How to short a Media Center remote control if it stops working correctly

re: How to short a Media Center remote control if it stops working correctly

ZudiGuy — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:59:34 GMT

Change batteries on MCE remote now not working fully some buttons do nothing

re: How to short a Media Center remote control if it stops working correctly

rica — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:40:38 GMT

after many hours of research, someone here suggested to change the batteries... that did the trick :)

ps: wow, 2006

re: How to short a Media Center remote control if it stops working correctly

John — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:03:00 GMT

My ancient original MCE remote just went dead and I tried shorting the battery contacts to no avail.

Out of desperation, I then tried the "hold PC button and press every other button" trick and the remote is suddently working again. Thanks for the great (and still relevant) post! :)

re: How to short a Media Center remote control if it stops working correctly

sherwin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:01:04 GMT

almost 5 years old & this blog post is *still* helping people out! The battery terminal shorting tip just saved my sanity, thanks:-D

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imercado — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:47:57 GMT

This one had stumped me for a long time. I'm glad I finally stumbed on this page. I had the problem where only the first press of a remote button would work. Subsequent presses of the same button would not work until I pressed another button. Tweak MCE and disabling the "Universal Remote" option worked like a champ! Here's the link again for reference: (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3400190A-511A-4A3A-9B89-524511A76F58&displaylang=en)

re: How to short a Media Center remote control if it stops working correctly

Aaron Stebner — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:23:58 GMT

Hi PGPfan - The workarounds I know of for remote control and receiver issues are all listed in the Remote Control and IR Receiver errors section of the article at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/articles/487537.aspx.

If none of those help, I'd suggest posting a question at one of the following locations and hopefully someone there can suggest a solution:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter

http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/83/ShowForum.aspx

Hopefully this helps.

re: How to short a Media Center remote control if it stops working correctly

PGPfan — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:14:35 GMT

I'm having trouble with the MCE 'Keyboard' rather than the remote (which I've fixed on many occaisions with the shorting method). Whenever I switch the keyboard on, the transmit led flashes as though a key is stuck (which I've verified isn't happening). I get decent mouse movement, but for example if I try to left click on the 'Start' button, the start menu flashes 'up' and then immediately hides again.

Anyone have any idea what's going on, and how I might fix it?

Thanks in advance!

-PGPfan

re: How to short a Media Center remote control if it stops working correctly

Aaron Stebner — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:20:45 GMT

Hi Wonk - I'm sorry, but the comment from Susan was from a long time ago so I don't remember what the resolution was for that issue. I have posted several possible workarounds for remote control/receiver issues in the "Remote control and IR receiver errors" section of the article at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/articles/487537.aspx.

If none of those help, I'd suggest posting a question in one of the following places to see if someone there can suggest any additional workarounds:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter

http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/83/ShowForum.aspx