Confused on what usb IR works with Harmony

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UT-Jackal

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I've have a Harmony 550 laying around the house that i don't use because 99% of my tv use is via the HTPC. I was wondering what i would need to use it with my HTPC. I know it would be some sort of IR dongle, but not sure what kind would be needed.

Programs i'd use it for:
WMC, PowerDVD, possibly XBMC, and rarely iTunes.

Thanks
 
UT-Jackal said:
I've have a Harmony 550 laying around the house that i don't use because 99% of my tv use is via the HTPC. I was wondering what i would need to use it with my HTPC. I know it would be some sort of IR dongle, but not sure what kind would be needed.

Programs i'd use it for:
WMC, PowerDVD, possibly XBMC, and rarely iTunes.

Thanks
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I have the same remote and use it with media center daily. Any IR receiver should do. I use the microsoft one.
 
the microsoft version that comes with their remotes work fine. Try ebay? People will buy a new remote if they break there's and then have a spare receiver to part with.
 
IrDA is for networking/data transfer between devices. It doesn't accept signals from a remote control. Ideally, getting a microsoft receiver will be your best bet. I wish Logitech would make a bluetooth Harmony remote so you can connect to PC or PS3 without having to have an infrared receiver.
 
Archer75 said:
I have the same remote and use it with media center daily. Any IR receiver should do. I use the microsoft one.
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If he's using MC then he needs to use an MCE IR receiver since MC won't work with anything else, it needs to be an RC6 receiver.
 
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