#making a dumb IR remote work with a dumb TV via a hub?

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sweet saffron
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I have bought a LG monitor controller hoping to would work on my LG TV. It doesn't work.

So I was wondering if I bought an IR blaster/ receiver, it could become the middle man and translate it.

Been looking at switchbot hub 2 because it has IR functions, but I don't know how well it works HA.

What's your recommendation? Can I achieve this using HA?

spare magnet
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Hi @sweet saffron,
Sometimes you can find actual codes for remotes, but HA is going to need the actual codes.
Without a working remote to read actual codes from, you might have a problem.

sweet saffron
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I still have the remote for my TV.

Couldn't I just copy the signal by using remote and map it to another the other remote?

spare magnet
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Yes you can. I guessed wrong on your first message when you said

a LG monitor controller hoping to would work on my LG TV. It doesn't work
I thought you had NO working remote.