- May 7, 2013
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To all of you who say. "But, but the Google Nexus 7 (2013), or some other device, is so much better" etc. et al ad nauseam the one thing the Note 8.0 did for me which the others could not.
The Note 8.0 comes with a programmable IR remote. Now I didn't pay that much heed because although the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 came with one, the one that I purchased did not sport it and I thought the same would be true of the Note 8.0.
Anyway the problem I have been having over the past few years but has really come to a head over the past couple of months is the following.
I have a Bose Wave Radio which I bought in 1999. I lost the remote for it years ago but I was not bothered because I use it as the speakers for my computer.
Of all the buttons to go on it, it had to be the "Vol UP" button (all other buttons work - Sod's Law in action). After discovering that my Note 8.0 had the IR Blaster port on it I wondered if I could use it to control my radio.
I found an app called "IR Universal Remote" and one of the options was for, "Online Remotes", then "Online 2", then "Bose", and "LC-20".
You have no idea how happy I was to discover that it worked and I can now turn up the volume on my Bose Wave Radio again. A replacement remote would have cost me just under £30 ($49); that was way too much to pay for something I will probably just lose again
The Note 8.0 comes with a programmable IR remote. Now I didn't pay that much heed because although the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 came with one, the one that I purchased did not sport it and I thought the same would be true of the Note 8.0.
Anyway the problem I have been having over the past few years but has really come to a head over the past couple of months is the following.
I have a Bose Wave Radio which I bought in 1999. I lost the remote for it years ago but I was not bothered because I use it as the speakers for my computer.
Of all the buttons to go on it, it had to be the "Vol UP" button (all other buttons work - Sod's Law in action). After discovering that my Note 8.0 had the IR Blaster port on it I wondered if I could use it to control my radio.
I found an app called "IR Universal Remote" and one of the options was for, "Online Remotes", then "Online 2", then "Bose", and "LC-20".
You have no idea how happy I was to discover that it worked and I can now turn up the volume on my Bose Wave Radio again. A replacement remote would have cost me just under £30 ($49); that was way too much to pay for something I will probably just lose again
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