PSPs IR receiver

Geneity · 01-22-2007, 05:22 PM

What the hell is the deal with the PSP's IR receiver? The thing isn't used by anything that I'm aware of. I've heard it's used by some home brew applications, apparently exactly as what I thought it should be used for, but it just seems so randomly tacked on.

Like I think they should make an *official* remote for it (those of us using 2.80+ can't use home brew...yet), so when you're using the PSP on speakers somewhere, you can change songs stuff. I dunno.

I'm kinda sad the one and only PSP keyboard idea was scrapped as well. That would've been really useful.

I AM THE PROPHECY. · 01-22-2007, 06:12 PM

Why is this in GD

Geneity · 01-22-2007, 06:27 PM

I didn't see anywhere else it belonged and also saw "Talk about anything here". -_-

t('' ) · 01-22-2007, 06:52 PM

you know besides the forum that says OTHER GAMING?

ps make your sig smaller.

Geneity · 01-22-2007, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by kikkoman

you know besides the forum that says OTHER GAMING?

ps make your sig smaller.

Yeah...I just happened to notice that. Sigh -_-.

sнυи · 01-22-2007, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Geneity

Like I think they should make an *official* remote for it (those of us using 2.80+ can't use home brew...yet), so when you're using the PSP on speakers somewhere, you can change songs stuff. I dunno.

Can you not plug in your speakers to the PSP control thing? D= I don't see how you wouldn't be able to considering the PSP in-hear headphones aren't anything special...

Geneity · 01-22-2007, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Kenney

Can you not plug in your speakers to the PSP control thing? D= I don't see how you wouldn't be able to considering the PSP in-hear headphones aren't anything special...

Yeah but that's it. You can't control anything on the PSP if you aren't standing right next to it, pressing the buttons. You know how iPods hook into speakers and they have controllers to control them from across the room? That's what the PSP needs a IR remote for.

Philipio · 01-23-2007, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Geneity

I've heard it's used by some home brew applications, apparently exactly as what I thought it should be used for, but it just seems so randomly tacked on.

Yeah, I love it. I used to mess with the TV or DVD player any time we would watch anything in one of my classes. It also serves as a PS2 remote, which is nice.

Geneity · 01-23-2007, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Philipio

Yeah, I love it. I used to mess with the TV or DVD player any time we would watch anything in one of my classes. It also serves as a PS2 remote, which is nice.

Oh god, that's so awesome. All they need to do is make it useable as PS2 controller and we're set (lol, 1 analog nub thing).

t('' ) · 01-23-2007, 02:58 PM

you can also use IR keyboards with the PSP with homebrew. i think any ir keyboard can work.

Geneity · 01-23-2007, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by kikkoman

you can also use IR keyboards with the PSP with homebrew. i think any ir keyboard can work.

Are there portable IR keyboards? that'd be the shit. Using AIM/internet would be like 497548954 times easier