i have a dell inspiron 7000 and i wanted to know if i could use the infrared receiver on it to use the computer as a remote control to control my tv, stereo, vcr and other things. is this by any chance possible? iv seen it dont on a palm os device, an ipod, a pocket pc, but not a laptop? a little weird i thought. thanks in advance. Laptop : DELL Inspiron 7000, ATi Rage Pro 8MB, PII 400Mhz, 20gb HDD, 15'' display. Desktop : AMD Athlon 1800+, 640MB SD-RAM, 80GB HDD, ATi Radeon 9200 SE 128MB.

My question is, why would you want to use a device worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars, that uses a LOT more power, to replace a remote worth just a few dollars?

if you dont know, dont respond. Laptop : DELL Inspiron 7000, ATi Rage Pro 8MB, PII 400Mhz, 20gb HDD, 15'' display. Desktop : AMD Athlon 1800+, 640MB SD-RAM, 80GB HDD, ATi Radeon 9200 SE 128MB.

Perhaps if you answer the question then Name may be able to offer an answer? Bryan

like i said. can you please just answer the question? i just want to know if its possible, just a little hobby or something to mess around with. if you wanted to do something i had knowledge in, then id help you without asking why you wanted it. Laptop : DELL Inspiron 7000, ATi Rage Pro 8MB, PII 400Mhz, 20gb HDD, 15'' display. Desktop : AMD Athlon 1800+, 640MB SD-RAM, 80GB HDD, ATi Radeon 9200 SE 128MB.

Yes you can I had a program at one time with 98 I used it with an external IR reciever/transciever (not a laptop but I'm sure it would be the same principal)I wanted it just to play with so I found a program that you pointed the remote at the IR reciever and the program stored the code (also allowed you to view it)then when you pressed the same button on the screen (with the mouse)it would send out the signal (not as strong as a normal remote but if I placed the IR device close enough it would work) With it you could take any remote controll and turn on various program's on your computer simply by pointing and pressing a button (that worked very well from a distance Better then it did on the TV it was designed to controll)which by the way is why I was playing around with it in the first place !! If I can dig it up I will send you the link

thank you so much, just want i want. thanks for looking :) Laptop : DELL Inspiron 7000, ATi Rage Pro 8MB, PII 400Mhz, 20gb HDD, 15'' display. Desktop : AMD Athlon 1800+, 640MB SD-RAM, 80GB HDD, ATi Radeon 9200 SE 128MB.