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mythtv at bruce

Dec 17, 2003, 3:11 PM

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XBOX IR receiver- Homemade possible?

Is it possible to build a home made IR receiver for the xbox? It is USB based I would guess.
Has anyone done this?

Bruce

pvr at trigger

Dec 17, 2003, 6:16 PM

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Re: XBOX IR receiver- Homemade possible? [In reply to]

mythtv [at] bruce wrote:

> Is it possible to build a home made IR receiver for the xbox? It is USB based I would guess.
> Has anyone done this?
>
> Bruce
>

Hi Bruce,

I have never heard of it. I know there are generic ones for sale
somewhere. Also, the MS version supposedly has embedded code in it. Not
sure what the point of that would be, possibly security related?

Dennis

mythtv at bruce

Dec 17, 2003, 10:20 PM

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Re: XBOX IR receiver- Homemade possible? [In reply to]

Ok..Thanks, just curious. I will prob buy a 3rd party off ebay.

Thanks,

Bruce

Dennis Cartier wrote:

> mythtv [at] bruce wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to build a home made IR receiver for the xbox? It is USB based I would guess.
> > Has anyone done this?
> >
> > Bruce
> >
>
> Hi Bruce,
>
> I have never heard of it. I know there are generic ones for sale
> somewhere. Also, the MS version supposedly has embedded code in it. Not
> sure what the point of that would be, possibly security related?
>
> Dennis
>
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jjohnston at techknowpro

Dec 18, 2003, 11:33 AM

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RE: XBOX IR receiver- Homemade possible? [In reply to]

I read that the Microsoft IR receiver has memory in it to hold part of the
player program or something. Not sure if this is true or not.

James

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Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX IR receiver- Homemade possible?

mythtv [at] bruce wrote:

> Is it possible to build a home made IR receiver for the xbox? It is USB
based I would guess.
> Has anyone done this?
>
> Bruce
>

Hi Bruce,

I have never heard of it. I know there are generic ones for sale
somewhere. Also, the MS version supposedly has embedded code in it. Not
sure what the point of that would be, possibly security related?

Dennis

michael at thegrebs

Dec 18, 2003, 11:25 PM

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Re: XBOX IR receiver- Homemade possible? [In reply to]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 01:33:24PM -0500, James Johnston wrote:
> I read that the Microsoft IR receiver has memory in it to hold part of the
> player program or something. Not sure if this is true or not.
>
> James

The only thing contained in the receiver is a small bit of storage
containing the region code for playback though, the xbox also stores
this in the EEPROM so most likely they must match.
Michael

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