Re: IR Hardware not detected

If you have a genuine MCE remote, it should have come with the IR
Receiver/Emitters kit. The receiver is what plugs into your PC's USB port.
The emitters (called IR Blasters or IR Bugs, by some), have a mini plug on
them and plug into the back of the IR Receiver (there is usually 2 ports).
If you did not get these with your remote, you need to contact your vendor
and ask them why these items where not included.

Otherwise your only option is to buy these items. If all you need is the
emitters, places like smarthome.com sell them, however if you don't have the
correct type of receiver and need that as well, it may be cheaper to just
buy the whole kit with remote. newegg.com sells MCE remote kits for ~$30.
-
James
Orlando (Goofy says "hey"), FL


"Park Hensley" <ParkHensley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:FA5FDAE8-4268-4EF7-8003-30E369791EFA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
While falling asleep last night it came to me what STB means - that it is
a
Set Top Box and in my case is the Satellite Receiver that I am using to
get
my TV signal. So, now it seems in order to get Media Center Edition to set
up
the TV tuner so that I can change channels with the Vista MCE Remote
Control,
I also need to get an IR emitter and connect it to the IR Receiver which
has
no place to connect anything else to. Please tell me to where to get one
of
these things that can connect to something that doesn't have any
connections.
Other problems are that since the TV tuner setup does not complete in MCE,
that the schedule of programs cannot be saved and of course MCE cannot be
programmed to record a particular program since it can't change channels
and
so on and on.

Thanks.

"Nigel Barker" wrote:

On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 16:27:00 -0700, Park Hensley
<ParkHensley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

After giving the "ir hardware not detected" message, MCE gives me the
option
of going back or cancelling the TV Setup; Going back would not solve
anything
and clicking cancel gives the message the MCE will not save any of my
configuration of the TV Tuner. I don't know what an STB is, so I can't
answer
the question about whether I am trying to configure one. Nothing in the
Media
Center Help says anything about STB or needing STB in order to change
channels. Help seems to imply that the Microsoft Vista MCE Remote
Control is
all you need to watch TV. The manual that comes with the remote implies
the
same thing, again without any mention of something called an STB being
required.

Perhaps it would help if we were using the same terminology. The remote
emits an IR beam and so if something is to be called an IR emitter, I
would
think that the remote qualifies. The IR signal is sent to a little
plastic
box about an inch long, 1/2 inch wide and 1/4 inch high and is connected
to
the computer through a USB port. I would call that the IR Receiver.
There is
no way that I can see to connect anything else to either the remote or
the
receiver; so right off the bat, I wouldn't see how to connect an STB
whatever
it is.

Perhaps you can let me know how I am wrong in what I think the remote
can do
(even though it explicitly says on the package that I can watch TV with
it)
and how to get whatever else is needed (STB?). Thanks.

Set Top Box e.g. digital cable or satellite

What TV are you trying to set up? If not using a STB your only options
are cable or antenna. What TV
tuner does your Media Center computer have?
--

Cheers

Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
MCE MVP



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