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Originally Posted by nhedgehog
USB out on Android devices is often not powered. Often as in most of the Android Ereaders. So the need of a powered OTG-cable. |
It can, though, supply small amounts of power, which is all that would be required for an IR receiver. Devices like a mouse, a keyboard, and a USB memory stick have worked fine on the USB OTG systems I've tried them with. You'd certainly need a powered cable for something like an external hard disk, but the very modest power requirements of an IR receiver should be able to be handled by a standard cable.