How to: Use Sony Ericsson T610 as Media center remote

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How to: Use Sony Ericsson T610 as Media center remote

I am a fan of free and open source software. That is how I came across Team Media Portal. And this is a wonderful software.

Here is what I did to use my existing Sony Ericsson T610 mobile phone as a remote for media portal. (I had to do this because I dont have a TV connection - dont want one, and no TV tuner card with remote)

1 - Download the Floats Mobile Agent from http://fma.sourceforge.net.

2 - Connect this to my Sony T610 mobile. FMA is well designed to work with Sony Ericsson mobile phones.

3 - Start up team media portal on my pc.

4 - Start up the "Mouse+" item from the menu on my Sony T610. (This is a menu that automatically is loaded on the mobile phone when the bluetooth connection is established using the Floats Mobile Agent software)

5 - Use the keys for navigation as shown below:

2 for scroll up
5 for scroll down
4 for left
6 for right
0 for enter

6 - If I exit the "Mouse+" menu item and come to the main menu on my mobile phone, there is an item called "master volume". Here I can adjust the volume also.

So now we have a complete media center pc - absolutely free
- free media center software - team media portal
- free remote control - Sony Ericsson T610 mobile with FMA (Floats Mobile Agent)

My laptop already had bluetooth built-in. If yours does not, then you might have to buy a bluetooth dongle adapter.

I found this interesting and thought that it might help some.

Feel free to contact me with suggestions, ideas or questions.