« Airport Express | Main | LinksysInfo.com »
August 7, 2004
iPod as Universal Remote
http://features.engadget.com/entry/6336778455600767/ details how to turn your iPod into a universal remote!
It works using Griffin Technology's Total Remote package (note that Griffin Tech is also the manufacturer of the --still vaporware-- Radio Shark) to record IR commands from an existing remote and convert them to sound files. You can then name them appropriately, put them into an appropriately-named playlist (e.g. "DVD Player"), copy them to the iPod, and blast the signals back to the devices. Range is controlled (I believe) via the volume :-)
This is one seriously neat software/hardware package. And luckily, some guys at work all have PocketPC (as does Seth) so I'll probably be able to use the software Griffin released with their hardware.
For those more crafty than I, there are also directions on how to build the IR transmitter/receiver (which converts IR to/from sound). Very, very cool stuff.
Posted by aland at August 7, 2004 9:31 AM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.aland.us/mt/mt-tb.cgi/57