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Post 1 made on Friday January 27, 2006 at 10:25
bbig119
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Is there a way to use different remotes with the microsoft ir receiver? Specifically, teach additional remote codes instead of using just the microsoft MCE remote.

I seem to remember reading rumors about this a while ago, but can't find it now.
Post 2 made on Monday January 30, 2006 at 23:43
byremote
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Yes..but not with the default drivers (and compatible remotes are limited to ones that use the same Philips chipset).

More info about this is available here:
[Link: byremote.com.au]
Post 3 made on Saturday July 8, 2006 at 23:16
Rich_Guy
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A good learning remote.... I have used 3 different remotes with my media center since I have owned it... and never have used the original remote.
My MX-800 even come with the codes for media center in it's IR code editor.

There is a trick though media center needs some settings changed if you get the problem of a button working for one push but not a second push... then there is a setting you must do to make your remote work... If you need this let me know and I will send you how to make these settings...
Post 4 made on Tuesday July 11, 2006 at 00:36
jonnyFI
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I would like some help from rich guy. I have a MX-650 I have leaned th microsoft v2 IR comands and I have the onepush problem how an I solve this ?
Post 5 made on Wednesday July 12, 2006 at 21:22
Rich_Guy
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Here is the fix for MCE and using another remote....

1)The Media Center uses a debounce style remote. That is, when you press
the same button twice the remote alternates the code is sends. There is
no way to record this into the remote. However there is a registry
change that will tell the Media Center to accept the same code twice in
a row.
There is a registry edit that will turn off the debounce.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HidIr\Remotes\745a1
7a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da]

You should see a DWORD key called "EnableDebounce". You'll notice it's
set to 1. Set it to 0 to disable debouncing. Experiment with this
value and see if you can resolve your issue.


Run Regedit to make the change, there is also another way to make this fix located in this site in the files section under microsoft,, Media Center Edition

You'll need to reboot the computer to have this registry change take
effect.

This will solve the problem and you will be able to use your remote. Also sometimes after updates are made to MCE you will have to make this change again as some updates seem to return the original setting.

Hope you understand this, if you need more help on how to do this I can detail this more.....


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