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    Asus G50 Infrared -- Remotes?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by thatdaveguy, Dec 1, 2008.

  1. thatdaveguy

    thatdaveguy Notebook Evangelist

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    I've never considered buying myself a remote for my G50 until I realized it has infrared. I have no clue how this works.

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    Would something like that just work out of the box? How do you configure it?

    Can you use a remote with VLC or MCE only? It'd be a shame to use MCE!

    Any enlightenment would be appreciated!
     
    thatdaveguy, Dec 1, 2008
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  2. Qwakrz

    Qwakrz Notebook Consultant

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    I can test this when I get home for you (about 9h from now) as I have a G71V with the infrared sensor and a MS remote for my HTPC but they have never been in the same room together.
     
    Qwakrz, Dec 1, 2008
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    Qwakrz Notebook Consultant

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    My media center remote does not work my asus laptop when running media center so it looks like its a custom Asus code used.

    FYI, on my HTPC I can use my MCE remote to operate Media player and PowerDVD so it is multi program aware. I think it uses the standard keyboard controls for pause play etc so will work any program that understands them.
     
    Qwakrz, Dec 1, 2008
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  4. RangerXML

    RangerXML Army of None [TRH]

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    Windows Media remotes seem to work on my C90s, hope that helps.
     
    RangerXML, Dec 1, 2008
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  5. thatdaveguy

    thatdaveguy Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks for the input guys. Looks like it's not worth testing it for $40.
     
    thatdaveguy, Dec 3, 2008
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