Consumer Ir & Consumer IrDa (same?)

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I'm looking for a new PPC, mainly to use as a remote to control all my AV
equipment. I was looking at one of the new Fujitsu Siemens models (loox
720), in the tech specs this unit is said to have "IrDa (Consumer
Level)"..Does this mean that I was be able to use it to control my DVD
player, VCR etc with suitable software? I keep hearing people say "IrDa will
not work as a normal remote, you need consumer Ir".......But is consumer Ir,
the same as consumer IrDa?

I don't want to buy a PPC and then find out that it isnt able to communicate
with all my AV equipment.

regards

 

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On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:04:08 -0000, "mikea" <mikea@localhost.com>
wrote:

>I'm looking for a new PPC, mainly to use as a remote to control all my AV
>equipment. I was looking at one of the new Fujitsu Siemens models (loox
>720), in the tech specs this unit is said to have "IrDa (Consumer
>Level)"..Does this mean that I was be able to use it to control my DVD
>player, VCR etc with suitable software? I keep hearing people say "IrDa will
>not work as a normal remote, you need consumer Ir".......But is consumer Ir,
>the same as consumer IrDa?
>
>I don't want to buy a PPC and then find out that it isnt able to communicate
>with all my AV equipment.
>
>regards
>

Don't worry, even my normal Irda PDA can communicate with my TV upto a
distance of about 5-6 feet....
A consumer IR (or IRDA, its the same) PDA can go upto 20 feet! So that
is preferable, if thats the main thing you are going to be using it
for...


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