BT TV Remote pair to box.
At the moment my two BT TV remotes each control both boxes. Is it possible to pair a remote to a single box? I can’t find any way to do this.
This would enable me to have a four tuner setup in one room for £50 (two boxes off gumtree at £25 each) and £200 in the bank.
This would enable me to have a four tuner setup in one room for £50 (two boxes off gumtree at £25 each) and £200 in the bank.
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Have a look at this brilliantly simple solution from @barnpiece:-
https://community.youview.com/youview/discussion/comment/19007414/#Comment_19007414
And specially looked for and dug out of the archives to give credit where credit is due 🥳👏🏆🥇🇬🇧
Buy a FLIRC usb dongle (https://flirc.tv/more/flirc-usb ), and a TalkTalk YV remote (or anything other than a BT or Humax one).
The FLIRC dongle can be programmed to accept IR signals from a remote, and then send keyboard commands to whatever it is plugged into.
Setup the FLIRC to accept commands from the remote you bought, and then output appropriate keyboard commands as per the accessibility guide (https://support.youview.com/youview-box/accessibility/use-a-keyboard-as-a-remote/ ).
Then, it's just a matter of plugging the FLIRC into the side USB of your second BT box, and taping something over the box's original IR sensor.
EDIT: Fixed links - thanks @Roy for spotting
Links to buy FLIRC in UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NBRBWS6
https://thepihut.com/products/flirc-usb-dongle-for-the-raspberry-pi
I should also mention that this method could technically work with a Humax Freeview/Freesat remote as well, so long as you changed the remote to one of the different IR code sets.