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Toshiba e740 ir port question
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| Topic: | Toshiba e740 ir port question This thread has 9 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Monday September 9, 2002 at 07:19 |
sbonney Long Time Member |
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I am considering the purchase of an e740, using PDWin remote software to control a home theatre. The ir port on the e740 is on the left side. I plan to produce custom color Pronto CCF file in landscape mode, so that I can hold the PDA sideways, the ir would point up...my equipment is all only about 5 feet away just over my right shoulder.
I also plan to access my home WiFi network, with that landcape mode browser. I will also get an extended battery, more memory at some point as well.
Any thoughts on this setup, comfort of holding the PDA sideways, ir range etc ? Starting at about $500 plus $20 for the PDAWin remote software I get the equivilent to a new
320 x 240 widescreen color pronto, mini WiFi surfstation/email reader/MP3 player/PDA. This seems to be a reasonable setup...any major downsides that I am overlooking.
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| OP | Post 2 made on Monday September 9, 2002 at 07:30 |
sbonney Long Time Member |
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I do realize that Pronto Edit does not do landscape mode text, so I'll have to make do with bitmaps of text, or live with reading the text sideways. I would probally do a simple one or two page multi-component setup with just the essential buttons on each piece of equipment.
I assume that an ir CF card , compatible with the e740 would come out at some point as well, allowing portrait mode ir transmision to my equipment.
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| Post 3 made on Monday September 9, 2002 at 09:58 |
Dave Houston RF Expert |
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On 09/09/02 07:30.07, sbonney said...
I assume that an ir CF card , compatible with
the e740 would come out at some point as well,
allowing portrait mode ir transmision to my equipment. The compatibility issue for a CF card is a software issue. PDA-ir will work in any CF slot as long as there is software that supports it for the particular PDA.
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| OP | Post 4 made on Thursday October 24, 2002 at 08:51 |
sbonney Long Time Member |
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Any word if PDA-ir has been sucessfully used in an e740 with PDAWin Remote 5.1 ?
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| Post 5 made on Sunday October 27, 2002 at 11:46 |
Spartacus Long Time Member |
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I e-mailed pdawin.com about 2 weeks ago asking. they said that they do not have enough info on e740 to add IR extender into Remote 5.1. However when I replied and asked if Toshiba did not provide them with enough detail they never replied.
go figure.. I am still coding the menus and hoping that they will finally release some support for e740.
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| Post 6 made on Sunday October 27, 2002 at 15:17 |
Dave Houston RF Expert |
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Compaq supplied rather extensive and complete documentation. You can see an example at... [Link: handhelds.org]Neither HP nor Toshiba appear to be as forthcoming.
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| Post 7 made on Friday November 15, 2002 at 13:33 |
gtivr6 Lurking Member |
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FWIW, i've been using TVRemote5.1 with my e740 for the past week with no problems. I haven't checked the range further that 15 ft, but it seems to work just fine other than having to hold it sideway (lack of landscape mode)
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| OP | Post 8 made on Thursday November 21, 2002 at 17:28 |
sbonney Long Time Member |
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Perhaps Total Remote will be an alternative to my above senario. I'm looking forwad to a review.... [Link: griffintechnology.com]
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| Post 9 made on Monday November 25, 2002 at 08:57 |
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It would be great if we got a review of total Remote.. it seems cool.
I was going to buy it, but from the site's description I have no idea what the heck am I buying...(I know software.... hardware?..) How the heck does it use my PDA's sound to extend the range?
They just give you a cheesy generic description of stuff.
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| Post 10 made on Thursday December 19, 2002 at 12:16 |
Don Stratton Long Time Member |
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It took a while, but now there is more info at Griffin Mobile's web site: [Link: griffintechnology.com]There is now a demo version!
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