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K750i as TV remote |
Hustn
Joined: Dec 31, 2005
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I know this has come up before but I'm hoping somethings new has come to light through the grape vine. Is there any way to make the K750i act as a TV remote? Software? Patch? Cable? |
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Evilsummer
Joined: Jan 16, 2002
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From: Gothenburg Sweden
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There is actually a way... use your K750 to call someone and yell at them untill they go and change the channel on your TV for you... problem solved  |
mysh
Joined: Dec 04, 2005
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install a TV card in your pc, hook the tv card up to your TV set, and use the bluetooth remote HID profiles to change channels on the pc with your phone. hehe.
Seriously, only way it's going to happen with a k750i.  |
private_ryan
Joined: Nov 28, 2005
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hehe, i haven't heard any midlet that can control your TV set i.e. changing the channel.
but there's a midlet that can remotely control your PC media player & powerpoint presentations or any windows/Mac applications using your SE bluetooth enabled phone.
if you're interested, you may visit this link.
http://developer.sonyericsson[....]05/p_bluetooth_remote_tool.jsp
try it & have fun! |
jabbers-d
Joined: Dec 24, 2005
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i remeber there was an ap for my 7650 to do that but it was very weak and only worked from likr 2 feet-
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max_wedge
Joined: Aug 29, 2004
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phone infrared signals have a very short range. In the case of the k750, apparently not more than 2 inches.
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Amax
Joined: Mar 15, 2005
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From: The north coast. Sweden
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On 2006-01-02 23:33:49, max_wedge wrote:
phone infrared signals have a very short range. In the case of the k750, apparently not more than 2 inches.
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thats strange, i succesfully used my old p900s infrared at almost 5 metres!! 
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Quintessence
Joined: Mar 22, 2003
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From: Sydney, Australia
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I think its something to do with CIR and SIR, where the former stands for Consumer grade Infra-Red and has a much stronger range up to 10m, e.g TV remotes, and some PDAs like the Dell Axim. SIR stands for Serial Infra-Red and is used for data transmissions, and has a range of up to a metre or so. I believe SIR is the type that is used in mobile phones and most PDAs.
So in effect, you can use your SE infra red phone to control the TV, but not at a practical range. You might as well walk up and change the channel from the front panel of the TV itself.
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max_wedge
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On 2006-01-02 23:57:56, Amax wrote:
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On 2006-01-02 23:33:49, max_wedge wrote:
phone infrared signals have a very short range. In the case of the k750, apparently not more than 2 inches.
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thats strange, i succesfully used my old p900s infrared at almost 5 metres!!
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The P900's are an exception. They are one of the few phones with a reasonable IR range. Believe me the K750 is only a couple of inches.
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procterdc
Joined: Jun 03, 2005
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From: Lytham St.Annes
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Hmmm, maybe SE should take note, this would be a handy piece of software.
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Kwiksta
Joined: Jul 17, 2004
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you can only do it with a series 60 phone
Previously --> tempsonyfreak |
max_wedge
Joined: Aug 29, 2004
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not so. Some Series 60 phones don't have the range and therefore cannot be used.
And there is IR remote control software for uiq2 (aka symbian SE P-series). UIQ 2 phones are not series 60
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blackspot
Joined: Sep 06, 2004
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From: Philippines
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Regardless of the range, I don't think these phones can at all be programmed as Remote Control via IR -- I haven't seen any IR APIs for J2ME yet or any API that can be used to control the IR via Java.
If anyone knows of one please post links here. Thanks.
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max_wedge
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you could write your own api 
actually for both the p series and the s60's there is an app that does allow the ir to be used as a programmable remote. however they don't use java but symbian.
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blackspot
Joined: Sep 06, 2004
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On 2006-01-04 07:07:16, max_wedge wrote:
you could write your own api
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I wish!
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Posted: 2006-01-02 09:28
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