[TruthOf42]

I have an XBMC PC (Windows 7) setup to my TV, along with an XBox 360. As to be expected the remote control sends signals to both the Xbox and XBMC PC, which is problematic as I will sometimes go back and forth between the two and they can each end up in very weird states, e.g. XBMC ending up deep inside settings, because of the buttons I was pressing while using the 360.

Has anyone come up with some clever ideas so only one system is being controlled at a time. For instance, maybe the PC can detect when it is being displayed and therefore only accept commands when it is displayed.

Note: Pressing the WMC button on the remote causes the app to run on the 360 and for the app to start in the windows 7 PC, but my real issue is that pressing the other buttons will also control both XBMC and the 360, e.g. pressing the back button will send a signal to both the XBMC and 360 to "go back".

also posted here: http://superuser.com/q/743532/259643

[davelr]

Might be a tough problem. I used to have both a Dish DVR receiver and a Dish PAL DVR unit which presented the same problem. However, Dish had put in a control "mode" code which allowed you to set one device to a code of say "1" and the other to a code of "2". I could then program my Harmony to use the specific codes and avoid having both boxes respond to commands. I'd have no idea if something like this is built into the XBox or not, but it might be worth a little research to see if it is.

[aceman118]

I used to have that issue but I had a harmony remote I was able to set it up as a 360 specific remote. There is a setting in the 360 to only accept commands from a 360 remote and not 360 + media center.