Colour me confused

So, I found out a few days ago, completely by accident that I can control my SD using my TV remote.

The remote HAS a Bluetooth capability, but it wasn't active whilst videoing, so does that mean the SD can accept IR signals?

This is kinda handy as some games come up with a settings screen on startup and I have to get up and physically use the SD, the remote actually works for that but not gaming, (not that I'd want to).