Hi all,
Not sure if this is the correct Newsgroup, but I have been recording TV
to my PC for a while now, and am interested in changing the channel on my
Freeview (UK) box, turning on and off television etc, etc, from my infrared
device.
I have been searching the net for the last 2-3 days for information, and
yes there are devices I can buy that will allow me to (Redrat for example),
but I currently have a USB IrDA device that I use for my mobile and PDA, and
was wondering whether it was possible to use that?

Any information, links, correct newgroup would be greatly appreciated.

Martin

In article ,
Martin Gunther says...

I have been searching the net for the last 2-3 days for information, and
yes there are devices I can buy that will allow me to (Redrat for example),
but I currently have a USB IrDA device that I use for my mobile and PDA, and
was wondering whether it was possible to use that?

I'm quite prepared to be shot down on this Martin, but I
fear you may be on to a loser. AFAIK most domestic
remotes use RC6 (?) encoding which is not compatible
with IrDA.

Remote Central http://www.remotecentral.com/ have lots
of IR codes for all sorts of devices..

T.
--
There are 10 types of people in the world.
Those that understand binary and those that don't.

Tony,
Thanks for that, I feared it may be the case. I'll probably have to look
into buying a com IR device and doing it that way. Anyone recommend any of
those then?

Martin

"Tony Gartshore" wrote in message
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In article ,
Martin Gunther says...

I have been searching the net for the last 2-3 days for information,
and
yes there are devices I can buy that will allow me to (Redrat for
example),
but I currently have a USB IrDA device that I use for my mobile and PDA,
and
was wondering whether it was possible to use that?

I'm quite prepared to be shot down on this Martin, but I
fear you may be on to a loser. AFAIK most domestic
remotes use RC6 (?) encoding which is not compatible
with IrDA.

Remote Central http://www.remotecentral.com/ have lots
of IR codes for all sorts of devices..

T.
--
There are 10 types of people in the world.
Those that understand binary and those that don't.

Try the Yahoo! group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ukha_d/ . The guys on
there are always talking about this sort of stuff. But beware you will get
hundreds of messages per day....

James


"Martin Gunther" wrote in message
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Hi all,
Not sure if this is the correct Newsgroup, but I have been recording
TV
to my PC for a while now, and am interested in changing the channel on my
Freeview (UK) box, turning on and off television etc, etc, from my
infrared
device.
I have been searching the net for the last 2-3 days for information,
and
yes there are devices I can buy that will allow me to (Redrat for
example),
but I currently have a USB IrDA device that I use for my mobile and PDA,
and
was wondering whether it was possible to use that?

Any information, links, correct newgroup would be greatly appreciated.

Martin