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I have had some nice times using my Universal to turn off those annoying 40" Pioneer plasmascreens which you find in almost all 7-11 and Deli DeLuca stores. Great fun, but i want to take the prank to a whole new level.
Read this, as it could be mighty fun (unless you get caught!!)
I would like someone to program a small tool which uses e.g. the IR database from NoviiRemote or similar to do a storm broadcast thru the IR on the PDA to send the IR signal for "turn-off-tv" for every single TV model possible. Then, I just have to walk around with my PDA in my hand in radio shack and all TV's are turned off.
However, it might look strange if I leave a trail of TVs being powered off wheverever I walk, so I thought I could make a little HW gadget to work around this I buy 10-15 IR diodes which I connect to eachother (and supply with the current they need) and then connect this cluster of IR diodes to the printboard on my PDA so that I get an external IR transmitter instead. Then I can leave my PDA in my pocket, and using a cable, I can put the IR transmitter on top of my head inside my hat
Would be incredibly fun. )))
Does anyone know if there exist such a program where I can make macros to autobroadcast "TV-OFF" signal for all known tv models ?

Put the LED's in a baseball cap then you can wear it with a full 360 coverage and pda in pocket - just a thought, but I like the idea! - Mike

on a slightly related topic.....
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/printpage/86/1

mikealder said:
Put the LED's in a baseball cap then you can wear it with a full 360 coverage and pda in pocket - just a thought, but I like the idea! - Mike
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That's somehow how I would do it, yes It would be fun to leave your Qtek9000 on a shelf in the TV> department at e.g. Radio Shack. Enable WLAN on the 9000 and then placing it so that the camera catches the whole scenario. Then, sit outside, connect via MS Portrait (or MSN or something) so you can see what's going on inside the store when you turn off/on all TVs while the salesmen run around frantically trying to find out whats wrong.
Would be a nice YouTube movie ;-)))))

0okami said:
on a slightly related topic.....
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/printpage/86/1
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Thanks. I could parallell couple e.g. 10-15 of the diodes to create a 360degree transmitter. Would require a small battery to power them I guess. But hey, that's no problem. Small coincell will do the trick. Small, nifty and exchangeable
All I need is someone that can create a program which just spew out IR codes to the IR diodes with ON/OFF/ON/OFF ...etc.
But, since I will be the only dork in the shop laughing my ass off, they might catch on to me )))))

another idea.. how about sending a signal to increase the volume?

where can i get the remote control software you said int he first post?

Suggestion to devs: audio to IR adapter + remote control app

I cant program, simply to dumb to learn it, but i had a idea that i think is worth spreading
Use the audio output jack, connected to a IR diode and write a app that uses audio bursts to control a ir reciever (tv, stereo and so on).
I dont know enough about the ir diodes to be able to tell how it should be wired together, but i figure a simple stereo plug, a resistor or two and a diode on top should suffice, and make the ir pulse by the audio signal pulses.
the audio output should be fast enough to transmit directly to the diode, if the voltage and signal strength is within ir specs.
So what do you (more tech skilled) guys think?
is it possible?
my android phone (htc hero) can do everything exept brew a decent cup of coffe and remote control my home media center, exept my xbox media center over wlan.
So a ir remote solution is the single most wanted feature that i dont have..
i figure my coffe maker is good enough for the time being..
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i found a proof of concept, someone actually made this and got it to work on old nokia phones using a wav sound file, that he sampled using audio input on his computer.
http://jumpjack.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/turn-your-phone-into-an-universal-remote-control/
i would suggest that a ir sensor should be involved in the hardware, so the end user can program the buttons himself in the app.

Captivate TV Out?

Has anybdy tried this yet?
http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/...index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail&tab=accessories
Just wondering how it worked. Too bad it's not HDMI.

I tried it, worked for me. You have to enable it first in the TV-Out settings, and the yellow wasn't really the video one on my cable.

yea, there was a video somewhere showing it working. Just buy a $3 3.5" to RCA cable from ebay or radioshack

Seached on Google and Amazon has one for $1.29
http://www.amazon.com/DCR-TRV50E-DCR-TRV900-DCR-TRV950-DCR-VX1000-DCR-VX2000E/dp/B003V8UB4I
Going to give it a try.

Worked fine for me, no problems at all! Quality was only OK but I'll try it again with a different video and see if that helps.

Is there a way to go from micro USB to HDMI or the jack to HDMI?

For the usb, no it has to have the wardware. For the jack, whats the point? The jack can only output standard definition video and going through hdmi would be pointless. You can use WiFi with DLNA to windows media center to play your HD.

caelestis2 said:
For the usb, no it has to have the wardware. For the jack, whats the point? The jack can only output standard definition video and going through hdmi would be pointless. You can use WiFi with DLNA to windows media center to play your HD.
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except that I can't get DNLA to work Maybe I'll try another app that does the same as allshare

the video out works well, I'm glad that it doesn't use HDMI as I use it in my truck to my DVD/NAV system. It does seem that whenever I've connected the included ear buds to the phone I've had to go into settings and re-enable video out. No it's not high definition, but the quality is more than adequate for my purposes.

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the video out works well, I'm glad that it doesn't use HDMI as I use it in my truck to my DVD/NAV system. It does seem that whenever I've connected the included ear buds to the phone I've had to go into settings and re-enable video out. No it's not high definition, but the quality is more than adequate for my purposes.
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I plan on doing this exact same thing this weekend. I have the Alpine IVA-W205, and I think it would be cooler to have audio and video instead of just audio. Plus, I can actually see the navigation directions since I don't have Nav installed.

tikicult said:
I plan on doing this exact same thing this weekend. I have the Alpine IVA-W205, and I think it would be cooler to have audio and video instead of just audio. Plus, I can actually see the navigation directions since I don't have Nav installed.
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Mine is a kenwood DDX-8019, and I have the external NAV
A couple things to keep in mind if you are going to use the phone as a NAV device in your car ...
1. Get long enough cables that you can set your phone where it has the clearest view of the sky possible. I set mine in the tray molded into my dash. Which leads to ...
2. If you use the included micro USB cable with a power adapter you should be fine, but the door that hides the connection on the phone may be too small for many aftermarket cables. I have one that is fine at home, but doesn't provide a secure enough connection for me to trust it on the road.
3. Maps in my area are not 100% accurate, the parking lot where I work used to be part of a highway that has been re-routed, however the map does not reflect this. I have also found that on the 2 times I've tested it on my route to and from work that it will not give a route that includes HOV lanes. (there may be a setting for this)
4. Download the app and enable the turn by turn voice ... but do not rely on it, until you've had some time to get comfortable with it. I've found during my testing that voice prompting comes a bit later than I like at highway speeds, though in and around town it was fine. I don't know if your DVD reciever will allow you to, but I can display the video from the phone and listen to audio from any other source I have available.
5. The only way I have been able to take a call while using the video out function on the phone was to disconnect the 3.5mm jack, it seems that the audio from a phone call is muted, as is the microphone. I guess if it did work there would be no reason for anyone with an aux video connection to buy a bluetooth reciever.
I do not intend to use this as my primary NAV in my own vehicle because my GARMIN reciever is purpose built for it and is far more precise/has more options. BUT ... I will not be renting anymore NAV units from enterprise when I have to travel.

[Q] Ryzmedia IR device universal remote dev???

Anyone hear if there's any development going on for use with the Ryzmedia IR device?? I'd find it much more useful on my Eris than my itouch. Here's the link to the device webpage, and some technical information that might be helpful:
ryzmedia (dot) com
compendiumarcana (dot) com/iraudio/
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You could go to Radio Shack right now and build one for $5. $10 is very fair, especially for the time and love put into it.
Basically what it is is two IR led’s connected to the right and left polarities of the headphone plug. Those LED’s are actually flipped opposing each other. This is needed because the standard headphone output only does 0-20k per channel and the normal IR remote operates at 38k. By putting one side to each of the functional channels and having that built in modulation gives you the ability to generate a 40k signal.
So how you do it is:
1: Record the IR behavior using a IR detector connected to the ground-single channel at as high of bit rate as possible (usually just 41k or 48k on a normal lappy – may be up to 192k)
2. Clean signal to get pure digital square wave
3. Reassign the signal to play back at 19k on a single channel
4. Invert that same single channel and assign that to the other channel
5. When played through your headphone port using the appropriate equipment it will show up out of the LED’s as a properly modulated 38k signal just PERFECT for controlling your TV!
I made a learning version that basically had a 4-pole plug and used the Mic port for the IR detector. The hard part is in getting the signal, turning it to 1/0′s, changing to 19k, and running inverted signals on each channel. I haven’t actually gotten that far and made it to test some things, but recording off the mic port does seem to be good enough to clean up on a PC and have it work. Though hope that the App Makr for Android will at least help me get an actual interface instead of a playlist….
Got any android audio experts in the house?

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