Steve,
I spend most of my day at my computer, and since I can already access
the computer, I look for ways to control things from the computer.
Using the usb-uirt ir blaster ($50) and an open source program called
EventGhost I can operate my digital cable receiver.
I started to detail how I do it on this web page but haven't had time
to finish it.
http://www.makoa.org/jlubin/tvremote/
As you can see I have an on-screen remote control which is just a web
page I open in firefox. I can click the buttons to send the ir
signal from my pc to the cable receiver. I have my cable receiver
connected to a tv tuner card so I can watch tv in a window on my
monitor. This works even better now since I got a 24" widescreen
monitor! Using BeyondTV I can use my computer as a dvr (like tivo) to
record shows.
At 03:51 PM 1/8/2007, Steve Oldaker wrote:
Will your SiCare allow you to operate your cable TV box and/or TV,
specifically, can you access 3 digit channels directly?
I still have and use the SiCare Lite 1 and it continues to work
well, but while it will allow me to control my TV, it doesn't work
with my specific cable box, and it will only allow me to go to a
channel directly if it is 2 digits or less. They don't make this
model any more. It cost $800 several years ago. I consider it a
bargain for the amount of time and utility I have gotten from it. I
have taken it with me to the hospital on several occasions and was
able to program it to work with the hospital TVs. Unfortunately, if
your device isn't among the pre-programmed options for the
respective devices, i.e. TV, VCR, CD player, and tuner, you are out
of luck. I even looked into getting my device programmed to work
with other specific remote controls I use frequently, and Tash
wanted $200 per remote and I would have had to send them my SiCare
and the remote(s), since my unit is not programmable beyond what is
already included.
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Jim Lubin
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http://makoa.org/jim
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