ThinkFlood RedEye WiFi to IR Universal Remote Adapter for iPhone iPod Unboxing Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2011-05-08
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today we've got a product from ThinkPad this is the red eye and we are going to
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try and figure out based on the packaging what it does so okay we got
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the top of the box apparently it provides you less clutter and more
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control okay all right all right I can I can dig it let's keep moving so
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apparently it looks like this it is made for iPod and works with iPhone okay this
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is all true it does work with both the iPod and the iPhone move around to this
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side less clutter okay we covered that already aha here we go you can turn your
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iPhone or iPod Touch into a remote control free application download
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required so that's no big deal you go on the App Store you download their red eye
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app here's uh the other side again
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and yeah okay so yeah we've turned basically you turn your iPod or your
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iPhone into a universal remote let's get the Box open and we'll talk a little bit
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about how this works so this guy right here this is a Wi-Fi to infrared Bridge
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it also serves serves as a charging base station for your iPad iPhone I well yeah
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obviously you can't plug an iPad into it sorry iPod or iPhone so it sits like
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that so if it sat on your coffee table you might say for example uh plug your
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phone into it like this and then you wouldn't have to worry about it running
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out of battery while you're navigating channels which is cool because I don't
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have the app installed yet but I will be doing a video outlining how to use this
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guy but I've seen sort of how it works and if you can use the multitouch to
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I'll do that apparently but you can use the multitouch to scroll through
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channels or to increase the volume decrease the volume you can actually
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customize the layout of the universal remote on your touchcreen uh According
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to which devices you want to use so here we've got a quick start guide so
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apparently you need to plug in your red eye device install the software connect
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to the red eye device and then set up the red eye device on your Wi-Fi network
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last but not least you can start using your red eye system now it's actually
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expandable uh by adding more red eyes or
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more iPhones you can configure it so that you know this iPhone is controlling
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this room right now and with that iPhone now you want to control the living room
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so that's pretty cool and cameraman can scan that while we see the important
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product information guide as well as the uh oh a little support thing how to get
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help with the product if you're having trouble all right let's find out what else we have inside and uh so yeah
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basically it turns it into a universal remote for any of your infrared devices
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that is your TV your cable box your DVD player whatever else you happen to have
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they have a huge library of of
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codes oh need adapters so I don't have to actually just leave my phone hanging
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there they have a huge library of codes but you can also actually use their
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little app to uh to learn new codes so you can use your old remotes to program
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new codes into their app so you got a few different adapters depending on what
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kind of an i device you're going to be plugging in and then last but not least
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you have power so please do stay tuned to my lonus tech tips video blog where
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you will see see how to use this you can also see more unboxings reviews other
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technology videos like that and thank you for watching and if you do already
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have one of these uh you know please feel free to leave a comment under the
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video I do read them actually and uh let me know what you think of it and if
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there's any particular things that uh that you've found work really well like
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say for example bringing it over to someone's house when you're having
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Christmas dinner and then kind of quietly using your uh your iPhone you
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know install that in the corner and then like use your phone to like randomly
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change the channel when someone's trying to watch the football game or whatever
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so I didn't give you guys that idea though don't forget to
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subscribe so it's plugged in my phone is charging cameraman insisted that we do
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another video clip so that I could show you the power LED and I guess this is
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also a good time to show you that I have installed the uh the adapter so that my
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phone is uh supported so it's not going to just when I'm pressing on it to
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change a Channel or whatever it's not going to just put pressure on the connector so there you have
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it