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<blockquote data-quote="cheetah05" data-source="post: 278194" data-attributes="member: 19628">Here in the UK you can get one for £15.00 delivered and you can get a bluetooth dongle for &lt; £4 delivered so its a pretty good deal considering how well the remote works (well i think it works well).The only bad thing at the moment is that once you connect the bluetooth remote, there is no way to disconnect it unless you take the batteries out of the remote or take out your bluetooth dongle - I think this is draining the battery life a bit, but I'm not too sure. The only way I can see to fix this would be to switch on bluetooth when MP starts (programatically) and switch off bluetooth when MP closes, but this is a bit of a cop-out as other people might use bluetooth for more things.Another way around this would be to take the remote out of range so it disconnects. I think the remote automatically &quot;switches off&quot; when it dc's.Of course, this is not an issue for people who uses their PC as a media center all the time as the remote will only stay connected when the computer is on (in use), but I use my PC as a PC too but Media Center by night <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />I'd also prefer it if the buttons were different and it had a backlight, but that's other issues <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheetah05, post: 278194, member: 19628"] Here in the UK you can get one for £15.00 delivered and you can get a bluetooth dongle for < £4 delivered so its a pretty good deal considering how well the remote works (well i think it works well). The only bad thing at the moment is that once you connect the bluetooth remote, there is no way to disconnect it unless you take the batteries out of the remote or take out your bluetooth dongle - I think this is draining the battery life a bit, but I'm not too sure. The only way I can see to fix this would be to switch on bluetooth when MP starts (programatically) and switch off bluetooth when MP closes, but this is a bit of a cop-out as other people might use bluetooth for more things. Another way around this would be to take the remote out of range so it disconnects. I think the remote automatically "switches off" when it dc's. Of course, this is not an issue for people who uses their PC as a media center all the time as the remote will only stay connected when the computer is on (in use), but I use my PC as a PC too but Media Center by night :p I'd also prefer it if the buttons were different and it had a backlight, but that's other issues :p [/QUOTE]

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