JP1 Remotes

Hi All,

Just wanted to drop another thanks to the community.

My father-in-law and JP1 member PlanoPete passed away in January.

I am up in Dallas helping my mother-in-law move, and came across a lot of memories - Pete was an engineer like myself, and one of the things we shared was our love of JP1 ...

I may have had one of those too, not as a "daily driver" remote, but as a collection piece because I did buy a whole bunch of really old OFA remotes some time back. But I did come to my senses and gave them all to Goodwill. Prior to getting the Radio Shack 15-1994 remote, I had used a 15-1918 and ...

Interesting about the Nvidia shield. Thanks! Evidently "devices" can be "apps" installed on the shield or be effectively controlled via CEC over an HDMI connection to it. In that case, you effectively have only one device to control, so a universal remote does become irrelevant.

Well kinda, it ...

Wouldn't the typical streamer have a TV with a sound bar attached, so that's 2 remotes right there, and like you say, if their Roku (or whatever) is an STB, that's a 3rd remote. But maybe what they're basically saying is the idea that people have a TV, STB, DVD player, stereo receiver, etc all in ...

Yep - times are definitely a-changin'! I didn't expect this so soon though.

I actually am totally off IR now and using Bluetooth/HDMI-CEC for everything in my HT and living room - but at this time you have to be aiming for equipment capable of that for it to work smoothly.

Another article:
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Similar remote that plugs into USB and works well with Kodi:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N3 ... UTF8&psc=1
(note that most of the negative reviews are complaining about button mapping on Android boxes, which is indeed true - works fine with Windows)

Yeah, this 'CEC mode' is basically like volume punch through for the directional controls...

This post hurts my brain. Seriously, it may be dangerous to read.

Another alternative is HDMI-CEC - the Shield does not use many buttons, and is one of the few devices that I find HDMI-CEC works well with. You need to turn on HDMI-CEC on both your TV and Shield, then you can use the IR receiver on the TV to control the Shield.

Interesting: https://www.fiercevideo.com/cable/ces-u ... awei-deals

NOAMattD - I know - but I am done with IR. I will tolerate it for special functions, but I want direct RF for main controls at least.

I am currently using the FireTV remote for my Shield - which has both Bluetooth and IR - but you have to program it with the Fire stick and no backlight.

I think ...

Oh wow - that looks awesome if it is a bluetooth remote too! I have been really wanting a backlit streaming remote.

Picking one up after work to play with.

[EDIT]
Meh - it is freaking IR only. Oh well.

I will also just mention that the HDMI-CEC on the Shield actually works pretty well. You may just be able to turn on HDMI-CEC and use your TV or Receiver to pass commands through.

I am actually now off IR completely and using my Shield + RF remotes with HDMI-CEC to control everything. Of course ...

I don't usually expect to tear up on the hifi-remote forum!

So glad you are beating that monster Bev!

xnappo

Just chiming in - same here. This and the 'up arrow' dying have killed probably four XSights for me. I was lucky enough to buy a bunch of them cheap, but when I run through them all I will be sad