Hi, As with most people, the number of remote controls I have in order to keep everything working is beginning to take up more space than my living room can afford! At the moment I have 6 controls, and throw in a mobile phone and DECT cordless to confuse things even more you can understand how chaotic it can be!
I've looked at a number of universal remote controls to help solve this crisis, but I'm unable to find the "perfect" solution... though I think I'm getting close. One option I was considering was a PDA-based solution. This would allow me to run the Telcanto software to control my Squeezebox2/SlimServer via WiFi, and, using remote control software, control the rest of my kit via IR too. But PDAs are fiddly at best, as they are not designed to be used as remote controls. Their touch screens dont respond well to grubby fingers all over them, and their IR LED doesn't have the range of a dedicated unit. An other option would be to get a dedicated all-in-one remote, but I'd miss out on the features of Telcanto for browsing my collection and editing playlists etc. Then I discovered something, which is now my 3rd option... the Nevo SL (www.mynevo.com). This is a dedicated remote control, running Windows CE (apparently) internally... but I have not been able to figure out if it can run 3rd-party applications (such as Telcanto), or if the software built in to it is hard-wired. Now if I can get Telcanto running on that remote, it would be worth the money (to me), as it would act as a dedicated IR remote control for most of my kit, but still provide me with the functionality I want to control SlimServer. Has anyone here had any experience with this remote? Or any similar device that could solve this ever increasing problem? Cheers! Alex -- alex_london _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
