[Troy McClure]

I recently bought the MX-500 and there are a couple of buttons on my Philips TV Remote that the MX-500 will not learn correctly. So I looked around here to see that many are using the JP1 solution. Rather than going that route I figured I would try using what I already have, a Pocket PC.


I installed Pronto Edit on my laptop, edited a .ccf file with the codes I needed and then loaded that file onto my Pocket PC with PDAwin's TV remote software already loaded. I then had the MX learn from the Pocket PC.


Seems like a great work around...being that I have the equipment already.............now, to my point.


Rather than using my pocket pc as a liason, is there any software that is made to talk through a laptop's irda port directly to the remote? It would definitely speed things up!


Any an all help is appreciated.


Troy

 

[sixsevans]

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... is there any software that is made to talk through a laptop's irda port directly to the remote?

Not exactly through a laptop's irda port, but
IRClone is close.

 

[jscnyc]

can i use the irclone with my sony intergrted remote to allow my sony remote toact as a computer keyboard & mouse with learnig?

 

[cfraser]

Troy...just wondering what buttons the 500 didn't learn. I have a Philips TV too, and the 500 learned all its codes...but that doesn't mean anything for you. If your Philips is like mine, just be sure the remote is not in a "mode" where it's not actually putting out a signal for a certain key, so you're copying "nothing". I got caught by that a few times...the 500 says "good" after learning the null signals, and I have no idea what it copied, but it wasn't a valid signal because I had the Philips remote in a device mode where that key wasn't valid. Just a thought...