bhaazee Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 My knowledge in electronics is limited. In general, the television remote use IR for sending signals. I would like to know if the same signals can be transmitted using bluetooth. If so are there any disadvantages in using bluetooth technology in television remote? Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 My knowledge in electronics is limited. In general, the television remote use IR for sending signals. I would like to know if the same signals can be transmitted using bluetooth. If so are there any disadvantages in using bluetooth technology in television remote? AFAIK yes. The TV remote signals do not require much bandwidth, so bluetooth might be overkill and not cost-effective if it's more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.H Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 IR emitted by remote controls are too weak to have any harmful effect.but as i have read bluetooth makes use of weak radio waves,and its often thought that it may be harmful.many experiments have been conducted to determine its effects on animals.so i would say remote control which uses infrared is better.HOWEVER,bluetooth doesnt require a line of sight as infrared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhaazee Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) valid points! I have a couple of doubts on blue tooth tech. 1. what would be the signal range that can be reached by various bluetooth versions (V2.0, V2.1, V3.0, V4.0)? 2. The signal range of my Bluetooth transceiver (class 1) is 100 m and of my device (say smartphone) is 10 m. Now with this transceiver, can my device send signals/ data which is more than 10 m away from transceiver? If possible please provide me some links for the above queries and Thnx for the reply guys Regards Edited February 16, 2012 by bhaazee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 The PlayStation 3 DVD remote is a Bluetooth device. My biggest concern is the battery consumption. Traditional ir remotes are very efficient in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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