- January 5, 2010
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Just wanted to show off my new toy... just got her in the mail today.
It is linked up to my computer now as a Generic Bluetooth Keyboard. It slides open to reveal the QWERTY keypad / keyboard -this part works only via bluetooth (not IR). The front of the device works via IR (havent tested whether it works via Bluetooth or not yet, I imagine not tho) but that's okay because I have an IR receiver working with IRSS.
Overall, I give the product a 9/10 because the build quality isn't quite where it should be: it is kind of flimsy, but I think I would really struggle to accidentally break it. Dropping it certainly wouldnt do it. Otherwise, functionally the remote is a perfect 10/10! Now if only I could get rid of this silly vizio logo (I have a Samsung TV...)
Any questions let me know! I have no idea where you can pick one of these up, I just got lucky on eBay one day.
EDIT: just found out, once I paired it to my computer, the IR completely stopped working. The front of the remote does not send out IR signals now, so I can't imagine it would be doing anything other than sending Bluetooth signals out now instead... We'll see soon. Anybody know of a program which allows a command to be run based on Bluetooth input?
EDIT2: eventghost was the program i was looking for... except i cant get it to detect any events from the remote! i dont think im doing it right tho... not quite sure how to use it.
It is linked up to my computer now as a Generic Bluetooth Keyboard. It slides open to reveal the QWERTY keypad / keyboard -this part works only via bluetooth (not IR). The front of the device works via IR (havent tested whether it works via Bluetooth or not yet, I imagine not tho) but that's okay because I have an IR receiver working with IRSS.
Overall, I give the product a 9/10 because the build quality isn't quite where it should be: it is kind of flimsy, but I think I would really struggle to accidentally break it. Dropping it certainly wouldnt do it. Otherwise, functionally the remote is a perfect 10/10! Now if only I could get rid of this silly vizio logo (I have a Samsung TV...)
Any questions let me know! I have no idea where you can pick one of these up, I just got lucky on eBay one day.
EDIT: just found out, once I paired it to my computer, the IR completely stopped working. The front of the remote does not send out IR signals now, so I can't imagine it would be doing anything other than sending Bluetooth signals out now instead... We'll see soon. Anybody know of a program which allows a command to be run based on Bluetooth input?
EDIT2: eventghost was the program i was looking for... except i cant get it to detect any events from the remote! i dont think im doing it right tho... not quite sure how to use it.