Any decent remote options besides going with a Harmony setup?

by queue_together

Currently I use my actual TV's remote because it has some decent CEC functionality. Power, 4 directional arrows, select, back and Volume. No home though.

I would love a remote that can do all that + home but not sure if anything like that exists.

ProgrammerPlus

What's wrong with Harmony setup?

CuvisTheConqueror

I've had this remote recommended to me in the past. I haven't tried it though, so I can't vouch for it. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00M4JYTWA/ref=mp_s_a_1_2

Another option would be to use a FLIRC and set it up with whatever remote you have on hand. A FLIRC is a USB IR receiver that can be used with any IR remote and translates the button presses from it to keyboard commands. You would do the initial setup on a PC, then unplug the FLIRC and move it to the Shield.

sspectre

Have you looked at a Sideclick? It hooks onto the side of a streaming box remote and sends IR signals to the TV. I don't think they have one that fits the Shield remote, but they do have one that fits the Mi box remote.

LiquidPoint

Hmmm, we have a One For All - Zapper, for when we do not feel like finding the game controllers.

I've used the learning capability, so:

  • TV power turns on/off the TV
  • STB power sends a TV HDMI-1 source select to the TV, to show our shield
  • AV sends TV HDMI-2 source select, to show our Chromecast
  • Guide sends Shield Home
  • Back send Shield Back
  • Directions and OK controls the Shield
  • Volume up/down and mute controls the TV
  • STB + sends Shield Pause
  • STB - sends Shield Stop

The latter two could be anything, the only thing we miss is to be able to make a macro to do a Picture-Off on our samsung TV.

Anyway, everything is very quick to react, but scrolling a long list/row is a bit annoying, because if I try to learn a continuous signal, a single press often ends up being two from the remote, but learning just a single press, I end up pressing a lot of times... But then we have the game controllers for anything not super casual.

Edit: it's a Shield 2015 btw.

Edit2: I used the android app Sure, to get it to learn the Shield IR.

speakxj7

Flirc

tb21666

Good luck, last time I posted about remotes other than those 'server based/can be nuked at anytime' Harmony's, the 'natives' whined like little restless bitches.

Just go on Amazon & look up 'air mouse' and take it from there.

Now, before anyone chimes in about how terrible they are (they aren't, especially if you get a quality one) consider the source/user error, always.

Granted, there's lots of trash on Amazon tho, so do yourself the favor & take the time to read reviews/watch use videos before buying anything.