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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1141121" data-attributes="member: 141969">The easiest remote to get working with MP is an &quot;MCE compatible&quot; remote that has &quot;RC6&quot; stamped on the packaging.&nbsp; These are 100% compatible, and work with MP straight out of the box (once enabled in &quot;MP Config&quot;).&nbsp; You need a corresponding &quot;MCE compatible RC6&quot; infra-red receiver to plug into a USB socket on the laptop.Beware: there are some remotes that are described as &quot;MCE compatible&quot;, but which are not RC6 remotes.&nbsp; These are compatible with WMC, but are not immediately compatible with MP.&nbsp; The Ortek VRC-1100 is an example of one of these remotes (also sold under other brand names).&nbsp; I would recommend avoiding these remotes unless you know that you have a dire need for their special characteristics, and are prepared to put the effort in to get them to work with MP (not easy; I have not succeeded yet!).I am using MP 1.9.0 pre, which has a &quot;Microsoft MCE&quot; tab in the &quot;Remotes&quot; section of &quot;MP Config&quot;.&nbsp; You simply enable that support, and the remote works.&nbsp; More recent versions of MP now deprecate the &quot;Microsoft MCE&quot; tab, because the &quot;General HID&quot; support was completey rewritten to incorporate support for Microsoft MCE and other devices.&nbsp; So, for MP 1.11, I think that you should enable one of &quot;General HID&quot; or &quot;Microsoft MCE&quot;, with the former being preferred.Once the remote is working, you can then customise it to assign the functions that you want to the buttons that you prefer; there is no reason to stay with the default button assignments if you do not like them.&nbsp; This customisation is also done in the &quot;Remotes&quot; section of &quot;MP Config&quot; (click &quot;Mappings&quot;).-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1141121, member: 141969"] The easiest remote to get working with MP is an "MCE compatible" remote that has "RC6" stamped on the packaging. These are 100% compatible, and work with MP straight out of the box (once enabled in "MP Config"). You need a corresponding "MCE compatible RC6" infra-red receiver to plug into a USB socket on the laptop. Beware: there are some remotes that are described as "MCE compatible", but which are [i]not[/i] RC6 remotes. These are compatible with WMC, but are not immediately compatible with MP. The Ortek VRC-1100 is an example of one of these remotes (also sold under other brand names). I would recommend avoiding these remotes unless you know that you have a dire need for their special characteristics, and are prepared to put the effort in to get them to work with MP (not easy; I have not succeeded yet!). I am using MP 1.9.0 pre, which has a "Microsoft MCE" tab in the "Remotes" section of "MP Config". You simply enable that support, and the remote works. More recent versions of MP now deprecate the "Microsoft MCE" tab, because the "General HID" support was completey rewritten to incorporate support for Microsoft MCE and other devices. So, for MP 1.11, I think that you should enable [i]one[/i] of "General HID" or "Microsoft MCE", with the former being preferred. Once the remote is working, you can then customise it to assign the functions that you want to the buttons that you prefer; there is no reason to stay with the default button assignments if you do not like them. This customisation is also done in the "Remotes" section of "MP Config" (click "Mappings"). -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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