This is the evation page about it, it contains some useful information.
http://www.evation.com/irman/index.html
Basically the irman turns the IR signals of any remote into a sequence of numbers that the PC reads through the serial port. This is used to control programs. You can use pretty much any remote (you train the device). The irman doesn't come with a remote, you'll need to get one separately.
Rob
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6yr old first install died 20/8/2005 as result of bad bios flash.
New system : 6x5x2" contains 1GHz C3 PCM9373, ISR based PSU, 8Gb flash DOM, 98Lite, DirectShow based frontend.
GPS : Rikaline 6010.
Display : LTM08C351 + LVDS receiver.