[ltp] lirc with TP770

[Alex North]

On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 16:45:09 +0200, Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@gmx.de> wrote:
>> I'm having some troubles with sending IR signals, though. When I send a
>> signal to my TV (8-10 feet away) with the command 'irsend send_once
>> MAGNAVOX Power', it only gets through about 1/10 of the time, even in a
>> dark room. Is there a very limited range on the rear IR port? I've also
>> tried facing the front/bottom IR port towards the TV with the same  
>> results.
>> Has anyone else run into this?
>
> When I played around with the IR port of my 765L, I got a range of ~2
> meters to control my Sony CD player. I think the IR port in notebooks
> is only designed for short ranges.

Yes, there are two basic types of IR port - the sort you get on remote  
controls and the sort you get on mobile phones (and notebooks). The phone  
one's only have a short range as above; the "consumer electronics" remote  
control ones much larger.

Some PDA's have a strong consumer one if you're looking for a more  
expensive universal remote :)

Alex
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