Disable IR remote reception
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If you have several Squeezebox players in one room, they all may react to the same infrared remote control signals, which can be annoying. It is possible to disable the reception of IR signals on your Squeezebox unit. How this is done, depends on the model of player.
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IP3K devices
For IP3K devices (Squeezebox2, Squeezebox3, Transporter and Boom):
- Open the Squeezebox Server web interface.
- Click
Settings -> Player
and select your IP3K player in the drop down menu. - Go to
Remote
in the other drop down menu. - Unhook the checkbox called
Slim_Devices_Remote
. - Unhook the checkbox called
jvc_dvd
. - Click
Apply
.
Squeezebox Radio and Squeezebox Touch
This can be done automaticly via a third party applet, or manually via SSH.
Automated method
Use Erland's Patch Installer applet. This provides a mechanism for applying patches on Squeezeplay player running SqueezeOS. There is a patch to disable IR remote reception.
These patches can be automatically applied after firmware updates, and you can enable/disable the patches at any time, so if you want to use IR Remote one day, you can re-enable it at the player by unticking the patch in the addon.
Step by step
- Installing the Patch Installer:
- In the Radio's menu, go to
Settings -> Advanced -> Applet installer
. - Activate
Reinstall after Firmware Update
. - Select
PatchInstaller -> Install
.
- In the Radio's menu, go to
- Installing the patch itself:
- In the Radio's menu, go to
Settings -> Advanced -> Patch Installer
. - Activate
Reinstall after Firmware Update
. - Select
Disable IR remote -> Install
.
- In the Radio's menu, go to
Manual method
Enable SSH login on the Radio, using the interface on the Radio: Settings -> Advanced -> Remote Login -> Enable SSH
.
Find the Radio's IP address. Either in the Squeezebox Server web interface: Settings -> Information
or in the Radio user interface: Settings -> Advanced -> Diagnostics
.
Using your favourite SSH client, connect to the Radio's IP address (if you're using PuTTY, use the default settings). Login with username root
and password 1234
.
Run the following commands:
mv /usr/share/jive/jive/irMap_default.lua /usr/share/jive/jive/irMap_default.lua.hidden
... and hit Enter to rename the file.
ls /usr/share/jive/jive
... and hit Enter to verify that the irMap_default.lua.old
is in the folder and that you didn't make any typos.
reboot
... and hit Enter to reboot the unit.
Quit the SSH client.
It is recommended to prevent unauthorized access to the SSH interface of your Squeezebox unit, either by disabling SSH access altogether using Settings -> Advanced -> Remote Login -> Enable SSH
, or by setting up public key authentication.
External links
- How to disable the infrared remote control receiver on the Squeezebox Radio (forum thread)
- PuTTY - an SSH client for Windows