On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:56:40 -0800, Ricardo Kleemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? >
I bought a LiteOn keyboard from NewEgg. Here's the relevant line from my order confirmation email: KB LITE-ON|MULTMEDIA SK7551PS2 IR R (Qty=1,Price=$17.25) And the remote I'm using with it is the Sony RM-VL900. You should be able to get one of those for $25 or less on eBay. The two work well together. It's important when teaching the remote to very quickly press and release the keyboard key - the remote then learns the "keydown" IR code and the "keyup" IR codes together as one sequence. The RM-VL900 has a TON of memory - every button is programmable several times over (i.e. once for each of 8 components, like TV, VCR, DVD, etc). The only problem with it is that the number of actual buttons on the remote is too limited to take advantage of every possible MythTV function. You can get around this by programming each button to activate several different functions depending on which component you have selected. That might mean pressing two buttons on the remote to access a certain function, however. Basically, I've programmed the remote just once (under the "TV" component) with the most common functions I use for Myth. I keep the keyboard itself under the bed (this is for my bedroom FE) to use for the rarer functions. Here's a photo of the remote: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005I9Q0.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
