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Old 04-06-2007, 09:58 PM
dcormode dcormode is offline
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Re: Has anyone tried the gyration keyboard and mouse/remote?

I have one. I just got about 3 days ago.

I (mostly) love it. The mouse feature is what I wanted. I have netflix and regularly watch stuff at ABC.com Neither of those can be naviated without a mouse. The mouse feature took about 2 hours to learn. After 10 minutes I was ready to throw it across the room in frustration, but now I can hightlight and copy text, click any button, even small ones and drag slide bars.

I used to need 5 remotes, for most activites this replaces them all. However It is not as handy as harmony on remote replacement since I need to individually turn on the TV, reciever etc.

PROS:
Great RF range. My computer is in the basement and so is the sensor. No problems with a 20' range going through flooring.

Works with BTV right out of the box. I never even told BTV about the remote and almost every button is understood.

Mouse for non-BTV computer use works easily.

CONS:
The green button and the four MCE buttons do nothing and I can't find a way to reprogram / remap them. I'd like the green button to launch BTV but it is essentially wasted space.

IN PC mode the volume key can't be reprogrammed to do an IR command. BTV just passes through the 5.1 to my reciever so that the volume function in BTV does nothing. To change the volume I need to switch modes on the remote and then switch back later if I want to pause or skip ahead. This is the greatest irriation I have. Anyone spending $170 on a remote / keyboard combo surely has a high end reciever, why force me to let the computer adjust the volume?

It is a fairly large remote.
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