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<blockquote data-quote="Bagal" data-source="post: 157091" data-attributes="member: 27764"><p>Don't apologise for all the questions, you don't ask, you don't get after all!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>1. If it came with the card, I would guess that it's a Hauppage remote for MCE. Is it the one in the pictures in this review: <a href="http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1522" target="_blank">http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1522</a></p><p></p><p>2. I doubt going back to XP Home would make much difference, Media Center Edition is merely XP Professional with some extra bits and bobs.</p><p></p><p>3. The Sky remote cannot be used to control MediaPortal. In fact probably easier to forget what I previously said (I assumed that all you wanted to do was change channels and watch those channels through MP but obviously I wasn't thinking about how you'd control MP in the first place)</p><p></p><p>4. The IR receiver plugs into the PCs USB port, the IR blaster plugs into the back of the receiver and then the other end you place over the IR receiver on the Sky box.</p><p>You then need the <a href="https://www.team-mediaportal.com/files/Download/Plugins/Input/MCEReplacementPlugin1.0.3.1/" target="_blank">MCE Replacement Plugin</a> which is what sends the IR signals to the Sky box when you change channels within MP, best to read the docs on the plugin as I don't know a great deal about it.</p><p></p><p>5. Relatively easy, using the above plugin you either pick an existing set of IR codes or you learn the ones from your Sky remote, once done the plugin does the rest, if all is working you'll see the IR blaster flashing red as it changes the channel on the Sky box.</p><p></p><p>6. Unfortunately MP can't automatically tune in channels over S-Video, which means you need to manually add each channel yourself, which is quite an arduous task considering how many channels there are on Sky. Personally I only added those I wanted to watch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagal, post: 157091, member: 27764"] Don't apologise for all the questions, you don't ask, you don't get after all!;) 1. If it came with the card, I would guess that it's a Hauppage remote for MCE. Is it the one in the pictures in this review: [url]http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1522[/url] 2. I doubt going back to XP Home would make much difference, Media Center Edition is merely XP Professional with some extra bits and bobs. 3. The Sky remote cannot be used to control MediaPortal. In fact probably easier to forget what I previously said (I assumed that all you wanted to do was change channels and watch those channels through MP but obviously I wasn't thinking about how you'd control MP in the first place) 4. The IR receiver plugs into the PCs USB port, the IR blaster plugs into the back of the receiver and then the other end you place over the IR receiver on the Sky box. You then need the [url=https://www.team-mediaportal.com/files/Download/Plugins/Input/MCEReplacementPlugin1.0.3.1/]MCE Replacement Plugin[/url] which is what sends the IR signals to the Sky box when you change channels within MP, best to read the docs on the plugin as I don't know a great deal about it. 5. Relatively easy, using the above plugin you either pick an existing set of IR codes or you learn the ones from your Sky remote, once done the plugin does the rest, if all is working you'll see the IR blaster flashing red as it changes the channel on the Sky box. 6. Unfortunately MP can't automatically tune in channels over S-Video, which means you need to manually add each channel yourself, which is quite an arduous task considering how many channels there are on Sky. Personally I only added those I wanted to watch. [/QUOTE]
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