> I have the MediaPilot and it is great. I keep the base station in a > closet, > with some of my other components and there is never an issue with events. > The keyboard/mouse aspect work Out-Of-The-Box on my FC3 system. The only > thing I have never setup is the IR remote control aspect. That needs > Windows software I never got around to testing. My Harmony remote does > everything I need. I bought mine on buy.com. Only downside of the > keyboard > is the plastic squeaks. The battery life is very very good as well. I > put > it in the charger maybe once a month. > > On 1/2/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 22:13 -0500, Abre Chase wrote: >> > I'm curious about the Media Pilot as well. I posted to the list about >> > a month ago, but got no feedback. It looks like a nice setup - >> > rechargeable and all. >> >> Well, I just got a hold of this -> >> http://www.btc.com.tw/english/2-7-21keyboard.htm#9019urf >> >> and it works quite nicely (USD40 on offer). Nice range too. There's >> another one which goes for USD10 but it uses PS2 and is IR based. Has >> most of the same features, but RF should be better. >> >> Works under linux. (gentoo) but Have not tried out any of the >> (multimedia) buttons. Will try emerging lineak and see if it will work. >> >> haven't tried out xev with it yet though but I do know that it doesn't >> automatically generate a "unknown keycode" when I press it. >> >> -- >> Ow Mun Heng >> Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM >> 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! >> Neuromancer 11:30:43 up 1 day, 26 min, 6 users, load average: 2.07, >> 1.31, 1.06 >> I use an Apple bluetooth keyboard because of the extra range (can use it from the other end of the sitting room). It's also under 1/4 of the price of the logitech bluetooth keyboard. Although not especially small it's a very pleasing design and the battery life is excellent as it goes into hibernation if it's not used for a few minutes. Needs a dbt-120 dongle to work.
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