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MCE Media Center (Vista) Codes for Up / Down / Left / Right
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Post 1 made on Thursday May 29, 2008 at 15:47
IJKMan
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OK, so this sounds so simple.. I am using a Pronto and downloaded a .ccf file for Windows Media center.

Most of the standard buttons (stop, record, play etc) work without a hitch, but the circular Up / Down / Left / Right buttons centered around OK, will work once only.

For example
- Navigating through the program guide, I can only go one up on channel (or down one for that matter).
- When I am watching TV channel 19, I can hit "up" to see what is on 18, but 17 remains tantalizing out of reach.

I have tried "teaching" the Pronto the codes from the remote, but no avail.

If anyone has the codes for Up / Down / Left / Right for a Vista MCE please post. You will make this brit very happy.

Ta,

Ian
Post 2 made on Thursday May 29, 2008 at 16:12
johnsfine
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I think there is still a windows registry setting to fix that symptom. It should be fairly easy to find with a Google or forum search. Some keywords you might want to use in that search are:
Registry
Debounce
MCE

Alternately, you might do a registry search for debounce.


The underlying problem is that there are two different IR codes for each MCE function. If a remote sends the same MCE function twice in a row, it is supposed to switch between the two codes so it never sends the same code twice in a row.

It is quite hard to get a Pronto to do the right thing for those alternating codes.

The registry setting instead makes the Windows system not care if the remote fails to alternate.

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