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Watch movies, view photos, and listen to music from your computer without having to touch your mouse or keyboard. This remote acts like a wireless mouse, but has the functionality to control your PC's media software. PCs are becoming our personal entertainment centers, the place where we store our music, movies, & photos. Now you can bring those files into your life without having to be at the computer all the time.
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288 of 306 people found the following review helpful
By C. Watson
Size Name:big|Amazon Verified Purchase
Got a Logitech Harmony universal remote? Want to control your home theater pc with it along with everything else in your living room? Then this is the remote you want. I actually only needed the IR adapter and i was able to control my pc with the Logitech Harmony 880. I tried the remote pictured here and it works perfectly but i didn't need it. If you want a cheap IR to control your HTPC then here is a good solution. Oh and to program the Harmony to work with it you'll need the model name and number which is: Chinavision CVSB-983
70 of 76 people found the following review helpful
By Amazonian
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This little gem works great and can be used with about any learning universal remote, including harmony (so long as you teach it the commands). There's also a JP1 upgrade for it if you're so inclined (no-name USB PC remote). I'm mainly writing to unlock the mystery of the A, B, C, D hotkeys. The instructions say that each can send any of 3 key combinations. A, for example, sends Ctrl+Alt+A, Ctrl+Alt+1 or Ctrl+Alt+F1. I couldn't figure out how to tell it which of those 3 to send. Well the fact is that each button sends all 3 hotkeys at once. For example, pressing A sends Ctrl+Alt+A, Ctrl+Alt+1 and Ctrl+Alt+F1 all at the same time. So they're basically giving you a choice of keys, but you wouldn't ever use more than 1 in each group of 3. I did a little experiment and made 3 different shortcuts using Ctrl+Alt+A, 1 and F1, and they all opened at the same time from just a single press of the A key.
94 of 104 people found the following review helpful
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This little gizmo is just beautiful for what I bought it for. See, over time, it has come to the point that almost none of the shows that I like seem to air when I'm home (or awake) so, I've taken to watching them online on my laptop. Add in that one of the few things I can afford is a subscription to NetFlix and well, hooking into my television only took a couple of cables for very little $$ so there ya go. The only problem was trying to pause when I had to get up or the phone rang.
Now, I suppose that I could have gone the Bluetooth adapter route but, frankly, without a coffee table what was I going to run it on? My leg? And since those presentation remotes are designed for Power Point, I wasn't sure that any of them would work for what I needed; which was basically a mouse in a remote form.
Enter this little remote which, seemed a little too good to be true given the price and all, but despite my misgivings- this thing really does work. Seriously, all I have to do is hook up my lappy and turn him on for the night. I can even switch the displays using the remote from my couch and even turn it off at the end of the evening without ever having to cross the room- so he's back to normal and ready for work the next morning without any extra fuss.
The unit itself comes in a small box with the remote, the IR USB adaptor, a slip of paper for the instructions and that's it. The English in the instructions is- well, horrid, but understandable. (It's a remote so, there's really not a lot to explain anyway). As always, the most valuable bit of information in them is the button chart, particularly since there were a couple that aren't necessarily standard; such as the window drag button (which, not only works just fine but is also a very clever and very useful feature for getting the display windows out of my way on the desktop but keeping them open for switching back later).
Unfortunately, as is true for all remotes- there are, however, those couple of buttons that really do nothing for me. Again, just like all of the others, I think it's either due to my system (much as I love my lappy, he's an el cheapo containing no bells and/or whistles of any sort), or due to my lack of knowledge (one or two clever tricks does not an expert make).
Still, this thing is clever, perfect for me and just what I needed to tell those idiots at scheduling that they can finally take a flying leap because, once again, I can watch my tv shows on my tv without having to dive across the room every time Nature or just the mother-in-law decides to call.
Now, I suppose that I could have gone the Bluetooth adapter route but, frankly, without a coffee table what was I going to run it on? My leg? And since those presentation remotes are designed for Power Point, I wasn't sure that any of them would work for what I needed; which was basically a mouse in a remote form.
Enter this little remote which, seemed a little too good to be true given the price and all, but despite my misgivings- this thing really does work. Seriously, all I have to do is hook up my lappy and turn him on for the night. I can even switch the displays using the remote from my couch and even turn it off at the end of the evening without ever having to cross the room- so he's back to normal and ready for work the next morning without any extra fuss.
The unit itself comes in a small box with the remote, the IR USB adaptor, a slip of paper for the instructions and that's it. The English in the instructions is- well, horrid, but understandable. (It's a remote so, there's really not a lot to explain anyway). As always, the most valuable bit of information in them is the button chart, particularly since there were a couple that aren't necessarily standard; such as the window drag button (which, not only works just fine but is also a very clever and very useful feature for getting the display windows out of my way on the desktop but keeping them open for switching back later).
Unfortunately, as is true for all remotes- there are, however, those couple of buttons that really do nothing for me. Again, just like all of the others, I think it's either due to my system (much as I love my lappy, he's an el cheapo containing no bells and/or whistles of any sort), or due to my lack of knowledge (one or two clever tricks does not an expert make).
Still, this thing is clever, perfect for me and just what I needed to tell those idiots at scheduling that they can finally take a flying leap because, once again, I can watch my tv shows on my tv without having to dive across the room every time Nature or just the mother-in-law decides to call.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect on many platforms
Works great as a HTPC remote running Mythbuntu. I've used it to control my Android tablet (Google Nexus). No driver necessary at all. Read more
Published 11 hours ago by Eric Lentz
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works great on XBMC Windows and Raspberry PI versions!
Works immediately out of the box on my laptop running several different media players and on Raspberry Pi. Even has a table of key characters on the back of the box!
Published 2 days ago by D. Burbach
1.0 out of 5 stars
No joy.
I may be one of the unlucky ones, but these things just stopped working a day later. The IR receiver doesn't even get a signal from ANY MCE remote anymore. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Andrew J. Edwards
4.0 out of 5 stars
Works for Harmony 700
I want to review this to say that this worked for my Harmony 700 remote. I set up my HTPC as Chinavision CVSB-983, updated the remote, and plugged in the IR receiver, and the... Read more
Published 11 days ago by Lou & Elsie's Books
2.0 out of 5 stars
worked intermittently
seemed really cool..... when it worked. bought this to use with a raspberry pi media center I built. it only connected about half the time I tried to use it. Read more
Published 15 days ago by Jason Rodgers
1.0 out of 5 stars
did not work at all
I bought this remote so that I could watch TV shows from my computer, which I attach to my TV. I wanted to be able to control the laptop from across the room and the reviews I read... Read more
Published 16 days ago by mollydog
5.0 out of 5 stars
Go for it!
It's so cheap and it works. We now watch all our movies from the computer while in bed without the terrible effort of getting off our lazy buts. Read more
Published 17 days ago by Benjamin Short
4.0 out of 5 stars
Works, but...
I bought this to use with Winamp but it didn't work out of the box with it. It DID work out of the box with Win 7 and WMP but I had to find a plugin that would work with Winamp. Read more
Published 17 days ago by Jerry Salley (Diakon)
3.0 out of 5 stars
Wireless USB PC Remote W/mouse for PC
This product does not have clear instructions!
The written instructions are not enough to operate it, I will have to figure it out without help or purchase one from another... Read more
The written instructions are not enough to operate it, I will have to figure it out without help or purchase one from another... Read more
Published 18 days ago by Paul Valnes
1.0 out of 5 stars
Horrible.. Broke in a day
It worked fine for what I needed it for the first day, then the remote became unresponsive to any keys being pressed. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Bob
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