MCE Remote (basic)

Tips and Tricks

• You can use the "OK" button (big button in the center for those of you who are a bit slow) to go to the previous channel while watching live TV.
• "Skip" during live or recorded TV to go ahead 30 seconds. During music this will go to the next track. During DVDs this will go to the next chapter.
• "Replay" will go back 7 seconds. During music this will go to the previous track. During DVDs this will go to the previous chapter.
• "Enter" is a completely worthless button as it does the same thing as "OK"

Reprogram the Volume and TV Power Buttons

1. Aim MCE remote at your AV remote (2/3" apart)
2. Press & hold "DVD Menu" + "OK" on MCE remote until lights go off
3. press Vol- on the MCE remote (lights should blink once)
4. Press and hold Vol- on the AV remote until lights on MCE lights blink twice (if it blinks 4 times there was a problem)

• Do the same procedure to program the Vol+ button.

Reset Remote Defaults

1. Remove the batteries from the remote
2. Use a metal object (e.g. a paperclip) and short the battery terminals (a couple of seconds should be fine)
3. Remove paperclip
4. Replace batteries

Related Resources

• Aaron Stebner's blog: Fixing IR receiver problems on MCE 2005
• Use another computer as a remote: (add link here).