Keyspan ships revamped TuneView iTunes remote

It's taken over a year, but Keyspan has finally got around to updating its somewhat restrictive TuneView remote. The new flavor (which oddly keeps the exact same name) now works with Apple's AirPort Express, Xitel's Hi-Fi Link, and "other products that connect audio output from a PC-based music server to the audio inputs on an AV receiver or multi-room audio system." The black remote sports a color LCD to pass along iTunes information, a 10-button keypad, RF connectivity, a 150-foot range, and speaks in four different languages. As expected, the unit claims to be plug 'n play with both Macs and PCs, comes bundled in with a USB transceiver, and will set you back a stiff $149. Click on through for another look.

[zonamanoz @ Jul 24th 2007 11:20AM]

or you could just get yourself a wonderful piece of software called Salling Clicker and use your bluetooth/wi-fi phone as a remote, has customisable script and all.

[Geoffrey Sperl @ Jul 24th 2007 11:56AM]

The issue is that Salling Clicker doesn't work with all of the phones out there (especially ones that are locked).

Secondly (and I speak from experience as a Salling Clicker user): I do not want to drag my cellphone around with me when I'm hosting a party, nor do I want my guests poking around my cellphone.

I want a remote and a display, and this actually does it for me. I like it.

[KeyspanDude @ Jul 24th 2007 1:19PM]

Yes but as Bad Beaver pointed out, you wouldn't get the range and power consumption on the remote would be an issue. Salling Clicker is cool but what it is does is very specific (as is TuneView). If it meets your needs, great.

TuneView is different - we have designed a remote control specifically to control media from iTunes and iPods. It's optimized for this specifically. A cell phone is not optimized for being a remote control. It's a phone first.

Hope this helps!

[Bad Beaver @ Jul 24th 2007 11:38AM]

Well, finally. The good thing about this is exactly that it is neither based on Bluetooth nor WiFi. Bluetooth is restricted by range. WiFi takes a lot of power, and unless your mobile device is at least 11g you kill your networks bandwidth, and there are next to no affordable 11g equipped mobile devices. So thank you Keyspan for finally getting this out the door! I hope it comes to Europe soon.

[KeyspanDude @ Jul 24th 2007 1:20PM]

Hi Bad Beaver!

Our first shipment is on its way to Europe. I expect it arrive at distributors next week. You can get a list of our distributors at:

http://www.keyspan.com/wheretobuy/international/homepage.spml

[Bad Beaver @ Jul 24th 2007 2:25PM]

Sweet!

[WorldlyGuy @ Jul 27th 2007 1:20PM]

So KeyspanDude-

That said, I want to compile a playlist on the TuneView remote, like search for, listen to & select songs from the PC's iTunes, if they fit. Then save that playlist somewhere like on the PC. I can't find a manual for the new & improved Tuneview anywhere on the website. Whaddya reckon?