Pocket PC TV Remote Control
Posted: Saturday, January 05, 2008
by Marcus Rolland
Let's talk about the wonders behind Pocket PC TV Remote Control Science. Apparently, pocket PC and TV technologies have improved to the point that your Video, Hi-Fi, and TV equipment can be linked to your pocket PC via the IR port. One source says it is possible to employ the Jornada 525 pocket PC (based on the Windows CE 3.0 operating system) to be an unlikely remote control for your Sony brand TV and other compatible devices. He relied on Embedded C++ to create the functionality necessary to make his pocket PC into the next alternative to the usual remote control for such Sony products. He was motivated to resort to exploring the pocket PC – TV remote control relationship simply because he lost the real remote control for his Sony TV and the new remote only gave him black and white pictures on his Sony TV set. The difficulty with his solution is that you need to be somewhat of a skilled programmer to be able to understand how Embedded C++ can be used for this purpose.
It is supposed to be very user-friendly because you get to use it within minutes from setting up the system. The $34.99 product basically does the same thing as the $19.99 product – which is managing your home entertainment system as a universal remote control solution – but has some other features to jazz up your solution for you. The Wake and Watch uses your handheld mobile devices like Pocket PCs to stay connected to your home entertainment system and then trigger the home entertainment system so that it starts to play to wake you up at a pre-arranged time. However, to use the Wake and Watch solution, you need a mobile device that has both an infrared port and a touch screen. The solutions on this site are more user-friendly because you need not be a programmer of any sort to use them – they are geared for the average non-techies among us.
Apparently, even the iPod (that gadget which is now the hallmark of any self-respecting yuppie) can be turned into a universal remote control device. It is quite universal in approach because you can use the iPod (now a remote control) to manage your home entertainment system, DVD player, Media Center PC, Direct TV, TV set, Ultimate TV PVR, XM Satellite Radio, Xbox, and the Roomba (and maybe some other devices that you can try out the iPod on to see if this theory works.)
The iPod solution simply works by pre-recording infrared remote "sounds" on the iPod so that they get listed on the iPod as songs. You then rely on a sound-to-IR converter so that the "infrared remote songs" will be converted into IR format – and voila! Your iPod is now a universal remote control. You may be surprised to find your iPod universal remote control is quite powerful – you can control devices from up to 100 feet away (making this converted iPod even more powerful than many normal remote control units.) Now, one wonders if this universal remote control will work on those new high-tech electronic toilets as well for remote flushing action. What do you think?
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