[mythtv-users] Cheap Remote and blaster

[Alex Williamson]

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Alex Williamson
> <alex.l.williamson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>>> Several folks (including me) asked about whether this would work with LIRC/Myth:
>>>
>>> http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=5187-4592-BULK&cat=SYS
>>>
>>> I just received mine: The answer is Yes:
>>
>> Thanks for the pointer on this, I ordered 2 and already have one
>> setup.  A remote was standing between me and setting up a frontend box
>> to replace a dish receiver.  Does anyone know if these support
>> programmable volume buttons?  The MCE mythtv wiki page seems to
>> indicate it's a common feature of the remote, but I can't seem to get
>> it to do anything by following the directions there.  Thanks,
>
> I think the wiki page is wrong. I've never actually *tried* to
> reprogram any of my mce remotes, but I have a suspicion that only one
> of them, if any, actually supports reprogrammable volume keys. The one
> in question has dual power buttons, one marked "pc" and one marked
> "tv", and is Microsoft-branded.

Darn, I was hoping it was as ubiquitous as the wiki makes it sound.
Thanks for the info.

Alex