Short Bits: Worst Tech, Remotes, Ed's Extender

re: Short Bits: Worst Tech, Remotes, Ed's Extender

kay — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:35:28 GMT

The black mediagate remote looks a lot cooler online than it is. It's pretty plastic and cheap, and the button layout is not very intuitive. It has no less than 3 "circle areas," with a center button surrounded by a variety of other buttons, making it hard to feel around in the dark.

This is my first MCE remote. It is serviceable, but eventually I'll get another one. I am not a heavy media center user (still in the midst of setting mine up).

re: Short Bits: Worst Tech, Remotes, Ed's Extender

chrisl — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:23:44 GMT

Good catch. v2 Extenders will _not_ work in MCE 2005.

re: Short Bits: Worst Tech, Remotes, Ed's Extender

Jmanghera — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:22:10 GMT

"No v2 Extenders Extenders (excluding Xbox 360) will NOT work in MCE 2005. Only Vista." - Fixed

re: Short Bits: Worst Tech, Remotes, Ed's Extender

chrisl — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:22:36 GMT

No v2 Extenders (excluding Xbox 360) will not work in MCE 2005. Only Vista.

re: Short Bits: Worst Tech, Remotes, Ed's Extender

rafid — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:32:12 GMT

Hi Chris

Do you have any Idea If the new extender will support MCE 2005?

Thanks

Rafi

re: Short Bits: Worst Tech, Remotes, Ed's Extender

chrisl — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:28:11 GMT

Any RC6 remote will work with the Extenders. So you current remote or learned Harmony, etc will work just fine. I don't know about the IR channels, but I assume it should work too.

re: Short Bits: Worst Tech, Remotes, Ed's Extender

Brian Binnerup — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:31:16 GMT

Chris,

I just wanted to comment on the Linksys extender and the ugly remote that comes with it.

The original MCE remote have eight different channels - could the Linksys be using one of those, so that one can use the standard remote instead?

Just like controlling the Xbox 360 with the standard remove is pressing DVD Menu + 8 for some seconds until the remote flashes.

DVD Menu + 1 is standard channel for MCE - could linksys be using one of these eight?

Regards,

Brian