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Old 14-12-2010, 18:25   #467
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Re: TiVo
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Originally Posted by BenMcr View Post
Even on the US Tivo the standard remote is IR as far as I'm aware - so that it can be used with Universal Remotes and the like

If anything Bluetooth remotes are more of a hassle due to the fact that almost nothing supports it!
If my mobile's bluetooth is anything to by, it doesn't have much of a range and almost anything disrupts it.

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Originally Posted by Stuart View Post
Unfortunately, IR may be 1980, but it does work with every universal remote control out there, and also a lot of other devices that people might want to use to control their STBs (such as Media Centre PCs).

If you have an iPhone or iPod touch, you could use http://www.gear4.com/product/_/29/unityremote/ .

That product is officially iPhone and iPod only, but it uses bluetooth, so it's not beyond the realms of possibility that even if the manufacturers won't support other phones, someone might put together some software for another phone that will control it.
Is possible to get an adapter, to use these devices as bluetooth?

A possible solution for manufacturers, is to have a dual transmitter/emitter
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