Anyone know of a universal/programmable IR remote control where you can programme buttons with specific IR (Philips) codes? So not a control where you have to have the original or one where you have to specify the multi-media product and it then sets the control based upon pre-defined values. I want to setup a remote control to use for my telly BUT the volume and AV input buttons control the settings on my dcs Bartok. This way I can use the Bartok/HiFi setup for the telly audio without having to use two different remotes.
I asked Logitech about the Harmony range and they said you couldn’t directly input the IR codes. You could ‘teach’ it if you had the old remote of select the multi-media device and all the buttons would get set assuming the audio device is in the list that is!
I want to use with a dcs Bartok so a) I don’t have the remote (not at £250 quid a pop I don’t!) and b) very obscure so probably not in the standard list of supported devices.
I would guess so Rack. As you would expect, it’s fully compatible with RC5 codes. I have an old one that I haven’t used in years but it’s serial only. However the later ones used USB so should still be useable so long as the programming software can still be run on your computer.
Yes the dcs posts (historical) said Harmony BUT I asked them direct and they said no you couldn’t programme codes directly. At the moment I’m investigating an IR Blaster adapter for an android tablet. I already use a tablet for streamer control so, perhaps this might be the way. Still investigation i.e. will any of the various ir blaster apps allow direct code entry?
Probably be okay BUT this isn’t 100% the result I want. What I want is the ‘other’ buttons like channel, navigation, etc… to do the telly and then volume/source to do the Bartok. I suppose I could take a gamble with a Harmony remote and see how I get along.
Sorry to hassle you but how do I select the DCS Rossini? The data base via the install software doesn’t list dcs or data conversion systems as a device
Sorry… scrap that! Found it. Not sure what I was typing before.