I was finally at the point where I was ready to consolidate some remotes and fire up the ol' Harman Kardon Take Control - perhaps the greatest remote control ever made.
I like it so much I even bought a back up on eBay in case this one fails me.
I needed to control my Samsung TV, my Denon receiver, my Comcast cable DVR and the XBox 360 that I now use as my DVD player. Using a wireless game controller to navigate the DVD menus just didn't make sense.
One problem - the XBox 360 doesn't use IR. Aargh - my remote has been rendered useless!
I need to get a remote that is specifically designed to drive the XBox 360 using RF, not IR. MS makes one but I need one that can also learn commands for other devices.
Oh well.
Update - yes, the XBox does support IR - my goof. However, the XBox controller is RF, so you need to have an IR controller that knows how to "speak XBox" first in order to program your universal remote. I don't want to buy a new remote so I can program my old remote. In any event I did get this all wrapped up nicely and will post about it shortly.
The Xbox 360 does support IR for the remote. I happily use a Harmony 880 to control my 360 when watching DVDs and downloaded movies.
Posted by: Mats Lanner | January 05, 2007 at 07:46 AM