Thinkpads Forum

hi pips,

i want to ask how to use the infrared of tp 560x, bought it 2nd hand and theres a infrared device in the system device, but i dont know how to use it, os is win98se, i dont see and option or something.

also i can power up using the battery, only on AC, once powered i can use the battery...will replacing the cmos batt fix this?

thanks

With Win98SE, for IR, you just put another IR device next to it. That will allow you to share files.

If you want to synchronize with a PDA, you'll need to install software that comes with the device.

If you want to use it to receive commands from a remote, that's tricky and doesn't work well.

What do you want to do with IR?

thanks for the reply, i tried it on 98 to send data via my pda but it doesnt work so i upgraded it to winxp last night and it worked perfectly, hmm laptop functioning well on xp even even at PII.

just an update, i changed cmos batt the powering w/o the ac now works

The infrared ports on these older ThinkPads is pretty nice and handy for transferring small text files and word documents or for sending a job to an infrared enabled printer wirelessly (I do that alot at my school) but for anything else, I'd highly reccomend networking or using some sort of diskette or other removable media. I once tried transferring a 2mb file between my 380ED and my 760ED via IR and it took 8 minutes.