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    Does the Philips/Dell ExpressCard travel remote work with windows media player, windows media center etc?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by lottdod_1999, Aug 11, 2007.

  1. lottdod_1999

    lottdod_1999 Notebook Evangelist

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    or just dell media direct?
     
    lottdod_1999, Aug 11, 2007
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    supposed to work with windows media center but i cant get my remote to work at all.
     
    LimPShoT, Aug 11, 2007
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  3. lottdod_1999

    lottdod_1999 Notebook Evangelist

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    how do you get it to work with media center?
     
    lottdod_1999, Aug 11, 2007
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    works by default on iTunes, WMP, Media Player Classic , those are the only things i've tried so far. (this is on M1330, with vista)
     
    liquidplasma6, Aug 11, 2007
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    My guess is the remote emulates keyboard shortcuts.. If you could find that software and remap keys, I'd imagine you can use the remote with about anything.
     
    Zetto, Aug 11, 2007
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  6. LimPShoT

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    my remote is working now, didnt do anything different guess it decided to work now. I dont know of any config software for the remote.
     
    LimPShoT, Aug 12, 2007
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    Yes it works fine out of the box with Media Center, Media Player, and Foobar2000 that I have tested. It doesn't seem to work with VLC though for me.
     
    Dragoneye1589, Aug 12, 2007
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    The remote works with both Media Direct and Media Center... and it works very well. I still would have liked more buttons, akin to the HP IR remote. It would have been nice to exit out of Media Center altogether or open WMP. Maybe it can do those and I just haven't figured out how.
     
    Gorman018, Aug 12, 2007
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    Has anyone figured out a way of making this remote work with VLC?
     
    Cred, Aug 30, 2007
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    I have no problem with it working with media Center
     
    gridtalker, Aug 30, 2007
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    Is the dell remote a standard RC6 IR remote? Will it work with non Dell computers, like the Asus M50 series? If it's a standard RC6 it should, as I have already tried a full size MCE remote and that works fine.
     
    Goanna, Jul 13, 2008
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