Newegg doesn't even sell these anymore. At least I couldn't find a $17 wireless k/b.
What other low price (under $25) wireless k/b are there which work well with learning remotes? And Vito has a good point, typically how many keys will the remote allow you to "teach" it? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Hamer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Anthony Vito" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Discussion about mythtv" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 1:55 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Lite-On IR Keyboard and Learning Remotes > do you happen to know the model #'s of the keyboards? i bought a $17 > from newegg that is all black with the pointer on the right. my X10 > UR74A remote will not learn any codes from it, and as nice as it is to > have the keyboard when you need it, its a pain in the ass to use it for > a remote all the time. > > Anthony Vito wrote: > > >I have an interesting story for remote control crazyness.... explain > >this one... I have a URC-8910 and a lite-on keyboard from newegg. The > >17 dollar one I believe. I can not get the remote to learn a single > >key on the entire thing. I tried everything, wasn't going to to > >happen. My friend liked the idea of the IR keyboard for a media > >computer, so he bought the same one from newegg, or so we thought. His > >looks quite a bit different, it has some grey parts, where mine is all > >black. Also, the pointer device is on the right hand side, where mine > >is on the left. However, his keyboard could control my mythbox ( the > >receiver that came with my keyboard ). The pointer, buttons, and all > >the keys worked just fine. The real kicker was... my URC-8910 remote > >could learn the keys from his keyboard, and then the learned code > >worked on my reciever! So I borrowed his keyboard for a few days and > >programmed my remote ;) .... I wouldn't suggest the URC-8910 though. > >It doesn't have enough learning memory. I could only do the number > >keys, the arrow keys, select, menu, and esc...... Does anyone know how > >to increase the number of buttons it will let me learn? Like delete > >other crap or something... How many buttons do other learning remotes > >allow you to learn? > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
