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IR recievers are nicely built into iMacs and macBooks, but most PC’s don’t come with one (neither do Mac towers). You could also get this cool remote for Macs that looks exactly like the Apple one (a little thicker) but is also a card reader for even cheaper at $14.99. The first thing you need is the Apple IR Remote Controller. A standalone apple remote from is $19.00 and $29.99 on the Apple Store (why would anyone buy from the Apple store?).

So I set out to get the Apple remote to work on my PC. I have a Media Center remote that came packaged with my wife’s Lenovo tower and it has a ton of buttons I never use. But the remote controls that one can buy for windows are huge ugly things filled with way too many buttons for my tastes.

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I have a PC running Vista and I like Vista. It has only six buttons and still manages to be perfectly usable (for the mac, see the bottom). It is sleek, small, has a magnet in it to stick it to the iMac or wall, and is, most of all, simple. I like the Apple remote control, you know, the one that comes with the new iMacs.

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You might also notice that buying an apple remote plus a manta receiver is still an economical option compared to many remote/receiver packages. It will work with pretty much any remote control out there (and it works very nicely with my Media Center Remote). The Manta receiver is therefore not only the cheapest standalone receiver I could find on the net, it’s also the best looking, the easiest to use (some of the othe receivers aren’t even usb), and has the widest receiving frequency.

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Their main product seems to be their software product, Mira, an interface that allows the Apple remote to control the older macs. The reason for this is that the Manta is put out by a company called TwistedMelon for the purpose of allowing Mac users with older Macs (or Mac towers) with no built-in IR receiver to be able to use Frontrow and control their mac from the couch. But one of them stands out – the Manta IR1 receiver. Some of the standalone receivers are more expensive than ones that come with a remote! While you shouldn’t worry about the freqency too much (all of them cover the Apple Remote and most common IR remotes) you may notice a huge difference in prices, availability, and suitability.

Windows Media Center IR Remote – $39.99.

Univeral Learning Remote – IR and RF – $79.99.

ATI Remote Wonder – Radio Frequency(RF), Vista Not Supported – $49.99.

The Keyspan Remote – This is a very nice looking remote, similar to the Apple remote – $46.24.

TwistedMelon Manta IR1 – $19.99 – 31-60kHz (usb connection)įor Price comparison here is a list of a bunch of remotes for windows (mostly ugly things) that come with receivers (these vary widely due to differing abilities):.

PCIR – 24.68Pounds – (serial connection).

IRMAN – 21.68Pounds – not in stock, delivery not available US.

Below is a list of many of the standalone IR receivers and their price for purchase on the web. Also listed is their IR frequency ranges (what frequencies of infra-red signal they will pick up). I did some shopping around and figured out that stand alone receiver are hard to find and often too expensive. You can find several out remote/receiver packages out there, but I didn’t want to spend the extra money on a remote I wouldn’t use (you can see how much extra it is in the bottom list). I needed to buy one of these for my project to use the Apple remote on my PC, so I needed to find a receiver that didn’t come with a remote. The first thing an Infra-Red (IR) remote control needs is an IR receiver.