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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1281789" data-attributes="member: 141969">My instant reaction to your post is that you are trying to use remote controls that are all horribly non-standard, so it is perhaps no surprise that they do not work correctly, or do not work at all. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":cry:" title="Crying&nbsp; &nbsp; :cry:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cry:" />Hardly anyone uses RF remote controls, and even fewer use IR remote controls where the IR receiver is part of the motherboard.I can understand that you want to use the hardware that you already have. This provides the capabilities that you want (e.g. RF does not require line of sight), and avoids generating yet more redundant hardware that must be recycled somewhere. But in a case like this I would start with something that is known to work correctly with MP, so that you can at least use your system. Then you can at your leisure try to discover why these esoteric remotes are not working.The most standard remote control supported by MP is an MCE RC6 remote control with its matching IR receiver connected via USB. I would suggest purchasing a remote plus receiver together, and using that. This <a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-TSGI-IR01-MCE-Windows-Media-Center-Receiver-and-TSGH-IR01-IR-RC6-remote/265009094773?hash=item3db3c5e075:g:mksAAOSwv8Nf-1V4" target="_blank">HP set</a> is new, and (allegedly) available from the UK (rather than China).My view: we all waste far too much of our lives trying to get software and hardware to work. If there is a simple solution that provides most of what I want, I would choose that, rather than banging my head against a brick wall for weeks or months. But opinions differ...-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1281789, member: 141969"] My instant reaction to your post is that you are trying to use remote controls that are all horribly non-standard, so it is perhaps no surprise that they do not work correctly, or do not work at all. :cry: Hardly anyone uses RF remote controls, and even fewer use IR remote controls where the IR receiver is part of the motherboard. I can understand that you want to use the hardware that you already have. This provides the capabilities that you want (e.g. RF does not require line of sight), and avoids generating yet more redundant hardware that must be recycled somewhere. But in a case like this I would start with something that is known to work correctly with MP, so that you can at least use your system. Then you can at your leisure try to discover why these esoteric remotes are not working. The most standard remote control supported by MP is an [B]MCE RC6[/B] remote control with its [B]matching IR receiver connected via USB[/B]. I would suggest purchasing a remote plus receiver together, and using that. This [URL='https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-TSGI-IR01-MCE-Windows-Media-Center-Receiver-and-TSGH-IR01-IR-RC6-remote/265009094773?hash=item3db3c5e075:g:mksAAOSwv8Nf-1V4']HP set[/URL] is new, and (allegedly) available from the UK (rather than China). My view: we all waste far too much of our lives trying to get software and hardware to work. If there is a simple solution that provides most of what I want, I would choose that, rather than banging my head against a brick wall for weeks or months. But opinions differ... -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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