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<blockquote data-quote="Dazzyb2K3" data-source="post: 17745" data-attributes="member: 13433"><p>Hi Paul, </p><p></p><p>Laptop IR ports are only IRDA compliant. This is primarily designed for data transfer and cannot handle remote control signals effectively. What you need is a <em>consumer</em> IR compliant device. As far as I know there are very few (if any) laptops with consumer IR so i'm afraid you will be stuck with an external receiver.</p><p></p><p>realistically you have 2 choices - The easiest method is to get yourself an MCE 2005 Remote and receiver. They are relatively inexpensive, v.nice to use and will work 'out of the box' with MCE, Media Portal and GBPVR. I've also used a Harmony 688 with this setup very effectively (Although the configuration nightmares involved with the harmony remotes caused me to switch to the Phillips Pronto and i've never looked back!)</p><p></p><p>The other option is to go for a 3rd party reciever of which there are lots including IRMan, IRMon, USBUIRT and numerous others that I can't remember (I'm sure other people can reccomend more). These usually come with some form of software used to set them up to emulate keypresses and other system functions -(Girder is the software of choice here) The advantage of this method is that it gives you ultimate configurability but can by complex and time consuming to set up.</p><p></p><p>I've been down both routes several times and for me the only solution which works long term without any problems is the MCE receiver. My HTPC is a dedicated media portal machine and since MP now natively supports the MCE remote then I don't need the overwhelming options that Girder can provide.</p><p></p><p>Although I'm sure others will disagree on this one though ....</p><p></p><p>Hope this Helps</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dazzyb2K3, post: 17745, member: 13433"] Hi Paul, Laptop IR ports are only IRDA compliant. This is primarily designed for data transfer and cannot handle remote control signals effectively. What you need is a [i]consumer[/i] IR compliant device. As far as I know there are very few (if any) laptops with consumer IR so i'm afraid you will be stuck with an external receiver. realistically you have 2 choices - The easiest method is to get yourself an MCE 2005 Remote and receiver. They are relatively inexpensive, v.nice to use and will work 'out of the box' with MCE, Media Portal and GBPVR. I've also used a Harmony 688 with this setup very effectively (Although the configuration nightmares involved with the harmony remotes caused me to switch to the Phillips Pronto and i've never looked back!) The other option is to go for a 3rd party reciever of which there are lots including IRMan, IRMon, USBUIRT and numerous others that I can't remember (I'm sure other people can reccomend more). These usually come with some form of software used to set them up to emulate keypresses and other system functions -(Girder is the software of choice here) The advantage of this method is that it gives you ultimate configurability but can by complex and time consuming to set up. I've been down both routes several times and for me the only solution which works long term without any problems is the MCE receiver. My HTPC is a dedicated media portal machine and since MP now natively supports the MCE remote then I don't need the overwhelming options that Girder can provide. Although I'm sure others will disagree on this one though .... Hope this Helps [/QUOTE]
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