thebearnecessit Wrote:did you follow the rest of the instructions from the op? in the link i posted? because there is a description of how to setup the remotes buttons, which you need to follow.

Zedax161 Wrote:Thanks for the response guys,

Ok so iv added a device manufacturer: Microsoft and for model i put MCE SE Keyboard

The finder thing changed this to "microsoft windows media center se"


Im using the ir receiver from here: http://www.ebuyer.com/235023-cit-media-remote-control-10-metre-range-plug-and-play-usb-rem-001

The ir receiver does blink red when i press a button but still nothing happens within xbmc.

AM i still missing something here?

jjd-uk Wrote:Did you read the review on ebuyer? says it's not a MCE certified remote so that it only sends key presses and that they had to teach the Harmony the remote key presses as it's non standard and the device is not in the Harmony database.

Also that Harmony 300 is one activity only device, which is the "Watch TV" activity, it's only designed to be a cheap basic remote replacement so doesn't offer much flexibility such as custom activities. Plus it is restricted to using the MyHarmony website for setup, which I'm guessing that screenshot is from, which doesn't offer as much in the way of setup tools as it's meant for beginners basic setup.

To get the most from a Harmony remote you need the 600 range upwards as these are more flexible and can use the setup software which is downloaded to your pc and run from there. All the guides on here are written assuming you have this software that is run from the pc which is why you see things different.

Zedax161 Wrote:Ok that explains alot thank you. Basically im not too fussed about functionality i just want to use the directional keys and enter and play / pause thats all.

So if i got another mce certified ir receiver i could potentially get it to work? I did read elsewhere other people using the 300 with xbmc and the software has a xbmc profile

Zedax161 Wrote:Thanks alot for the response jjd-uk i read through that thread but think il give it a miss and buy another IR receiver like the one mentioned by op.

If i get a MCE certified receiver will it pretty much work after just adding mce keyboard as device?

(2012-03-22 08:55)sjw1 Wrote:  I picked a button that xbmc didn't use (g) and added <g>ToggleFullScreen</g> to the keys.xml file. I then made the button I wanted to do the toggle a letter g. Poor that the remote can't be other keyboards though..