HTPC Remote

Casterina · 18 Dec 2012 at 08:29

I'm looking for a media remote which allows me to control XMBC and other video players,

Budget is £20

Banzai_Joe · 18 Dec 2012 at 08:31

You could look for a 2nd hand Harmony 555 remote maybe, but £20 is a little lean.

Deep · 18 Dec 2012 at 08:43

There's one which is pretty basic but does the job. On my Acer Revo running XBMC Live it doesn't shutdown XBMC which is the only downside, but does everything else I need it to do.

It's called Emprex 3009ARF.

Participant · 18 Dec 2012 at 09:09

I'm using a harmony 525 with a hp ir receiver from eBay Hong Kong. Works brilliantly. Has to be rc6 (I think that's what it's called) to sleep pc.

Casterina · 18 Dec 2012 at 17:41

I've looked at few media remotes, but I can't post competitors link

arad85 · 18 Dec 2012 at 19:22

Hama MCE compatible. Have 3 of them here and can be had way under £20 (more like £12). needs a little work in setting up key mappings, but cheap, cheerful and works wherever you point it in the living room.

Casterina · 18 Dec 2012 at 19:35

arad85 said:
Hama MCE compatible. Have 3 of them here and can be had way under £20 (more like £12). needs a little work in setting up key mappings, but cheap, cheerful and works wherever you point it in the living room.

Is this the one?

Casterina · 18 Dec 2012 at 22:44

Can someone help me please

Casterina · 19 Dec 2012 at 07:23

Casterina said:
Is this the one?

Will this HTPC remote work on HTPC and other video players? Seen one for £13

iamtheoneneo · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:02

do you have an IOS or android device? plenty of free, decent remote apps if so.

bertles86 · 19 Dec 2012 at 18:53

Logitech Harmony 200

ZXSpectrum · 19 Dec 2012 at 19:00

See if you can get the genuine microsoft one. Its the one i have had the best luck with and the keys light up so great in the dark.

Marsman · 19 Dec 2012 at 20:07

Casterina said:
Will this HTPC remote work on HTPC and other video players? Seen one for £13

I used to use a similar one, and for basic control of XBMC and other media players it was fine. That type are all pretty similar in function. They emulate keyboard and mouse, rather than operate as a MCE remote, so a lot of buttons don't work. That's not an issue if all you need is basic cursor control and media playback controls. Play, stop, etc.

arad85 · 21 Dec 2012 at 00:51

Casterina said:
Is this the one?

Sorry. Not been around. Yes, that's the one I have.

arad85 · 21 Dec 2012 at 00:58

Marsman said:
I used to use a similar one, and for basic control of XBMC and other media players it was fine. That type are all pretty similar in function. They emulate keyboard and mouse, rather than operate as a MCE remote, so a lot of buttons don't work. That's not an issue if all you need is basic cursor control and media playback controls. Play, stop, etc.

All my buttons work (I'm running on Linux here though). I'm using a small addon program which sits and reads USB keystrokes and translates them into xbmc keypresses. See this: http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/8827 ticket. I've not really tried it with Windows (linux all the way with xbmc here).

Once I had it setup, I forgot about getting it working - it was fairly painless for me, but then I do have some experience of messing with linux device drivers. I've had it working since xbmc Camelot (now on Eden, waiting for Frodo) so am just used to it working....

Disaster · 21 Dec 2012 at 01:12

Use your phone to control it using Unified Remote

andy_mk3 · 22 Dec 2012 at 13:55

I have one of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Emprex-30...ther_Computing_Networking&hash=item231d7d68a6

Works flawlessly with MCE and XBMC, plus it's wireless, not IR, so works anywhere in the house and doesn't need to be pointed at the receiver