I have just received my infra red dongle today and am totally amazed at this new app and dongle attachment.
I downloaded the free L5 Remote app 5 days ago and ordered the dongle online for $49.95.
While I was waiting for the dongle, I was able to go in and learn how to create my own remotes and get it set up for action when the dongle arrived. Today it arrived and because I already had my buttons set up the way I wanted, it took me less then 10 minutes to program a complete Insight Cable/DVR Remote into my iPhone. Only two buttons did not take instantly and it was easily fixed by just following the onscreen instructions and prompts. It was so easy to set up that a 5 year old could do it!
I sit approximately 12 feet from the TV and DVR and it works flawlessly. My wife now has the remotes (she does not want it on her iPhone) and I have three remotes on mine. NO more chasing down the remotes as my iPhone is ALWAYS with me.
The downside is that the dongle is small and will be very easy to misplace or loose! The cap needs to have an attachment point so that when not in use it is attached to something. I keep it in my blue tooth headset case for now but hope they find a better way to attach a good ole dummy cord to it, like thumbdrives have. As far as the app goes, it could use some skinning options and maybe a way to color code sets of buttons. They already have many shapes and options to choose from and all buttons are sizable so you can make them any size you want.
I highly recommend this app and the purchase of the dongle and hope that these guys/gals keep it going for a very long long time!!!
I downloaded the free L5 Remote app 5 days ago and ordered the dongle online for $49.95.
While I was waiting for the dongle, I was able to go in and learn how to create my own remotes and get it set up for action when the dongle arrived. Today it arrived and because I already had my buttons set up the way I wanted, it took me less then 10 minutes to program a complete Insight Cable/DVR Remote into my iPhone. Only two buttons did not take instantly and it was easily fixed by just following the onscreen instructions and prompts. It was so easy to set up that a 5 year old could do it!
I sit approximately 12 feet from the TV and DVR and it works flawlessly. My wife now has the remotes (she does not want it on her iPhone) and I have three remotes on mine. NO more chasing down the remotes as my iPhone is ALWAYS with me.
The downside is that the dongle is small and will be very easy to misplace or loose! The cap needs to have an attachment point so that when not in use it is attached to something. I keep it in my blue tooth headset case for now but hope they find a better way to attach a good ole dummy cord to it, like thumbdrives have. As far as the app goes, it could use some skinning options and maybe a way to color code sets of buttons. They already have many shapes and options to choose from and all buttons are sizable so you can make them any size you want.
I highly recommend this app and the purchase of the dongle and hope that these guys/gals keep it going for a very long long time!!!