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*Vendors Website: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/productdetails.aspx?pid=065
 
*Vendors Website: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/productdetails.aspx?pid=065
 
*Supported by LinuxMCE when used with one of the supported [[:Category:InfraRed |Infrared Receivers]].
 
*Supported by LinuxMCE when used with one of the supported [[:Category:InfraRed |Infrared Receivers]].
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== Media Center Remotes ==
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{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2
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|
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| [[Image:MCEremote.jpg]]
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| [[Image:MCE-Remote-2.jpg | Media Centre Remote 2]]
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| [[Image:MCE-Remote-2-alt.jpg | Media Centre Remote 2 ALT]]
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| [[Image:Mce-hauppauge.jpg | MCE Remote Hauppauge version]]
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| [[Image:MCE-Remote-2-v1069.jpg | MCE Remote Hauppauge Windows Vista version]]
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|-
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| Version
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| <center>1</center>
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| <center>2</center>
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| <center>2</center>
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| <center>2</center>
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| <center>1</center>
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|-
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| Model
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| <center></center>
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| <center>1039</center>
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| <center>1039</center>
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| <center>Hauppauge PVR- kit</center>
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| <center>1069</center>
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|-
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| Features
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| <center>Backlight</center>
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| <center>Backlight</center>
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| <center>Backlight</center>
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| <center>"My" Buttons</center>
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| <center>Uses mceusb2 lircd.conf</center>
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|}
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
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The newer remote comes in various alternatives, including different shapes and features. The new model is manufactured by Philips and half a dozen other manufacturers and is available by (among many other ways) purchase on it's own, shipped with MCE 2005 and contained in Hauppauge TV card MCE-Kits.  
 
The newer remote comes in various alternatives, including different shapes and features. The new model is manufactured by Philips and half a dozen other manufacturers and is available by (among many other ways) purchase on it's own, shipped with MCE 2005 and contained in Hauppauge TV card MCE-Kits.  
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===Support===
 
===Support===
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====Version 2 ====
 
* IR Receiver is supported
 
* IR Receiver is supported
 
**The easiest method of installation is via the [[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]  
 
**The easiest method of installation is via the [[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]  
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* IR Transmitter is supported with driver module lirc_mceusb2 version >= 0.24 (lirc-0.8.2).  
 
* IR Transmitter is supported with driver module lirc_mceusb2 version >= 0.24 (lirc-0.8.2).  
 
**However, the transmitter is not currently supported in LinuxMCE
 
**However, the transmitter is not currently supported in LinuxMCE
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===Troubleshooting===
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1. Currently the lircd.conf file is located in the /etc/lirc/ directory which is not where the scripts are trying to update the lircd.conf file.  You need to go to the /etc/lirc directory and vi hardware.conf and add /ect/lircd.conf as the location of the lircd.conf file. Then cd into /etc directory and vi lircd.conf and save a blank file, now the scripts will be able to update the lircd.conf file with the appropriate remote control data.
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==== Version 1 ====
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* IR Receiver is supported
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* IR Transmitter is not supported
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* Version 1069 (black remote) comes with a new SMK IR receiver which requires lirc_mceusb even though it is a newly released remote.
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** The new SMK IR receiver requires a newer version of LIRC than currently ships with LinuxMCE 704.
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** Refer to the following forum posts for more information and possible fix:
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*** http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=2678.0
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*** http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=2517.0
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==Troubleshooting==
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# Currently the lircd.conf file is located in the /etc/lirc/ directory which is not where the scripts are trying to update the lircd.conf file.  You need to go to the /etc/lirc directory and vi hardware.conf and add /ect/lircd.conf as the location of the lircd.conf file. Then cd into /etc directory and vi lircd.conf and save a blank file, now the scripts will be able to update the lircd.conf file with the appropriate remote control data.
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# I have newer version of Windows MCE Remote, and I can not get it to work.  Please refer to the following posts for possible solutions: http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=2678.0 and http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=2517.0
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==See Also==
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* http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/MCE_Remote

Revision as of 19:57, 25 November 2007


USB Remote intended for Media Center PCs

Media Center Remotes

MCEremote.jpg Media Centre Remote 2 Media Centre Remote 2 ALT MCE Remote Hauppauge version MCE Remote Hauppauge Windows Vista version
Version
1
2
2
2
1
Model
1039
1039
Hauppauge PVR- kit
1069
Features
Backlight
Backlight
Backlight
"My" Buttons
Uses mceusb2 lircd.conf

Description

There are two main versions of the MCE remote, typically referred to as the 'older' (Version 1) and 'newer' (Version 2) models. Both of these are now supported in the latest lirc, currently 0.8.1.

The newer remote comes in various alternatives, including different shapes and features. The new model is manufactured by Philips and half a dozen other manufacturers and is available by (among many other ways) purchase on it's own, shipped with MCE 2005 and contained in Hauppauge TV card MCE-Kits.

Support

Version 2

  • IR Receiver is supported
    • The easiest method of installation is via the LinuxMCE Admin Website
      • Click on Media Directors
      • Scroll to the bottom of the list of configurable items for Infrared remote controls you will use and select "Windows XP MC Remote" from the drop down list which matches the Infrared Receivers you have installed, this will automatically update the lircd.conf file.
      • Reload the Router and you should be good to go.
  • IR Transmitter is supported with driver module lirc_mceusb2 version >= 0.24 (lirc-0.8.2).
    • However, the transmitter is not currently supported in LinuxMCE

Version 1

Troubleshooting

  1. Currently the lircd.conf file is located in the /etc/lirc/ directory which is not where the scripts are trying to update the lircd.conf file. You need to go to the /etc/lirc directory and vi hardware.conf and add /ect/lircd.conf as the location of the lircd.conf file. Then cd into /etc directory and vi lircd.conf and save a blank file, now the scripts will be able to update the lircd.conf file with the appropriate remote control data.
  2. I have newer version of Windows MCE Remote, and I can not get it to work. Please refer to the following posts for possible solutions: http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=2678.0 and http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=2517.0

See Also

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