My Reply follows quote. On 20/06/2002 16:44 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Marshall) >I realise this may be outside the scope of this group (and perhaps a silly >question) but does anyone know if it is normal to be able to turn off your >IR port equipped Mac (my LC630 in this case) with a TV remote? > >I finally got my LC630 hooked up to my network (thanks to those who replied >to my post concerning the PDS networkcards) and moved it into my living >room. While working on it one night I had the TV on and had just switched >the TV off via the remote when pretty much the same time off goes the Mac. >I switched on the TV again, and on comes the Mac... needless to say I found >this a little odd, I've covered the IR port on the Mac up now so the >problem is solved but I'm curious to know if this is supposed to happen. ---------- Ha! Another victim. Now I don't feel so alone! When I got my first Mac (Performa 6300) in 1996, I was frustrated that the sound kept cutting in and out. No matter what I did, the problem persisted. After a year or so, I found the "take-apart" manual on the machine. Saw the description of the various parts, including the IR window. It was put in these machines (and I suspect your 630 also) as an intended component of the TV/Video system upgrade. Reading further, I found that the "remotes" you got with the TV/Video system were essentially Sony devices. As my TV set is also a Sony, the remote sent signals to the 6300 also. All I ever had it do was mute the sound. It would have been REALLY frustrating to have it shut of the computer also! I, too, solved the problem with a bit of black electrical tape. A neater solution (on my current 6360) is to pop the front panel and put the tape over the sensor directly).
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