Registered: May 2000
Location: Garland, TX
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Controlling TiVo via Palm Pilot

Ran across the link on the TiVo site about controlling the TiVo via Pronto.

It occurred to me that doing it via a Palm Pilot would also be a "cute techie thing" to do. There's no specific app for the PalmOS that I could find, but there is an app out there that could be customized to do this..

The app is called Omniremote - and you can use it to program your TV, your VCR, pretty much anything that uses a remote control. I haven't personally tested it yet, but I would assume you could program the thing to learn the TiVo remote. I'd be curious to know if anyone's done this yet.

Anyway, here's the home page for the software: http://www.pacificneotek.com/

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Joe Siegler
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I searched the old forum for Omniremote, and found 4 threads, but this was the only one where people reported success and failures: http://www.avsforum.com/ubbtivo/Forum8/HTML/003331.html

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Originally posted by Joe Siegler:
I haven't personally tested it yet, but I would assume you could program the thing to learn the TiVo remote. I'd be curious to know if anyone's done this yet.

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My range with OmniRemote on a Palm III was very limited (Around 5 feet). I have heard that there is an IR extender (hardware) that will allow an increased range.

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