Mysterious thing that plugs into mic port and lights up

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fchung0712

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When I bought my computer a few years ago, there was a strange object that came with it, there was nothing that said what it was, so i was not able to get a proper answer on google. The link below shows a picture of the mysterious item.
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getochkn
It's not an antenna, it's either an IR reciever to use your universal remote to control TV through the card OR an IR blaster, which would send a signal to say a digital cable box to change the channel on the cable box and then it would pump into the TV card.

There is no use for it now if you haven't used it in years.
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i think that when we bought the computer it did have tv, becuase i remember watching tv on it. i do not know if this means anything but the computer was a media center pc, so i think you are correct.
but now, the only thing i am wondering about is how i use the antenna with my computer
Thanks so much!!! =D
 
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It's not an antenna, it's either an IR reciever to use your universal remote to control TV through the card OR an IR blaster, which would send a signal to say a digital cable box to change the channel on the cable box and then it would pump into the TV card.

There is no use for it now if you haven't used it in years.
 
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the remote ir reciever is bigger for my computer.
and is this the port ((o)) except flipped sideways so that it is vertical?
when i plugged the ir reciever into the input and the output nothing happens. the light only turns on when plugged into a mic port
 
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If it lights up, it's an IR blaster as it needs to send or transmit. Mic ports on a PC can provide small amounts of power to boost or amplify the mic, and sends a bit of power down the line. the amount of power the light needs vs what is sent, you could fry the thing.
 
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Google the manual for your PC and find out? We can't tell you how to use something for a computer we don't know the model of. It probably worked with the TV tuner card and that's where it plugged in at, so if there is no TV card anymore, probably can't use it.
 
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