Using a laptop to load the empeg is really no different from using a regular PC, as long as your using USB, ethernet, or serial.

In regards to the IR-

To load via IR, you'd have to get the player software to use the IR port on the empeg instead of the serial port. Not sure what that would take, or if it's even possible. And, since you'd only get serial speeds (115200) out of it anyway, it's probably not really worth the trouble. If you REALLY want wireless, I'd spend the money to go wireless ethernet.

I'm guessing there's software available to allow use of your IR port as a remote, but off the top of my head I don't know any. I have sw for my palm, but not for my PCs. A quick search on google or altavista should turn up a number of choices.

Bill B.
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