User

14.06.2007 08:19:24

I bought the Pinnacle PCTV Hybrid Tuner Kit for Vista which comes with a hybrid analog/DVB-T USB stick, a USB IR transceiver & a remote control. The remote works with Win XP MCE 2005 so I was hoping it would work with the Mac but unfortunately the IR transceiver is not recognised by Remote Buddy. Any chance of implementing support for this IR receiver? I believe it's made by Philips also. It's detected as a Pinnacle IR Receiver. I can get the vendorid & productid of it when I get home later tonight.

Here's more info from Pinnacle's website.

http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/as/Products/Consumer+Products/PCTV+Tuners/PCTV+kits+for+Media+Center+Edition/PCTV+Hybrid+Tuner+Kit+for+Windows+Vista.htm

If support can be enabled for this IR transceiver, then this product is a very good buy for Mac users because the above hybrid USB tuner works with Elgato EyeTV. It'll be a cheap way for Mac users to buy both an analog/DVB-T tuner + an IR transceiver and if Remote Buddy supports the MCE remote control in the future, that would be an added bonus.

FYI, Pinnacle also sells a Mac version with the same tuner with Pinnacle's own remote control & ElgatoTV Lite software.

Felix, if you need more info about the IR transceiver, let me know. I'm gonna open it up to have a look inside to see if it's Philips.

thanks. 

User

14.06.2007 17:09:02

Hello Eugene,

first of all: sorry, that I didn't reply to your mail, yet. I'm 
interested in continuing the discussion here or by mail - whichever 
you prefer.

That said, yes, I'd be interested in what System Profiler does 
display for this hardware (you should be able to cut and paste from 
there).

If the receiver is made by Philips, can you locate a device number on 
the bottom side of it (probably starting with OVU as have all Philips 
receivers I know of, for now).

Best regards, 
Felix 

User

14.06.2007 20:21:51

Hi Felix,

No problems. You must be very busy with the release of 1.0. Congratulations are in order. I just wished I had known about Remote Buddy earlier. Let's continue here so that others may benefit.

OK, here goes. Info from System Profiler:

PCTV Remote USB: 
Version: 0.01 
Bus Power (mA): 500 
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec 
Manufacturer: Pinnacle Systems 
Product ID: 0x0225 
Serial Number: 7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 
Vendor ID: 0x2304

The transceiver has a USB port and 2 IR blaster ports, no sticker on the bottom, just some embossed FCC & CE logos & a number 8241-01065-01. That's all. Inside the biggest chip is a CY7C64215-28PVXC. USB controller? It's also got www.pinnaclesys.com and its logo on the PCB. Guess it's not a Philips after all.

Hope that helps. Let me know if you need pictures of the innards.

Eugene... 

User

17.06.2007 22:35:01

Hi Eugene,

thanks for the info and congratulations!

From the info given and some research on the web, it doesn't look 
like it's a standard IR receiver (= compatible with either the eHome 
or eHome 2005 standard) to me, so I'm afraid there'll be no support 
for it in Remote Buddy.

Best regards, 
Felix 

User

18.06.2007 06:12:18

Felix. Thanks for the reply. I'm sad to hear that. I'm still trying without success to look for a RB compatible IR receiver. Do you know if the IR receiver that comes with Hauppauge WinTV-150MCE will work with RB?

The only other IR receiver that I can easily get is the Manta TR-1 from Twisted Melon. Is this supported in 1.0? I recall you had experimental support for it before 1.0.

Despite all this, I'm happily using Remote Buddy with my Wiimote and am very impressed with it but I would really like to get my Apple Remote working. Nevertheless expect to see an order for RB from me in the near future.

Thanks. 

User

19.06.2007 22:03:01

I have not received any positive feedback regarding the MTR1, sorry.

Best regards, 
Felix