[mythtv-users] Remote Controls
Rich West
Rich.West at wesmo.com
Thu May 10 15:59:26 UTC 2007
Rod Smith wrote:
> On Thursday 10 May 2007 10:57, Fred Squires wrote:
>
>> Try out the all-for-one remotes. They're pretty good and are fairly
>> inexpensive.
>>
>
> Just a small correction: The name is "One for All", not "all-for-one." Any
> human would figure it out in a store, but you might miss them if you did
> certain types of online searches. The company Web site is
> http://www.ofausa.com. These remotes are actually made by Universal
> Electronics (UEI; http://www.uei.com), and they're also available under
> various other brand names, Radio Shack being the most common. Some remotes
> sold with other equipment, distributed by cable companies, and so on are UEI
> remotes. Most (maybe all) UEI remotes either have JP1 connectors or can be
> modified to include them, enabling computer-based programming of the
> remote -- but the tools for doing the programming are crude, so you shouldn't
> count on doing this unless you're prepared to invest some time and effort.
Thanks for the clarification. Checking them out now.
I think the main reason my wife has the love/hate relationship with the
Tivo remote is due to the differences between remotes throughout the
house. I guess I could just look for Tivo remotes for the other two
frontend systems. :)
-Rich
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