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hey adamparks - I am using my Twinhan remote with MP. Basically the twinhan remote is a HID device and it acts like a keyboard. Every button on the remote sends a key to the computer and you can map this to a function under mediaportal setup.

The reason the volume up/down just moves up and down is because it actually sends a SHIFT-UP (volume up) and SHIFT-DOWN (volume down). For some reason MP doesn't recognize the SHIFT and treats it just like an up/down arrow.

Most of the other keys can be mapped - what I have done is programmed my Logitech Harmony 520 to emulate the Twinhan remote and I use the Twinhan remote IR receiver on the computer. Works reasonably well - to find out what key each remote button emulates you can open up notepad and start pressing the buttons - they will show up as keyboard characters (except of course the SHIFT and CTRL sequences the remote emulates).

Hope this helps.

<blockquote data-quote="plemen" data-source="post: 196967" data-attributes="member: 49748">hey adamparks - I am using my Twinhan remote with MP.&nbsp; Basically the twinhan remote is a HID device and it acts like a keyboard.&nbsp; Every button on the remote sends a key to the computer and you can map this to a function under mediaportal setup.The reason the volume up/down just moves up and down is because it actually sends a SHIFT-UP (volume up) and SHIFT-DOWN (volume down).&nbsp; For some reason MP doesn't recognize the SHIFT and treats it just like an up/down arrow.Most of the other keys can be mapped - what I have done is programmed my Logitech Harmony 520 to emulate the Twinhan remote and I use the Twinhan remote IR receiver on the computer.&nbsp; Works reasonably well - to find out what key each remote button emulates you can open up notepad and start pressing the buttons - they will show up as keyboard characters (except of course the SHIFT and CTRL sequences the remote emulates).Hope this helps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="plemen, post: 196967, member: 49748"] hey adamparks - I am using my Twinhan remote with MP. Basically the twinhan remote is a HID device and it acts like a keyboard. Every button on the remote sends a key to the computer and you can map this to a function under mediaportal setup. The reason the volume up/down just moves up and down is because it actually sends a SHIFT-UP (volume up) and SHIFT-DOWN (volume down). For some reason MP doesn't recognize the SHIFT and treats it just like an up/down arrow. Most of the other keys can be mapped - what I have done is programmed my Logitech Harmony 520 to emulate the Twinhan remote and I use the Twinhan remote IR receiver on the computer. Works reasonably well - to find out what key each remote button emulates you can open up notepad and start pressing the buttons - they will show up as keyboard characters (except of course the SHIFT and CTRL sequences the remote emulates). Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]