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August 4, 2003
Turn Your Pocket PC into a Universal Remote
For you home theater fanatics who might be in search of a universal remote control, I have an interesting alternative to suggest -- use your Pocket PC and the TV Remote Controller app (TVRC) by PDAWin.com.
TVRC basically turns your Pocket PC 2002 or 2003 into a full-color Pronto-compatible universal remote (note: if you don't know what a Pronto is, check out Philips' website). In short, just about anything that can be controlled via infrared can be controlled through TVRC.
It is insanely flexible. Using the free ProntoEdit software (from Philips), you design your templates and remote control layouts. Then, you upload the resulting .CCF file to your Pocket PC and open it up in TVRC. In "CCF mode," TVRC then emulates the Pronto (including hardware buttons!). If you don't have some infrared codes already in hexadecimal, no sweat -- just teach your Pocket PC using the "learn" mode and voila! TVRC also has a standard (non-CCF) mode that is far less exciting in my opinion.
Oh, and did I mention that TVRC can even accept voice commands!?! For less than $15, this is a really nice piece of software. Finally, I can put this Jornada 565 to use around my house! Check out TV Remote Controller 5.4 at PDAWin.com.
Posted by Craig in Home A/V
and Mobile & PDAs
Comments
excellent product i use it most of the time it just needs to aquire a few more models and ZENITH tvs,etc and christie tvs but its a overall great product because the codes of the IR beams are already in the program.
Posted by: john at October 15, 2003 10:54 PM
Would like to see if this software works for me prior to purchasing it.
Posted by: Greg Hains at May 8, 2004 10:10 AM