M MyiBill macrumors 6502 Original poster Feb 8, 2012 395 57 Jun 12, 2022 #1 Is there anyway to use the Siri remote to control an iPad? I hook my iPad up to a projector for outside movies and would be more convenient with the remote for play/pause etc
Is there anyway to use the Siri remote to control an iPad? I hook my iPad up to a projector for outside movies and would be more convenient with the remote for play/pause etc
H hg.wells macrumors 65816 Apr 1, 2013 1,078 800 Jun 12, 2022 #2 No you won’t be able to get it to work. The iPad doesn’t have an infrared port.
M MyiBill macrumors 6502 Original poster Feb 8, 2012 395 57 Jun 12, 2022 #3 hg.wells said: No you won’t be able to get it to work. The iPad doesn’t have an infrared port. Click to expand... I thought it could pair over Bluetooth (or some other wireless protocol)? Maybe I was wrong but could’ve swore I read about it
hg.wells said: No you won’t be able to get it to work. The iPad doesn’t have an infrared port. Click to expand... I thought it could pair over Bluetooth (or some other wireless protocol)? Maybe I was wrong but could’ve swore I read about it
rui no onna Contributor Oct 25, 2013 14,974 13,387 Jun 12, 2022 #4 MyiBill said: I thought it could pair over Bluetooth (or some other wireless protocol)? Maybe I was wrong but could’ve swore I read about it Click to expand... Unfortunately, no. I wanted to use it as iPad Bluetooth remote to since the mini trackpad should be pretty handy. You can probably find a few $20 bluetooth remote presenters on Amazon that can be used with the iPad.
MyiBill said: I thought it could pair over Bluetooth (or some other wireless protocol)? Maybe I was wrong but could’ve swore I read about it Click to expand... Unfortunately, no. I wanted to use it as iPad Bluetooth remote to since the mini trackpad should be pretty handy. You can probably find a few $20 bluetooth remote presenters on Amazon that can be used with the iPad.
G Gsmaniac macrumors regular Apr 3, 2014 177 155 Jun 18, 2022 #5 the old ATV remote could control iTunes on a mac. surprised this isn't a thing now