Apple Remote - ehhh?

[iJUNKY]

i've tried searching for any related threads and didn't see any, so...

anyone know if the same apple remote can be used with both laptop AND iPod dock. Not that I have either yet, but my MBP will be here soon (hurry UP!!!!!!!) and I'll be getting a pod as well soon.

it would be pretty sh*tty to have to have 2 remotes. anyone know, or tried it?

 

[mikes63737]

I don't think you would need 2 remotes. I looked at the Apple store and I was pretty sure it said it would work with the iPod dock and Apple computers with an IR sensor (which the MBP has).

 

[myshoeshurt]

Yeah, good question. Can you use the same remote for a computer AND dock? What if both were in sight of the remote? Would the remote control both devices at once?

 

[Chundles]

Yes you can. And you can also pair a remote to only work with one device.

I was at the Apple section of David Jones in Sydney the other week and they had three Intel iMacs set up and a remote on a cord so no one would nick it.

I went back as far as I could and hit "Menu" - sure enough, all three Macs went into Front Row at the same time, all at different positions as each had been activated before and left in different spots. I hit a few buttons and then "Play" - a movie started on one, a song on the other and a slideshow on the third. The music was being streamed to an iPod HiFi and when it started the Apple rep nearly crapped his dacks - it was so loud!!!

Sounded nice though.

So yes, the remote will work with more than one device.