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Paranoid Delusion · 2008-09-04, 21:04

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Question Philips SRM-5100

That's the Vista one, not even sure it works with xp.

Strange the European remote is not available in France!!, i thought you had teletext services there.

Just did a search on ebay.fr, sure enough only the american remote available there, amazon.fr does a mce clone, must be a retailer that stocks the genuine thing somewhere.

stoked · 2008-09-04, 21:23

I have the US MCE Remote as well, and I'd like to have the colored buttons and extra functionality. I also have a X360 Unverisal remote that has those buttons however some of the buttons don't work. I turned on extended logging, trying to get the command codes when sent, however some of the commands come in as "Left", "Right", "OK", etc. The logs show that these commands are not mapped and do not work. I checked my regular MCE remote and it sends the same remote commands but the logs still show the commands are not mapped. I suspect the regular remote sends a regular keyboard key command or something as well. I don't mind posting the command codes so that someone can add the extra mappings, but I'm not sure where to look.

chris33f · 2008-09-04, 22:22

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Originally Posted by Paranoid Delusion

Strange the European remote is not available in France!!, i thought you had
teletext services there.

Just did a search on ebay.fr, sure enough only the american remote available there, amazon.fr does a mce clone, must be a retailer that stocks the genuine thing somewhere.

Sure it's strange, we have teletext too even if not used as much as in the UK.
I'll try to find an english one otherwise !

Paranoid Delusion · 2008-09-04, 23:01

Microsoft Win XP, MCE Media Centre Remote Control Kit on eBay, also, PC Remote Controls, Input Devices, Computing (end time 08-Sep-08 20:32:55 BST)

UK that's easy

, just getting them to post it to you's hard

chris33f · 2008-09-10, 11:19

just ordered one on ebay UK !....

revs · 2008-09-10, 11:25

Best remote? The Logitech Harmony.

You can program it to imitate any other remote

mdbarber · 2008-09-16, 22:55

you may find that you need the hauppage driver installed simply to set up in mediaportal, once that is done you can stop it loading via msconfig and it will still work ok in media portal, least it does for me. and tbh for a freebie remote it is very good supporting all the main features OOB

chris33f · 2008-09-17, 10:12

It works fine now with the MS remote (UK).
Color buttons are really useful.

mr viggo · 2008-09-17, 18:29

Worst case scenario, if you get hold of the US version, you could always map some keys that you don't use to something else. Example, the *-button to work as the "red" and so on.

tranquil · 2008-09-18, 19:06

how's the sunwave compared to the MSE?

do you if the IR remotes can handle a 180 degree angle ?

my pc is exactly next to me (180 degrees) and my TV is in front on me, do you think i should buy a bluetooth remote or buy an extention cable for the IR eye?

thanks!

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Paranoid Delusion Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cheshire UK Posts: 6,619 Thanks: 129 Thanked 233 Times in 207 Posts Country: My System	Microsoft Win XP, MCE Media Centre Remote Control Kit on eBay, also, PC Remote Controls, Input Devices, Computing (end time 08-Sep-08 20:32:55 BST) UK that's easy , just getting them to post it to you's hard __________________ Ray\PD Check your codecs are fine with Filmerit. XP\Vista known issues FOR FULL SUPPORT PLEASE GIVE USER SPECIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT LOG's as per HERE

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chris33f Portal Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 55 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	just ordered one on ebay UK !.... __________________ MP : 1.0 RC 3 motherboard : Abit AN-M2HD / Proc : Athlon 64 X2 5000+ / Ram : DDR2 800Mhz 2G HDD : RAID-5 3* 250MB for data + 40G for the system / Drive : Pionneer dvd+/-rw case : Cooler Master 281 / Power Supply : Enermax Liberty ELT400AWT tuner : hauppauge HVR 1300 / audio : X-Fi Xtreme Music / RC : Microsoft MCE UK

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chris33f Portal Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 55 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	It works fine now with the MS remote (UK). Color buttons are really useful. __________________ MP : 1.0 RC 3 motherboard : Abit AN-M2HD / Proc : Athlon 64 X2 5000+ / Ram : DDR2 800Mhz 2G HDD : RAID-5 3* 250MB for data + 40G for the system / Drive : Pionneer dvd+/-rw case : Cooler Master 281 / Power Supply : Enermax Liberty ELT400AWT tuner : hauppauge HVR 1300 / audio : X-Fi Xtreme Music / RC : Microsoft MCE UK

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tranquil Portal Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Tel Aviv Posts: 28 Thanks: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country:	remote sunwave smr-140 how's the sunwave compared to the MSE? do you if the IR remotes can handle a 180 degree angle ? my pc is exactly next to me (180 degrees) and my TV is in front on me, do you think i should buy a bluetooth remote or buy an extention cable for the IR eye? thanks!

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2008-09-04, 21:23	#12 (permalink)
stoked MP Donator Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 243 Thanks: 7 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Country: My System	I have the US MCE Remote as well, and I'd like to have the colored buttons and extra functionality. I also have a X360 Unverisal remote that has those buttons however some of the buttons don't work. I turned on extended logging, trying to get the command codes when sent, however some of the commands come in as "Left", "Right", "OK", etc. The logs show that these commands are not mapped and do not work. I checked my regular MCE remote and it sends the same remote commands but the logs still show the commands are not mapped. I suspect the regular remote sends a regular keyboard key command or something as well. I don't mind posting the command codes so that someone can add the extra mappings, but I'm not sure where to look.

2008-09-10, 11:25	#16 (permalink)
revs Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: London Age: 25 Posts: 745 Thanks: 28 Thanked 25 Times in 21 Posts Country: My System	Best remote? The Logitech Harmony. You can program it to imitate any other remote

2008-09-16, 22:55	#17 (permalink)
mdbarber Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 77 Thanks: 5 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country:	you may find that you need the hauppage driver installed simply to set up in mediaportal, once that is done you can stop it loading via msconfig and it will still work ok in media portal, least it does for me. and tbh for a freebie remote it is very good supporting all the main features OOB

2008-09-17, 18:29	#19 (permalink)
mr viggo Portal Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 39 Thanks: 9 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	Worst case scenario, if you get hold of the US version, you could always map some keys that you don't use to something else. Example, the *-button to work as the "red" and so on.

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