New life for old PDA as a remote control?

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On 29 Sep 2004 15:33:57 GMT, "PencilHead" <Spam@nospam> wrote:

>
>I have a neglected Jornada 525 pocket pc with WinCE on it. It's worth
>next to nothing to sell so I would like to use it to control my AV gear.
>
>Dedicated colour remote controls cost a fortune (around £700 upwards).
>
>I've had a look around for software to turn my PDA into a remote
>control but can't find anything to run on this "old" piece of kit.
>
>Anyone got any ideas?
I don't know if the software exists anymore but years ago there
was software that would do it.

It's a nice "gee whiz" look what I can do with this thing but I gave
up on it and stuck with the remote that came with the
stereo/TV/VCR/DVD etc. One of the problems is the 548 I had
was very low powered for the infrared.




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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.pocketpc (More info?)

Matt Hamby wrote:

> There is an item called total remote, you can download the trial
> software and look at it try it out close up. They have a IR booster
> that plugs into the stereo jack. checkout the website, it may or may
> not work for your PPC.
>
> http://www.griffintechnology.com/g [...] index.html
>
> God bless,
>
> Matt Hamby
>
> "Amy Gray" <JudgeAmyGrayNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:r3sll01dkc1nhhqmsia3ng2omuo2rts6g9@4ax.com...
> > On 29 Sep 2004 15:33:57 GMT, "PencilHead" <Spam@nospam> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I have a neglected Jornada 525 pocket pc with WinCE on it. It's
> > > worth next to nothing to sell so I would like to use it to
> > > control my AV gear.
> > >
> > > Dedicated colour remote controls cost a fortune (around #700
> > > upwards).
> > >
> > > I've had a look around for software to turn my PDA into a remote
> > > control but can't find anything to run on this "old" piece of kit.
> > >
> > > Anyone got any ideas?
> > I don't know if the software exists anymore but years ago there
> > was software that would do it.
> >
> > It's a nice "gee whiz" look what I can do with this thing but I gave
> > up on it and stuck with the remote that came with the
> > stereo/TV/VCR/DVD etc. One of the problems is the 548 I had
> > was very low powered for the infrared.
> >


With Amy's point in mind, the Griffin Totalremote is cheap enough to
have a go - if it doen't work out it won't break the bank.

Thanks guys!