Hey guys!
Hoping someone has any tips for this one:
So I recently got the Chromecast w/ Google TV , and love it. However one annoyance is the remote, rather the amount of them.
So I wanted to set up the universal remote that Google provides as part of the Chromecast's remote, but both my TV and soundbar are unsupported (It goes through the IR codes, and none of the IR codes work)
So i thought to myself; What if i have an external device that senses a pre-learned IR signal, then if it does, it spits out another learned IR code in "return", causing the TV/Soundbar to react.
Anyone knows of any device that's capable of this? I've seen stuff like the Harmony Hub, and the Xiaomi Universal Remote however they are not able to "Throw back an IR code in response to another IR signal".
PS: I'm aware of the HDMI CEC feature - It's in theory what I'm trying to achieve, however in practice it only works 80% of the time, and with major lag. Sometimes you have to restart the TV, as the sound does not change, sometimes the power on/off signals do not get detected, etc. (Hence why I'm trying to achieve this purely though good old IR signals)
I really appreciate any tips/tricks/devices that can achieve this!
I would like something like this too for my Mecool K2 remote controller which also supports IR signal but my TV brand is not on the list when trying to set it up.
Maybe someone knows of an app that would allow entering IR code manually?