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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1279867" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>If this was provided with your Medion PC, it was presumably intended to work with Windows Media Center. If so, it <em>may</em> be possible to get it to work with MP.</p><p></p><p>My guess is that it appears to the operating system as a keyboard. If this is the case, you don't need any drivers -- the ones in Windows are already the correct ones. To check this, open Windows "Device Manager" and expand the several sections relating to keyboards, mice, HID devices, etc. Look for a device that is marked as non-functioning. If you don't find a non-functioning device, it means that the drivers in Windows are OK for your remote.</p><p></p><p>If your remote appears as a keyboard device, the various buttons will be sending keyboard shortcuts for Windows Media Center. The problem here is that only some of those keyboard shortcuts are the same as MP keyboard shortcuts <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":cry:" title="Crying :cry:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cry:" />. To check this, start MP using your mouse, and then try the UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, and OK buttons on the remote. These should be common to WMC and MP, and so should work in MP. If they do...</p><p></p><p>I think that you will need to try the "Centarea HID" support pack to see if it works with your remote. Read <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/support-pack-for-ortek-vrc-1100-and-hama-00052451.139136/" target="_blank">this thread</a>, and download the support pack from the first post in that thread. Read the file "Centarea HID.txt" contained in the support pack.</p><p></p><p>From looking at images on the web (e.g. the one on <a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MEDION-PC-RF-REMOTE-CONTROL-20016398/114449191138?epid=1023301851&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item1aa5b410e2:g:Z-kAAOSwKF9ffNSK&amdata=enc%3AAQAFAAACcBaobrjLl8XobRIiIML1V4Imu%252Fn%252BzU5L90Z278x5ickkAgU0umhwUTmgTFbE5cu7zaXn9Ci%252Fbn735L%252BuK6YJpE%252BMhOaqp1j9rA%252BYs%252BpODHHDyJcPgkc9bm1%252FwyXwADZcdtRD3ButWeJuwSnmDtY63Lsr0NMeGAE45S%252BM1oQr4LXS1MEqj2XSPnPezSgtwREJFjm%252F85db9xBA881zJsAIBC6R1GJJg6v6sWUfIsok5C3yPVsAt%252FtaUDiQBMPK3DSOTTs%252FDeQtyIvML35tFHs481vHcT20U55gVYAs3ggWs0sJ8o0VR%252BPkaxOcNXoxn%252Bm6Qgg0NTbhia172SL8tbhoyBYBKgc9agnDP%252BTqIFiTGjS0bG6jKROwK7NLN8EDeeMFnGGlugZjK9Z330UImyyh48s4tVmBZm3f4WluOFJ53qOVNSieuvZEjGSdvPKFPe7TGNs6%252BvIBCYQud%252BeEj4fU%252Fl3HnRMbErLpS7dlBw5ys14z2195tn7MbF4J0WZ8ch%252BFqSyaS0hnR2JswRj5gjTLbEJ7jg6jHASsU93B%252Bk65zSEkDPWU%252BZl5V53PSXP9eSE9OUeAD%252Ba3H8g158wte3zrjWABwY4xdZEu8C6cSaQxfiBj24Qu74H%252B%252F6WFq8ynblXchusXymXv5AVic%252FMHj%252FgbaJQ1QnfqCDVEa0N8nLAv5xnlVdp9%252Fe7vIrwyO92RBi6hnQO%252FKYnFeJzERlT7bTCwU5GNiU%252Bj2LlBxEaVVOVlWkbJyaOk3%252BkcBVrxZiQDcu7u9WCDSKxVGW%252BALh2uhoDAynIaiCTKN9aZGQrsZt6lK6SzHdIgRdDdEPe9u1ACS1RGSQ%253D%253D%7Ccksum%3A114449191138c3ffc49bbdcf48848dac597237f935c5%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2334524" target="_blank">this ebay page</a>), your Medion remote seems to have more buttons than most remotes. This may mean that some of the more unusual buttons won't work, but hopefully the common buttons will.</p><p></p><p>I have often wondered whether the "Centarea HID" would work with remotes other than the Ortek/Hama; now we shall find out whether it works with the Medion. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1279867, member: 141969"] If this was provided with your Medion PC, it was presumably intended to work with Windows Media Center. If so, it [i]may[/i] be possible to get it to work with MP. My guess is that it appears to the operating system as a keyboard. If this is the case, you don't need any drivers -- the ones in Windows are already the correct ones. To check this, open Windows "Device Manager" and expand the several sections relating to keyboards, mice, HID devices, etc. Look for a device that is marked as non-functioning. If you don't find a non-functioning device, it means that the drivers in Windows are OK for your remote. If your remote appears as a keyboard device, the various buttons will be sending keyboard shortcuts for Windows Media Center. The problem here is that only some of those keyboard shortcuts are the same as MP keyboard shortcuts :cry:. To check this, start MP using your mouse, and then try the UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, and OK buttons on the remote. These should be common to WMC and MP, and so should work in MP. If they do... I think that you will need to try the "Centarea HID" support pack to see if it works with your remote. Read [URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/support-pack-for-ortek-vrc-1100-and-hama-00052451.139136/']this thread[/URL], and download the support pack from the first post in that thread. Read the file "Centarea HID.txt" contained in the support pack. From looking at images on the web (e.g. the one on [URL='https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MEDION-PC-RF-REMOTE-CONTROL-20016398/114449191138?epid=1023301851&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item1aa5b410e2:g:Z-kAAOSwKF9ffNSK&amdata=enc%3AAQAFAAACcBaobrjLl8XobRIiIML1V4Imu%252Fn%252BzU5L90Z278x5ickkAgU0umhwUTmgTFbE5cu7zaXn9Ci%252Fbn735L%252BuK6YJpE%252BMhOaqp1j9rA%252BYs%252BpODHHDyJcPgkc9bm1%252FwyXwADZcdtRD3ButWeJuwSnmDtY63Lsr0NMeGAE45S%252BM1oQr4LXS1MEqj2XSPnPezSgtwREJFjm%252F85db9xBA881zJsAIBC6R1GJJg6v6sWUfIsok5C3yPVsAt%252FtaUDiQBMPK3DSOTTs%252FDeQtyIvML35tFHs481vHcT20U55gVYAs3ggWs0sJ8o0VR%252BPkaxOcNXoxn%252Bm6Qgg0NTbhia172SL8tbhoyBYBKgc9agnDP%252BTqIFiTGjS0bG6jKROwK7NLN8EDeeMFnGGlugZjK9Z330UImyyh48s4tVmBZm3f4WluOFJ53qOVNSieuvZEjGSdvPKFPe7TGNs6%252BvIBCYQud%252BeEj4fU%252Fl3HnRMbErLpS7dlBw5ys14z2195tn7MbF4J0WZ8ch%252BFqSyaS0hnR2JswRj5gjTLbEJ7jg6jHASsU93B%252Bk65zSEkDPWU%252BZl5V53PSXP9eSE9OUeAD%252Ba3H8g158wte3zrjWABwY4xdZEu8C6cSaQxfiBj24Qu74H%252B%252F6WFq8ynblXchusXymXv5AVic%252FMHj%252FgbaJQ1QnfqCDVEa0N8nLAv5xnlVdp9%252Fe7vIrwyO92RBi6hnQO%252FKYnFeJzERlT7bTCwU5GNiU%252Bj2LlBxEaVVOVlWkbJyaOk3%252BkcBVrxZiQDcu7u9WCDSKxVGW%252BALh2uhoDAynIaiCTKN9aZGQrsZt6lK6SzHdIgRdDdEPe9u1ACS1RGSQ%253D%253D%7Ccksum%3A114449191138c3ffc49bbdcf48848dac597237f935c5%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2334524']this ebay page[/URL]), your Medion remote seems to have more buttons than most remotes. This may mean that some of the more unusual buttons won't work, but hopefully the common buttons will. I have often wondered whether the "Centarea HID" would work with remotes other than the Ortek/Hama; now we shall find out whether it works with the Medion. :) -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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