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Devices => PC's and Other Hardware => Topic started by: benn600 on June 12, 2007, 09:24:55 am
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I finally realized the battery in my remote was dead. Luckily, a reading light I recently ordered came with two extra batteries and they were exactly what I needed. So the button cell I needed was only a few steps away.
Anyway, the Soundblaster Audigy 2 remote is horrible. It has about half a second lage between button pushes and action. I even tried my universal remote to see if it was the remote...nope. To make matters worse, the center button (which pops up Select/Enter onscreen) does not work at all. So I have no way to diving further into the MC interface.
It's really too bad that I will now have to buy yet another thing to get this working. I still think an infrared keyboard would be the solution. And it would be nice for those times I want to use this setup as a computer, too.
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Okay, here is a search for USB remote. Nothing comes up that looks like it would help me:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=usb+remote
Where do I need to go to just get a simple IR remote that will let me control MC's theater view with the standard and simple button requirement list: arrows, pageup/down, home/end, Esc, A, I, O?
I have been looking but still can't find anything. What do other people use? Surely you don't want to use a big keyboard.
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I'm going to order this remote. It looks, from the review, that it will do exactly what I want.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833998033
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I can't believe how fast that was! I got the remote today! Next day! For free (shipping)!
My entire experience with this remote is undeniably near perfect. I didn't even touch the preset programming. I just started programing exactly what I wanted the remote to do. Some of the buttons are not used for what they are pictured to do...but that's okay because on my Sony universal remote, I name them whatever I want.
Here are the 17 buttons I'm using:
1. Arrow up
2. Arrow right
3. Arrow Down
4. Arrow Left
5. Enter
6. Play/Pause
7. Page up
8. Page down
9. Backspace
10. I (zoom in)
11. O (zoom out)
12. A (aspect ratio)
13. Ctrl - Right
14. Ctrl - Left
15. Next track (see MC menu)
16. Prev track (see MC menu)
17. Mute
The remote is EXACTLY what I was looking for. It even can switch between programs and have custom button actions for each program. You can even use the arrows to move the mouse and almost replace a mouse for simple situations. The response is moderately fast--fast enough for me. I'd say a 8 or 9 on a 10 point scale.
Now I just need another receiver because I will just need the receiver. The remote will be unused in my situation.
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I'm stuck simply getting the audigy remote to work at all with media player 13. I used to use a program called uICE but it doesn't support vista 64. Am I missing something really obvious?