Infra-red discovery

[Guest Alex_le_brit]

Last night, while listening to some music on WMP on headphones, I decided to see what activesynch via IR did, so went to active synch and clicked via IR. Suddenly my ears were bombarded by a series of rythmic clicks, with a definate repeating series.

Now because I wasn't actually connecting to any IR device, just seeing what happened I can't tell you what happens on receiving IR.

I then tried it using IR to send contacts, and again a set of clicks, then I tried IR receive, and again a series of clicks.

I have no idea what these are, but thought it might be interesting, maybe for those intent on pursuing the Holy Grail of Smartphone remote controls.

I should say it's an SPV Classic, perhaps people want to try with their phones too.

[Guest pietta]

you could have solved a mystery. why? because when using media player to play music there are rthythmic noises made. im not sure if this could be it

[Guest Alex_le_brit]

you could have solved a mystery. why? because when using media player to play music there are rthythmic noises made. im not sure if this could be it

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I'm not certain I understood that, but....

What i'm wondering is if there's a way here to use these pulses as a way to transmit data.

[Guest markgamber]

Last night, while listening to some music on WMP on headphones, I decided to see what activesynch via IR did, so went to active synch and clicked via IR. Suddenly my ears were bombarded by a series of rythmic clicks, with a definate repeating series.

Now because I wasn't actually connecting to any IR device, just seeing what happened I can't tell you what happens on receiving IR.

I then tried it using IR to send contacts, and again a set of clicks, then I tried IR receive, and again a series of clicks.

I have no idea what these are, but thought it might be interesting, maybe for those intent on pursuing the Holy Grail of Smartphone remote controls.

I should say it's an SPV Classic, perhaps people want to try with their phones too.

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I'd guess it's the way the circuitry is designed. Interference or power draw or something like that caused the clicks. I get the same thing when I use a pcmcia network card with my laptop. Except that it's more of a tone because it's so much faster. If you put your phone near your computer speakers, you'll hear clicks and stuff when it polls the local phone towers. It does the same thing with an AM radio in your ca, sometimes the FM radio, too, if the phone is powerful enough and the car radio lousy enough.

[Guest AngelOfRage]

i wonder then if this is wait causes the regular noise that happens on media player, ive turned "receive incoming beams" off and will see if that makes a difference when using Mediaplayer.

Anybody else thinking this may cure it?