HP IR Receiver Options

haha!! well, to be honest, it only saves about $5 in the grand scheme of things... and that is a little bit of savings in exchange for a long wait (shipping time) and pain in the butt configuration.

I will spend the tad extra. Thanks for your advice. Now I am just waiting for a deal on the Harmony One. Looks like a solid remote and the WAF is great

Do you have any tips on configuring the Harmony once I purchase? Can I program the MCE remote functions using the Harmony software on a Mac?! I have heard conflicting reports about this and it got me worried.

Once you get it add a Windows Media Center device. Then in the activity you need to customize the buttons to work with XBMC. It will make sense once you get into the software.

For the record, I ONLY configure my Harmony in OSX.

poofyhairguy Wrote:For the record, I ONLY configure my Harmony in OSX.

Awesome! Another Mac user... I have used them my whole life, so don't think I started to "follow the trend". But I also like tinkering with Unix and Linux distros, along with the regular Windows stuff.

I like having a well-rounded experience with computers!


One last question regarding the config. I read in another thread that you should make the activity as a MCE remote and MCE keyboard. This allows you to program the info buttons and whatnot to work properly. (so you map the info button to an "I" keypress).

bmcclure937 Wrote:Awesome! Another Mac user... :

Kinda. I love hackintoshing. It is a fun feeling forcing OSX onto hardware it doesn't want to be on. Its like making a German Princess scrub a toilet.

Quote:One last question regarding the config. I read in another thread that you should make the activity as a MCE remote and MCE keyboard. This allows you to program the info buttons and whatnot to work properly. (so you map the info button to an "I" keypress).

I do it as a MCE remote, and I never run out of buttons.

The problem is that people don't go back and manually configure the buttons and then they complain it doesn't work well.

poofyhairguy Wrote:Kinda. I love hackintoshing. It is a fun feeling forcing OSX onto hardware it doesn't want to be on. Its like making a German Princess scrub a toilet.

I have done a tad bit of that as well. Was a moderator on MyDellMini in the OSX sections. That is hardly 'hackintoshing' because the tools available and the hardware compatibility made it so easy.

So I barely got my hands dirty doing it!

poofyhairguy Wrote:I do it as a MCE remote, and I never run out of buttons.

The problem is that people don't go back and manually configure the buttons and then they complain it doesn't work well.

What do you mean "go back and manually configure". Do you mean go into the software utility and program them? I guess this will all make more sense once I buy the remote... and I can ask more questions when that time comes. I was just curious to hear.

Also, how is the response? I have read a couple negative reviews saying that the Harmony One had bad response times and other various issues. I took them with a grain of salt because I have heard hundreds of positive comments on them. And I love Logitech as a brand in general.

bmcclure937 Wrote:Also, how is the response? I have read a couple negative reviews saying that the Harmony One had bad response times and other various issues. I took them with a grain of salt because I have heard hundreds of positive comments on them. And I love Logitech as a brand in general.

It just takes tweaking. People b*tch about Harmonies because they aren't "Apple Easy"- you have to add devices, tweak buttons, tweak responses. Be ready to spend like 2 hours the first time getting it setup, and even then bet on having to redo one thing or the other (I never get ti right first time).

But when you put in that effort, nothing is better.

Sounds sweet!! Does the main tweaking have to do with power on timings and delays for input switching?

bmcclure937 Wrote:Sounds sweet!! Does the main tweaking have to do with power on timings and delays for input switching?

Yeah, and button mappings.

For button mappings have you ever needed to "learn" the IR freqs from the manufacturer's remote for the device... or have you had good luck with the correct codes being used in the Harmony Software?

Are you just talking about arranging mappings to fit your needs?

bmcclure937 Wrote:For button mappings have you ever needed to "learn" the IR freqs from the manufacturer's remote for the device... or have you had good luck with the correct codes being used in the Harmony Software?

Only thing not in the database ever for me was one HDMI switch.

Quote:Are you just talking about arranging mappings to fit your needs?

Yeah.