> Does anyone have any experience with this remote IR reciever and
> control? Does it work reasonably?
I have one of these on my MythTV box right now. I use it from about
7-8 feet away regularly. I have already got a home-built serial
receiver though and am planning on switching to that at some point.
Couple pros/cons from my experience:
* Pros
- works decent
- easy to configure with lirc (preconfigured /etc/lircd.conf file)
* Cons
- receiver only works with creative remote
- creative remote uses a "button" battery rather than AA or AAA
- not enough buttons to map both 0-9 and up/down/left/right/etc.
I'm switching to a universal remote with the homebuilt receiver so I can
map more keys, but if you're happy with the amount/config of the keys on
the creative remote and the special battery you need to use, then it's a nice
remote for the price. I got mine for $7.95 + shipping/handling off of
www.compgeeks.com I think. Picked up 2 actually. I'll probably use one of
those when I get around to making a MythTV box for the bedroom.
Chris
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