Need ir receiver !

Posted by: mrfixit

Need ir receiver ! - 19/03/2005 23:58

Wow I feel bad... I havent posted for such a long time and now here I am asking for somthing The ir receiver on one of my empegs has gone bad (it has been acting up for awhile). I have checked the solder joints and they are fine and the remote is fine because I checked it with a known good remote. If anyone has one (Paul ?) or has a part number for one I please let me know. Thanks in advance.
Posted by: mrfixit

Re: Need ir receiver ! - 20/03/2005 03:25

I am impatient so I took a ir receiver from a kenwood car stereo and rewired it to work on the empeg. I soldered wires to the kenwood ir and used a small piece of double stick tape to mount the ir receiver to the empeg board. had to do this because the pinout is different. So far it seems to work great.
Posted by: RobotCaleb

Re: Need ir receiver ! - 20/03/2005 03:38

nice
Posted by: tfabris

Re: Need ir receiver ! - 20/03/2005 04:32

Wow neat. I wonder if just any old infrared receiver (such as those found at radio shack) would work?
Posted by: mrfixit

Re: Need ir receiver ! - 20/03/2005 05:20

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Wow neat. I wonder if just any old infrared receiver (such as those found at radio shack) would work?

I think that any ir receiver should work, they all seem to be standard as far as having 5v ground and signal out, the pinouts are just different. This may come in handy for others that have bad ir receivers.
Posted by: mlord

Re: Need ir receiver ! - 20/03/2005 13:19

Nice work.

I do have here a small supply of Empeg I/R receivers, courtesy of Hugo, and have been including them in "care kits" for various owners who have emailed requesting other bits and pieces.

Just a few, for the odd *real* need like this one. Cost from me is about US$5 (total) for the padded mailer and postage.

If you still need the solder-in part, you can email me IN ABOUT A WEEK FROM NOW, please. Just too busy right now, and I'd lose your email. PMs get ignored regardless.

Cheers
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver

Re: Need ir receiver ! - 20/03/2005 13:28

I think I have one or two of these from Mark (thanks Mark!). So if anyone else has one that fails, contact me. Mark was kind enough to mail me one, and I'd like to pass the gesture onto anyone in need. Please don't contact me if you just want a spare part.
Posted by: mrfixit

Re: Need ir receiver ! - 20/03/2005 14:11

Wow thanks guys, I will keep that in mind. So far the kenwood sensor is working great but if it starts to have any problems I will get in touch.
Posted by: pgrzelak

Re: Need ir receiver ! - 20/03/2005 14:30

Very nice work! I am glad you were able to get it hooked up like that. I wonder - does the receiver element control the receiving frequency, or is that done in software? If it is in the element, it might be possible to install another manufacturer's IR receiver (such as Blaupunkt) and use their remote controls to command the empeg. Random thought...
Posted by: mrfixit

Re: Need ir receiver ! - 21/03/2005 14:18

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Very nice work! I am glad you were able to get it hooked up like that. I wonder - does the receiver element control the receiving frequency, or is that done in software? If it is in the element, it might be possible to install another manufacturer's IR receiver (such as Blaupunkt) and use their remote controls to command the empeg. Random thought...

I believe that the receiving frequency is done in the software, I just looked up about 15 different ir receivers in mouser electronics and the specs are all the same except for the pinouts and case design. I think if there was enough room in the empeg you could even take of from a vcr and it would work.