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I am thinking of getting a FLIRC dongle for my Raspberry Pi powered Media Centre and I was wondering if anyone had any remote control recommendations to use with it...
Nothing special needed - just the standard remote would do fine...
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2014-12-09, 20:00
(This post was last modified: 2014-12-09, 20:01 by rodalpho.)
The beauty of the Flirc is that ANY remote works. You probably have a remote from a 15 year old broken DVD player in a junk drawer. That will work great. So will your TV's remote.
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2014-12-09, 20:37
(This post was last modified: 2014-12-09, 20:38 by averylinden.)
If you have a pretty modern TV with HDMI CEC you may not need an extra remote at all - just use your TV remote.
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A little confused at the advice here because the Raspberry Pi doesn't have bluetooth. At least my model B does not. If you are not using CEC I second the FLIRC recommendation if you want a real remote and not one of the Kodi software remotes.
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The PS3 remote I have is paired with my PS3 - Would that be a problem...?
Having said that I might go the FLIRC and remote way as it seems more flexible - Was thinking of getting the Xbox360 remote...
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PS3 remote with openelec, works excellent, and no config needed. All buttons are configured once paired.
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2014-12-10, 13:05
(This post was last modified: 2014-12-10, 13:27 by wrxtasy.)
You would have to unpair the PS3 remote from the PS3 everytime you wanted to use it with Bluetooth on the RPi.
The remote cannot be paired to two devices at the same time.
Better to buy another Bluetooth PS3 remote if this is going to be an issue and then pair that second remote with the RPi.
- The beauty too of a remote control like the Harmony One, (especially if you do not have a TV with HDMI CEC control) - is you can setup macros. ie Turn the TV on and switch to the correct input that the RPi is connected to.
For info:
Those of us with HDMI CEC controlled TV's, we just have to hit any button on the remote to bring our RPi's out of screensaver mode and turn the TV on, with the correct input selected. When the screensaver is activated the RPi can turn the TV off as well. Excellent stuff this HDMI CEC.