USB TV Tuner - Remote Sensor Required or Not?

This SavvyCat is not feeling so savvy at the moment. I have been researching the USB TV tuner and the manuals online indicate it comes with a separate remote sensor, but the "what's in the box" doesn't list these items. If I purchase the dv7t notebook, I intend to integrate it with my television and it will spend most of it's life sitting on the entertainment center, so I do expect to use the remote.
Can anyone clarify the discrepancies between the product description and the available documentation? I don't need to get sucked into another bad purchase like my TV (the online manual for that was completely wrong about one of the features that I specifically wanted it for).
Thanks!
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Since it's clear that no one from HP or having useful information comes here, I thought I would answer my own questions now that I have it all figured out for the archive.
First, the documentation provided in this site is not accurate, or at least updated, as of this date, so do not base your assumptions on anything you see while conducting your research. The documentation shows a slightly different remote, and the images and description of what's in the box is different from what you will receive. The online user guide shows an IR (infrared) receiver and additional cables. All that is in the box is what's listed on the USB TV Tuner sales page.
The remote works by RF (apparently), so you would think it doesn't need "line of sight," but it does. I have been using Windows Media Center and the remote activates it just fine from a distance of about 10 feet. I can't test any farther than that.

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