Infrared remote

[WanderingMinstrel]

I've been happy with Novii Deluxe. It works at 10-12 feet just as well as the stock remote. Novii support was very helpful during my learning curve. They came up with what I needed to know to get my TV and my DVD/VHS player-recorder to respond -- all from the same codebase. And then a couple of days later, they emailed me an improved codebase that someone came up with on their own. (Just giving credit where it's due.)

Using the 6700 as a remote, to be honest, is not the most practical idea. But if simple things amuse you, as they do me, it's kind of fun.

[rickpub]

Yes, an amusing little toy...lol...

[ls6tt]

would love to test Novi, just dont want to pay 16 bucks for a remote...LOL

[ksg]

Originally Posted by WanderingMinstrel

I've been happy with Novii Deluxe. It works at 10-12 feet just as well as the stock remote. Novii support was very helpful during my learning curve. They came up with what I needed to know to get my TV and my DVD/VHS player-recorder to respond -- all from the same codebase. And then a couple of days later, they emailed me an improved codebase that someone came up with on their own. (Just giving credit where it's due.)

Using the 6700 as a remote, to be honest, is not the most practical idea. But if simple things amuse you, as they do me, it's kind of fun.

I'm using Novii Deluxe also. It is a nice little toy and I use it to control my TV capture card in my computer (which it works well for).

The main problem with this app isn't a fault of Novii at all, however, the IR bulb in the Apache/PPC-6700 seems sort of weak. It works well at 4-5 feet but no further. So that is a limitation if you're not controlling items that are somewhat close to you.

Just a heads up...

[bedoig]

I tried some of these IR remote apps when I first got my phone, but none of them seemed to work that well. I also read some threads about the weak IR emitter in the 6700 so I mostly gave up on the idea. I just tried Novii Deluxe a few days ago and I have to admit I'm impressed. The included IR code database is a huge improvement over the other programs I tried. I was able to control 3 different TV's just by picking the manufacturer out of a list. I also used it on my Dish HD/DVR receiver without any problems. Best of all, I can use it at over 10 feet if I aim at the receiver carefully. Pretty cool. I guess the IR emitters vary from unit to unit. I was pretty surprised with the distance I got.