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Hercules Wireless iTunes Controller
The Hercules Tunes Explorer Wireless is yet another USB wireless iTunes remote control, but with a twist. It integrates a small back-lit LCD screen which "displays the song titles, play lists etc" and so allows you to "select your music without having to go to your computer." It has a side mounted thumbwheel for scrolling and since the device is RF and not infra red it is not limited to line of sight. I can imagine this could be a very handy little device for controlling your den computer from the bedroom, for example (provided of course that it's compatible with the Airport Express). The Hercules Tunes Explorer Wireless is €49.99 (~$65) and is PC as well as Mac compatible.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Galley said 9:36AM on 3-13-2007
Wow, how many characters can you fit on that massive screen, 6 or 7?
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Richard said 11:13AM on 3-13-2007
Yes, but can it control an AppleTV on a TV in the viewing room, with your Mac or PC in another room? Play, Stop, Pause, Fast Forward, Reverse, Skip to next/previous Track/Chapter, Record (?), Delete????
If so, that would be an extremely useful device now that AppleTV buyers are being charged on their credit cards for the highly awaited AppleTV.
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Mr Tea said 6:19PM on 6-04-2007
I've got one and it's useless. The signal from the handheld is to weak to penetrate anything much thicker than a sheet of paper, so it only really works in the same room as the computer the receiver is plugged into, it messes up the sequencing of your playlists in iTunes, and goes to sleep when you haven't used it for a couple of minutes, so you have to wait an age for it to wake up just so you can pause, skip or whatever. Deeply unsatisfactory in every way.
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