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    HP Express Card Remote

    Discussion in 'HP' started by gandia9, Mar 13, 2007.

  1. gandia9

    gandia9 Notebook Guru

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    Does anyone know how to program the buttons on this little remote that fits in the express card slot? I want to be able to open iTunes with it but can't figure out how to do it. Just thought I would ask.
     
    gandia9, Mar 13, 2007
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  2. Airman

    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

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    You can't :(
     
    Airman, Mar 13, 2007
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  3. gandia9

    gandia9 Notebook Guru

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    Lame. Well it's still a sweet little remote.
     
    gandia9, Mar 13, 2007
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  4. acaurora

    acaurora Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    I've found that you can use it for your powerpoint presentations though ;)

    it also works with winamp XD
     
    acaurora, Mar 13, 2007
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  5. kittmaster

    kittmaster Notebook Enthusiast

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    Are there drivers for the remote if you downgraded from vista to xp?

    Only the volume works on mine, not a big deal, but would like to restore the functions
     
    kittmaster, Mar 13, 2007
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  6. Perl

    Perl Notebook Enthusiast

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    My Remote are ****ing stuck in slot when i'm pull out
    [used 3 months]
     
    Perl, Mar 13, 2007
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  7. Totalfixation

    Totalfixation Notebook Consultant

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    speaking of remote, i just notice that my Logitech Xbox remote can turn on the DV6000z, its so weird i was turning on the xbox 360 and it turned on the laptop. pretty cool imma look more into it so i can program the remote to add the DV6000 as well
     
    Totalfixation, Mar 13, 2007
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  8. syberdave

    syberdave Notebook Enthusiast

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    The remote is actually an extension of the keyboard; press a button and the OS thinks that you hit the corresponding key. You could probably find some program that would let you bind actions to keypresses of the multimedia keys.
     
    syberdave, Mar 14, 2007
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  9. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    I believe that remote is specially made for the HP DirectPlay feature. Of course, it doubles with some features when you are booted into windows.
     
    Gautam, Mar 14, 2007
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  10. SideSwipe

    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yup you can even use it to navigate through windows folders and pictures/files.
     
    SideSwipe, Mar 14, 2007
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    waverider969 Notebook Consultant

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    did anyone notice that the remote that comes with vista acts differently then the remote that came with XP on the DV6000. I have both but seems like the XP remote has less functions on VIsta , I hoped to have a sapre remote but they seem to be different other then just colors.
     
    waverider969, Mar 14, 2007
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  12. syberdave

    syberdave Notebook Enthusiast

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    I believe that the OS sees the remote control buttons as keyboard events. (And the BIOS boots Quickplay when it detects the QuickPlay or DVD buttons being pressed.) Once the Quickplay program is running, it just intercepts the keyboard events and acts accordingly.

    Since you're running Linux, go to a terminal and run "xev". Focus the window that pops up, and press a few buttons on the remote and you will see that you get keyboard events. (Assuming that your keyboard is configured correctly in X.)
     
    syberdave, Mar 14, 2007
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  13. Zcott

    Zcott Notebook Consultant

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    The HP remote just doubles what the Quicklaunch buttons do. As soon as HP release a driver that includes an editor for the quicklaunch buttons, then you can program it to open iTunes, and your remote will do that.
     
    Zcott, Mar 14, 2007
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