[Bouquins]

Hi all! First, please forgive me for my bad English, I'm French.

I just installed Kodi for Linux; all is OK. Except for one thing: I can't make my TV remote control to work with Kodi. My TV is an LG 42NL5400; it says that it's possible to sync via SIMPLINK. I just activated it from the TV menu, but it won't show Kodi in the list of devices. And in Kodi menu, into "devices" section, I only have "mouse and touch screen" activated; it won't show anything else. I guess the problem is around that: Kodi won't allow th show anything else than mouse and screen control; and the TV doesn't "see" Kodi.

Is there a solution?

Thank you very much!

[DaVu]

CEC (wiki)

Depends on if your HTPC is CEC capable or not...

6.4 Kodi Devices

Most HDMI ports on computers (onboard or via GPU) do not have integrated support for the CEC feature, but instead can use a external CEC adapter, such as the ones from Pulse-Eight, and some more recent Intel motherboards come with a integrated HTPC header to allow you to connect an internal CEC-adapter.

[Bouquins]

OK, thank you! I see the point. If I want my remote control to work, I must use this adapter. So I have another question: since this adapter is about 55 $, is it a good idea for me to buy another remote control? For example:

http://www.amazon.com/Ortek-Windows-Infr...Y9C4QN5MWJ

Thank you!

[DaVu]

If you want a cheaper and perfect working solution, I would recommend a Flirc dongle. Wiith this dongle you are able to use ANY remote you like and it's configured in 10 minutes. I use it for myself with my harmony remote and I love it.

https://flirc.tv

http://www.amazon.com/FLIRC-Universal-Co...ords=flirc

[nickr]

Flirc plus harmony is still quite expensive. Something like this works (even with the standard Kernel driver http://rtr.ca/sapphire_remote/

[Bouquins]

@ nick: Thank you very much; unfortunately I live in France, and ebay doesn't allow me to see what you show me in your link...

@ David1977: Thank you very much; I don't know if I can buy on Amazon.com (US) and ship to France...Anyway, thank you for having me getting helped!

[DaVu]

I never said, he has to use a harmony for that. I said, that "I" use a harmony with a Flirc but it will work with any cheaper remote, too

@Bouquins:

You don't need to buy it on Amazon.com...I didn't know you are from france, because you provided a link to amazon.com on posting #3. So you can buy it on amazon.de and let it ship to france

http://www.amazon.de/FLIRC-USB-Dongle-Me...ords=flirc

shipping costs to france is about 4,90€ for this seller. So total amount with shipping is ~35€. And then you can use any IR remote...even an old DVD-player remote which you don't need anymore, or any other ir remote which you can buy for a few euros.

[Bouquins]

Thank you very much!