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IR receiver advice - nicklocking - 2010-01-04
I have an Acer Aspire Revo R1600 running XBMC 9.11 that works perfectly. The only trouble is, I'm controlling it with VNC from my laptop, which is clunky.
I have an Onkyo RC-738M remote that came with my A/V receiver - in my view I should be able to buy a sub<$10 dongle, spent five hours endlessly messing with config files, and come out with a pretty decent working solution. However, after a few days searching through endless threads on endless forums, I can't even find hardware that seems likely to work.
Can anyone recommend a simple USB IR receiver that works with most remotes and XBMC, that has a decent chance of working with my receiver remote?
I can't even work out whether LIRC supports IRDA dongles - the website says it doesn't, other pages say it does, etc.
-Nick
- MrFeetio - 2010-01-04
Try this
I just ordered one and everything I have read makes me believe it will work.
- nicklocking - 2010-01-04
Thanks for the reply. Hm - I'd prefer something smaller, like USB key sized. Are these receivers always this size?
- MrFeetio - 2010-01-04
They can be smaller. Another option is a DIY IR receiver that plugs into the mic/line in of the sound card.
http://www.lirc.org/ir-audio.html
there are other(better) guides, but that is the one I know of off the top of my head. Check ebay for other "USB IR receiver"