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Rig the Media Center Remote for discrete on/off commands

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greg.smalter:
Drawback - this seems to disable the skip forward and skip backward buttons (at least when using WMC). I'm not sure how to fix this. I don't notice any other buttons being disabled.

kensn:
yes, I have noticed the same thing. If I MC and WMC are both running the skip does not work in WMC.

Ken

imugli:
I use a Logitech Harmony with Activities to achieve this...

Say I want to turn the TV on, I press "Watch TV" and it turns my TV and my HTPC on, then changes to MC TV Guide.

Let's say I then want to listen to music (My TV is already on). I press "Listen to Digital Music". The Harmony recognises that the TV is already on, and simply changes to Theater View Music.

I'm doing this with a WMC remote receiver and one of the inexpensive Harmony's will do the trick (I use the One and love it, though).

kensn:
I also have my Harmony set up this way, I can switch from Display View, Playing now, Standard view and Theaterview...

greg.smalter:

--- Quote from: imugli on November 13, 2011, 02:54:06 pm ---I use a Logitech Harmony with Activities to achieve this...

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I think the Logitech remotes are nice remotes, but there's a big drawback - they use state. As you said, the remote knows the TV is already on. Well, if it ever gets out of sync with reality, which it can and will, then its smartness will actually cause a problem.

A stateless remote that unconditionally tries to turn the TV (or whatever device) on when you hit Watch TV, and for the TV to stay on if it's already on and turn on if it's not (because the command is an On command only, not a toggle) is the most reliable way to control an entertainment center. It works when signals miss, and it works if someone physically touches the power button on the TV.

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