Philips SRM 5100 - Microsoft Vista 4 In 1 Remote Control (1 Viewer)

[morpheus_xx]

I'm also going to buy this remote for my Vista PC.

Do I also have to configure anything special in Vista for this remote, or does it work, if I simply enable MCE Remote in Mediaportal Config?

yes it works out of the box!

plug in and enable mce remote in config. that's it...

 

[morpheus_xx]

As requested, here's a short german tutorial to get the remote working on XP:

- installiere die eHome Treiber für die Remote
- lade und installiere eventghost: Index of /downloads
- kopiere die mce_plugin.xml ins eventghost-programmverzeichnis.
- lade diese xml im eventghost
- aktiviere das Message Plugin in MP Configuration
- kopiere die fertige "MessagePlugin.xml" nach "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Anwendungsdaten\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\InputDeviceMappings"

es sollten keine weiteren Plugins aktiviert sein (also auch keine MCE Remote, Keyboard Input Plugin o.ä.)
so hat's bei mir geklappt

Alle Konfig-Dateien und der Treiber sind im Anhang zusammengefasst.

 

[OnkelChris]

ok... some kind of problem... big problem:

the remote is working fine with eventghost and the eHome-drivers (plus messagePlugin). i can restart my HTPC via remote from standby. BUT:

My HTPC starts, the green light at the receiver lights up. When the BIOS of my board is "initializing USB controllers", the green light turns off, blinks 1-2 times and is off all the time. Windows is booting, but my remote receiver is recognized as "unknown device"!

Tricky:
If I do press the "power-button" again (after the bios initialized the usb host controllers and the green light of the receiver is off) before windows starts booting, the green light is turning back on and the eHome device is working perfectly in mediaportal. But this behaviour is very annoying.

Anyone outthere having a solution? Tried several bios versions...

 

[Psycho Reptile]

Hi all, I recently purchaced this remote too (for my 1st MP client), I didn't know it was Vista only .

PLEASE could someone provide an idiot proof guide (in english ) to get this remote working the same as the standard MCE remote does with MP.
I'm running Windows XP Pro, and using MPtray to start MP with the "green" button on my MCE remote on my main HTPC.

 

[OnkelChris]

simply...

...plug in the receiver...
...don't let windows install the hardware, do it by searching c:\windows\inf\irbus.inf...
...ignore the warnings...
...install eventghost and use the files mentioned earlier in this thread...
...use the messageplugin in MP and disable all remotes (also the MCE-Remote)
...have fun...

 

[Psycho Reptile]

Thanks, but I can't use the irbus.inf - XP says it can't find a driver. Do I need a modded inf? Also, with this method would it be possible to start MP with the "green button", I'm using MP-Tray atm

 

[OnkelChris]

u don't have to let windows search... don't know, hoe it's named in the english versions... U have to lookup up for the device yourself... something like a "Expertmode"

if u say, windows should search in this directory, than it won't find something. Hope you understand what i mean?!

 

[Psycho Reptile]

Thanks, I'll try again

 

[sim1964]

Hi I'm using this remote with MP in Vista Ultimate works as you say "out of the box but Randomly pressing the guide button and possibly some others launches Window Media Centre. How can I disable Media centre so it no longer launches???

edit: never mind I fixed it

 

[nip.nyborg]

Driver gone after reboot

I have a dell Remote looks like the smr5100.
I have installed the MCE Remote Replacement Driver, and Hip-software and everything works fine, but after I reboot my computer, it says found new hardware unknown device. (can´t find the driver)
But if I unplug the ir-reciver and plug it in again it finds it, and everything works again.

Pleace can anyone help ?