User Manual Media Center Remote Control and Receiver for Windows Vista™ and Windows®7
Welcome Congratulations on your purchase of the Remote Control and Receiver for Media Center PC with (a) Windows Vista™ and Windows® 7 Home Premium, (b) Windows® 7 professional, (c) Windows Vista™ and Windows® 7 Ultimate. The infrared (IR) remote control and receiver – also known as a remote sensor – let you access and manage your Media Center PC and other peripheral devices.
STEP 3 Connect the Receiver The receiver relays input from your remote control to your computer. To connect the receiver · With your computer turned on, plug the · rectangular universal serial bus (ISB) connector into your computer’s USB port. The Windows Vista™ and Windows® 7 OS will detect the receiver and automatically install the driver. STEP 4 4.1 4.
USING THE REMOTE CONTROL You use the remote control to interact with most of the features in Media Center. No software or setup procedure is required. Just point the remote control at the receiver, and then enter your commands. Your remote control has five types of buttons: Navigation buttons, to move between items on the screen. (for example, up arrow or enter) Playback buttons, to control your media (for example, pause or stop).
NAVIGATION BUTTONS Use the navigation buttons on the remote control to move between items on the screen in Media Center.
PLAYBACK BUTTONS Playback buttons in Media Center behave just like similar controls on common home electronic devices, such as CD or DVD players. Playback buttons are used to control the playback or display of your media – music, pictures, video, and radio. Command Task Icon PLAY Starts playing media at the current position. If play back is paused, pressing this button begins playback from the current position.
PLAYBACK BUTTONS (cont.) Command Task Icon SKIP Skips forward one increment when this button is FORWARD pressed. The meaning of an increment depends on the type of media that is playing: If a CD or playlist is playing, the next song is played. If a DVD is playing, the next chapter is played. If a slide show is playing, the next picture is displayed. If a recorded TV show is playing, playback skips ahead 29 seconds. SKIP BACK Skips backward one increment when this button is pressed.
AV AND POWER BUTTONS Use the AV and power buttons to change channels, adjust volume, access a DVD menu, or to put Media Center in standby mode. Command Task Icon PC POWER Puts the Windows Media Center computer into (STANDBY) standby mode if the computer is running. If the computer is in standby mode, the computer wakes from standby mode. TV POWER [if available] By default, the TV button has no command assigned to it. This button can “learn” to turn on the TV.
SHORTCUT BUTTONS These buttons provide a quick way for users to access key media experiences in Windows Media Center. Command Task Icon GUIDE Displays the Guide in Windows Media Center. LIVE TV Shows live TV on the currently selected channel. RECORD TV Displays the Recorded TV page in Windows Media Center. MUSIC Displays the Music Library in Windows Media Center. PICTURES Displays the Picture Library in Windows Media Center. VIDEOS Displays the Video Library in Windows Media Center.
NUMERIC KEYPAD The numeric keypad consists of numbers from 0 through 9 and two other keys: ENTER and CLEAR. You can use the numeric keypad to type alphanumeric characters anywhere in Media Center that you can enter text. If you want to delete characters you have typed, press CLEAR; press ENTER to submit the characters you have typed. You can also use the numeric keypad to enter TV channels.
TELETEXT BUTTONS [if available] Media Center supports Teletext when it is available. The colored Fastext buttons on the remote control for Media Center PC work much like the Teletext buttons on a standard Teletext-enabled TV. Teletext buttons should appear below the numeric keypad on the remote control. To display Page 100 (Teletext home page) Press the TELETEXT button. Page 100 will appear in a few seconds and completely replace the TV picture, but it will not affect the TV sound.
USING THE REMOTE CONTROL LEARNING FUNCTIONALITY [if available] The TV Power, VOL+, VOL-, Numeric keypads (0 through 9), CH+, CH-, and Mute buttons on the remote control for Media Center PC and “learn” IR commands from other remote controls. This feature lets you use the Media Center Remote Control sends commands to your TV or another device, such as an audio receiver or home stereo set.
To restore the default remote control settings 1. Press and hold the DVD MENU button and then press LEFT navigation button, and right after you release both buttons you will see the Red LED turns on for 5 seconds. 2. Press the OK button. 2~3 seconds after, the Green LED on the remote control for Media Center PC blinks twice to confirm that the buttons have been reset.
TROUBLESHOOTING When I press a button on the remote, but nothing happens. Make sure that the following is true: You are pointing the remote control directly at the receiver. The IR sensor on the receiver is not covered up, and no natural or artificial light is shining directly on it. The remote control is within 20 feet of the receiver. You have not minimized or exited Media Center. To reactivate Media Center, move the mouse, and then click anywhere in the Media Center window. ※ Warning: 15.
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