IR controlled H140?

[Mr Whippy]

Would it be possible to control H140 via IR remote?
Simple previous/skip track, random, stop, play and off would be great. I know a IR receiver dongle would need to be connected to the remote port.

[Astec]

First off IR or Infra red for those that are confused is a line of sight technology. ie the remote and device have to have a clear run between them. IR is useless on a dap other than to transfer data. Consider a TV remote (uses IR) it only works if it can beam to the TV, so no use in a pocket.

[allymac123]

what we need is bluetooth. now whatever happened to that bluetooth remote for the h3xx? I would of paid a fair bit for that as it would have been really useful ah well there's still hope! never heard anymore about the bluetooth remote for the H10 either that might have given me something to look forward to should I have to replace my H320.

[Astec]

That one was scrapped there is a thread somewhere on it.

[Mr Whippy]

Yeah I know about IR, have to be in the same room. The TFBT (Thick Fluffy Blanket Test) on my remote is pretty good.

Be nice if I could control the H140 on my rack from the chair- skip tracks, random. Got a HTM MX-700

Two way communication is much harder, although not impossible

[Cheatah... Ungowa!]

Neat idea.

Originally Posted by Astec123

First off IR or Infra red for those that are confused is a line of sight technology. ie the remote and device have to have a clear run between them.

That's not entirely true Astec, you can sometimes "bounce" the signal off a wall. I can control my stereo by pointing the remote anywhere up to 2M away from the actual receiver. Yes IR is pointless when you're on the move with your DAP in your pocket, but it could be useful if using it at home plugged into the stereo, like a CD player, and don't want to have a long cable going from the stereo to the DAP.

I saw something really cool once, which allowed you to control your PC via infra red using a normal remote from a TV or stereo, and you could re-program the functions of the buttons on the remote to do whatever you like. Something like that combined with some kind of receiver on the iRiver could do the trick.

On the other hand, the iRiver's small enough to be a remote in itself! I've got a bluetooth USB dongle. I wonder what would happen if I put a mini USB plug on one end? I guess it would need a second one to receive. And it needs software to work. Maybe what's needed is a Bluetooth amp or something. Does such a thing exist? They should! I'm fed up with the amount of cables I've got everywhere.

Could the optical out be used in some way?
What's the difference between optical out and infra-red? Apart from the fact that infra-red is invisible?

Also I've got an old mobile phone which has Bluetooth and infra-red. I could take it apart to get to those bits but this is probably way too complicated and there is still the need for software to work the transmitter/receiver!

[floodgate]

i remember, when i was still using a portable MD recorder, there were some members on the minidisc.org site who made custom "titlers" for sale

it was kind of a pain to title your tracks on the MD using only your recorder remote, so these guys made something that connected to your serial/parallel port on the comp at one end, and plugged in to your md player at the other end.

if i remember correctly, the sony remotes worked by having different resistance levels at each terminal (at the plug) depending on which button you pressed (on the remote).

i suppose we could apply this to the iriver remotes?

[Evilempire86]

From the rockbox forum I understand that the player cannot access the HD while in UBS Mode, so that wont work.

[floodgate]

Originally Posted by Evilempire86

From the rockbox forum I understand that the player cannot access the HD while in UBS Mode, so that wont work.

i think the trick (?) is to have a device that will plug into the player where the remote goes to, and not the USB.

so that the player thinks that it's recieving playback instructions from the remote,

when it's actually recieving the same instructions, but from an IR reciever, which in turn is recieving IR signals from a transmitter in your hands.

but of course it's easy for me to talk about it, since i wont be the one making the device.