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Post 1 made on Friday August 26, 2005 at 17:18
amsbestbuy
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Hello,

I have been in contact with Philips tech support and so far they can't seem to tell me very much about their own remote control, the RC9800i. (This is frustrating to say the least).

I am aware that you can stream music files via the Philips Media Manager software that resides on my desktop computer back through the remote and a wifi connection. Then, using a Media Adapter (which in this case is just an audio cable connected from the remote's charging cradle to an audio system), the remote can then be placed in the cradle to play the files on a stereo system. This method is ridiculous to say the least as it essentially turns a wireless remote control into a wired remote. Not to mention that if you wanted to take the remote out of the cradle to find and launch another song, then placed the unit back in the cradle it would create a 'spike' to my speakers causing possible damage depending on the stereo's volume setting.

Before I purchased this unit, I was told (by the experts at Philips no less) that I would be able to use the remote to launch the music files wirelessly in the Philips Media Manager software on my computer. Then, with a wired connection from my computer's sound card to my stereo system, I could then control the music wirelesly that I listen to while sitting in my chair. In this case, I would be using the 9800i as a wireless remote to launch the music files in Philips Media Manager.

(Actually, prior to purchase, I was told that I would be able to browse the music files on my computer using the RC9800i, then launch them in the default media player of my computer which in this case is the Yahoo Music player; the service that I currently subscribe to. After using the remote for a few minutes, I could tell that this information was not accurate. It amazes me that companies such as Philips don't do a bit more training with their support staff before turning them loose on the public).

Does anyone know if this remote is capable of actually launching files on my desktop computer within the Philips Media Manager player as opposed to launching them on the remote?

Thank you in advance for your help!

This message was edited by amsbestbuy on 08/26/05 17:57 ET.
ambestbuy
OP | Post 2 made on Saturday August 27, 2005 at 10:47
amsbestbuy
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Just a tickler; does anybody have any information about this?

I have been playing phone tag with another tech at Philips. He has left me a couple of voice messages indicating that you can do what I described above (use the 9800i to launch media files on the desktop computer), but doesn't mention how. Hopefully we'll make voice contact with each other at some point.

Does anybody have any clues about this at all?
ambestbuy
Post 3 made on Monday August 29, 2005 at 01:40
Luukske
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Hi amsbestbuy,
To do this you will need to have UPnP rendering software installed on your PC. And this is immediately the problem: at the moment there is no commercial software available to do this.
You can try to use the Intel UPnP tools (development tools), but the problem there is that every time you restart the rendering program, you will have to install a new Media Adapter on your RC9800i.
Does anyone know a better solution?
Post 4 made on Monday November 21, 2005 at 17:34
asimhussain
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On August 26, 2005 at 17:18, amsbestbuy said...
Hello,

I have been in contact with Philips tech support
and so far they can't seem to tell me very much
about their own remote control, the RC9800i.
(This is frustrating to say the least).

I am aware that you can stream music files via
the Philips Media Manager software that resides
on my desktop computer back through the remote
and a wifi connection. Then, using a Media Adapter
(which in this case is just an audio cable connected
from the remote's charging cradle to an audio
system), the remote can then be placed in the
cradle to play the files on a stereo system.
This method is ridiculous to say the least as
it essentially turns a wireless remote control
into a wired remote. Not to mention that if you
wanted to take the remote out of the cradle to
find and launch another song, then placed the
unit back in the cradle it would create a 'spike'
to my speakers causing possible damage depending
on the stereo's volume setting.

Before I purchased this unit, I was told (by the
experts at Philips no less) that I would be able
to use the remote to launch the music files wirelessly
in the Philips Media Manager software on my computer.
Then, with a wired connection from my computer's
sound card to my stereo system, I could then control
the music wirelesly that I listen to while sitting
in my chair. In this case, I would be using the
9800i as a wireless remote to launch the music
files in Philips Media Manager.

(Actually, prior to purchase, I was told that
I would be able to browse the music files on my
computer using the RC9800i, then launch them in
the default media player of my computer which
in this case is the Yahoo Music player; the service
that I currently subscribe to. After using the
remote for a few minutes, I could tell that this
information was not accurate. It amazes me that
companies such as Philips don't do a bit more
training with their support staff before turning
them loose on the public).

Does anyone know if this remote is capable of
actually launching files on my desktop computer
within the Philips Media Manager player as opposed
to launching them on the remote?

Thank you in advance for your help!

hi mate. i see you have connect the rc9800i. can you tell me how this is done and what do i need. cus i cant understand a f)(king thing.

many thanks
asimhussain360


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