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Does the Boxee box only support the RF remote or does it also include support for infrared? I would love the ability to use my Logitech Harmony.
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RF only, but it does have a USB drive and it does work with IR dongles.
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The Boxee Box works great with my Logitech Harmony One remote and this Ortek VRC-1100 IR dongle available now on Amazon.com for $13.47:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00224ZDFY/ref=oh_o00_s0...
My wife uses the included low end IR remote that comes with this dongle while we are watching Boxee content so that we both have independent control. The MCE media specific buttons on this remote (video, pictures, music) unfortunately are not supported by the Boxee Box currently.
Here is how to set up the Boxee Box with this IR dongle in your Harmony software: choose Add Device, Manufacturer = Microsoft, and Product /Model = MCE (or Media Center). Then you can rename the device to Boxee Box.
You'll want to set your Harmony Boxee Box activity to NOT power off the Boxee when shutting OFF the system. Unfortunately there is no way to power ON/OFF the Boxee by IR. I have the Boxee set to go to sleep after 15min of inactivity. Any key press on IR will wake the Boxee so the default Harmony “Watch TV” activity via Boxee successfully wakes the box while it attempts to send a power ON command. When I am done the Harmony shuts off everything besides the Boxee that puts itself to sleep in 15min.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00224ZDFY/ref=oh_o00_s0...
My wife uses the included low end IR remote that comes with this dongle while we are watching Boxee content so that we both have independent control. The MCE media specific buttons on this remote (video, pictures, music) unfortunately are not supported by the Boxee Box currently.
Here is how to set up the Boxee Box with this IR dongle in your Harmony software: choose Add Device, Manufacturer = Microsoft, and Product /Model = MCE (or Media Center). Then you can rename the device to Boxee Box.
You'll want to set your Harmony Boxee Box activity to NOT power off the Boxee when shutting OFF the system. Unfortunately there is no way to power ON/OFF the Boxee by IR. I have the Boxee set to go to sleep after 15min of inactivity. Any key press on IR will wake the Boxee so the default Harmony “Watch TV” activity via Boxee successfully wakes the box while it attempts to send a power ON command. When I am done the Harmony shuts off everything besides the Boxee that puts itself to sleep in 15min.
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