The MCE model has a USB receiver and the blaster plugs into the receiver. Non MCE models the blaster plugs directly into the card.

I use a program Called HIP http://www.byremote.com.au/HIP/Default.htm This program takes the signal from the MCE remote and converts it to any signal you set for it.

I had it learn my UBC codes directly from my UBC remote.

hope that helps

Hmm, I actually have a Hauppauge 150 with remote and blasters, but I tried every remote code it supported and none of them seemed to do a thing to affect my UBC dstv set-top box.

Which kind of set-top box do you have, and what remote setting for the Hauppauge did you use that actually allowed the channel to be changed? I had read that it only supported a limited range of remotes, and after trying them all (I think), I had given up hope on making that blaster work...

[autonomous_unit]

Ah, I have the non-MCE then... the blaster plugs directly into the card. And the drivers support something like 700 different remotes and I left it running to try every one of them forwards and backwards but none were able to make the UBC box change channels...

[Lordfoul]

LIRC supports your card/blaster http://lirc.org/tv_cards.html

I haven't used LIRC but if it works anything like Girder or HIP, you should be able to teach it UBC codes using your original UBC remote.

Ah, I have the non-MCE then... the blaster plugs directly into the card. And the drivers support something like 700 different remotes and I left it running to try every one of them forwards and backwards but none were able to make the UBC box change channels...

[autonomous_unit]

Yes, the problem is this IR device apparently isn't a normal programmable one like most LIRC devices. It only has a fixed set of remote codes it can handle, cooked right into its binary firmware. That's why I said that I ran a script to try using every available code, but none worked to control the UBC dstv box.

The way things are looking, I may just have to scrounge up the parts to make a home brew IR transciever to use with LIRC, or else pick up one of those MCE USB remote blasters on my next trip abroad. It's sure a pain to shop for stuff like this with my extremely limited Thai skills and my wife's disinterest in electronics.