[mythtv-users] alternate remotes other than MCE?

[Kirk Bocek]

On 12/4/2011 9:20 PM, Kirk Bocek wrote:
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> On 12/4/2011 3:24 PM, Steven Adeff wrote:
>> At my parents house there are two MythTV frontends that are close
>> enough where I'd like to have two separate set of remote codes so they
>> don't interfere with each other (they have an open floor plan). Does
>> anyone know of a decent USB remote that uses codes that are alternate
>> to the standard MCE codes that we could use?
>
> The combination I've used for a few years now with my MCE USB recievers
> has been a universal RCA RCRP05B Remote programmed as a Scientific
> Atlanta 3250 cable box remote. This has given me the most flexibility
> with the multi-function plus red/green/yellow/blue buttons and it being
> a really cheap remote. Sometimes less than $15.
>
> Unfortunately, it looks like that remote is no longer manufactured. I've
> been looking for a good replacement but haven't yet found it.

Now that I Google it, I see that remote all over the place. Amazon has 
it for less than $14 with free shipping for orders over $25 too. It's 
worked well for me. In the living room with the main TV/AV/Myth setup 
and in the bedroom with a simpler (sort of) TV/Cablebox/Myth setup.