TV remote control help please

[bobmac]

I've just got my hands on a Humax Aura 2TB set top box which has a fancy remote control which is brilliant.
Apparently it's linked to the box and does not need line of sight (IR) to work.
I now have 3 remotes which are all IR and one new RF one and I was wondering if I could get a ''learning remote'' which uses RF or bluetooth/wifi whatever.
Does anyone have such a thing please?
Thanks.
(Budget under £40 as I'm practically an OAP)

 

[cliveb]

I must have misunderstood.
The way it's worded it seems that you are hoping to get a RF learning remote that will replace your IR remotes.
Clearly that cannot work.

 

[bobmac]

I must have misunderstood.
The way it's worded it seems that you are hoping to get a RF learning remote that will replace your IR remotes.
Clearly that cannot work.

That's what I was hoping to do.
I do have an old learning remote which I will dig out and use that to replace the other IR remotes. At least then I'll only have two.
Thanks for your advice

 

[cliveb]

If you think about it, the devices that have an IR remote will be expecting to receive their commands via IR.
They won't have RF receivers, so cannot be controlled by a RF remote.

There are RF/IR blaster hubs out there, which would enable you to control all your devices.
But from what I've seen, they tend to be operated over WiFi via an app on a smart phone.
So basically your smart phone replaces all of your remotes (both IR and RF). Here's an example of such a device:

Amazon.co.uk

Note that a hub like this needs line-of-sight to all your IR devices.

 

[bobmac]

I dont really want to use my mobile phone...I don't know where it is half the time and it's normally flat when I do find it but thanks again.

 

[cliveb]

I dont really want to use my mobile phone...I don't know where it is half the time and it's normally flat when I do find it but thanks again.

I completely understand. I'm also not a fan of doing everything with apps. Still have multiple remotes.

Last time I had a learning remote to try and consolidate them all, switching it between modes and trying to remember what buttons did what for each device was more of a headache than just having loads of remotes scattered about.

 

[bobmac]

I completely understand. I'm also not a fan of doing everything with apps. Still have multiple remotes.

Last time I had a learning remote to try and consolidate them all, switching it between modes and trying to remember what buttons did what for each device was more of a headache than just having loads of remotes scattered about.

That's the very reason the learning remote went in the loft.
Now that you've confirmed that I cant do what I wanted to do, I'll give the learning remote another go.
What can possibly go wrong.
I had nothing else planned for today anyway

 

[Maninblack4612]

In the words of Tim Vine, "I got a universal remote control. I said" this changes everything ""