There is a waterproof universal remote called the dolphin that is fine if it ends up in the tub.
-Chris On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 8:24 AM, trouty00<[email protected]> wrote: > > All, > In the not so distant future im going to have a bathroom Squeezebox > setup but I need some sort of control in the bathroom itslef. > > what have people done, there is obviously the expensive set-up of > getting a full-on waterproof touch screen and running the touch skin in > a browser which would be ideal as it gives you other uses for the screen > but its going to be expensive and a bit overkill! > > Has anyone done a slightly more budget setup, I dont want to have > anything on show (ie a SB classic) and dont want a remote as that will > end up in the tub and get ruined. > > what I'm thinking of is more a waterproof setup small touch screen, say > a ipod touch running ipeng or a PDA or just a small tablet type device > waterproofed somehow but the touchscreen still working and it looking > pretty slick still, ie I dont want a touch dangling from the shower in a > waterproof case. > > I figure some sort of all in 1 device waterproofed is the best fit. > > there is obviously also the issue of powering any device but this would > be done as part of the bathroom install so the power all behind the > tiles i guess and sealed. > > I did wrap the touch in cling film /reynolds wrap the other day and the > touch screen still worked so i'm sure something could be done maybe more > permanently with something a bit more heavy duty. > > I've just slid my touch in to the back of a dvd case (under the plastic > which is thicker than cling film but probably not thick enough to be a > permanent arrangement) and I figure if you could do this and then tile > it in and provide it with power all the time it would work quite well. > Admittedly when it goes wrong your kinda screwed but that's just another > challenge. Maybe some sort or access from the rear would be a good idea > with picture hiding the access hole or something. > > your thoughts please? > > Stu > > > -- > trouty00 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > trouty00's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30875 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66090 > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
