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    M6N: how do I reassign DJ keys

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by ChuckN, Aug 31, 2004.

  1. ChuckN

    ChuckN Newbie

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    Hi.

    How do I reassign those 4 keys on the left? The Audio DJ keys I believe.

    I would like to use other programs, not Windows Media Player, to play back media files.

    Thanks, Chuck
     
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  2. highlandsun

    highlandsun Notebook Evangelist

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    It also looks for
    HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionApp PathsPowerDVD

    so if you have PowerDVD (aka AsusDVD) installed, this is how it finds that program.

    old: Sony PCG-GR300P 1.13GHz PIII-M, 512MB
    new: Asus M6Ne 2.00GHz P-M, 2GB
     
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  3. highlandsun

    highlandsun Notebook Evangelist

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    There's no official way to reassign these keys.

    The Asus HCONTROL.EXE program handles all the actions for the special keys. For the media player, it looks at the registry key

    HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftMultimediaWMPlayer

    to find what program to launch. Whatever program you set in the Player.Name and Player.Path attributes of this key is what you'll get from the Audio DJ button.


    old: Sony PCG-GR300P 1.13GHz PIII-M, 512MB
    new: Asus M6Ne 2.00GHz P-M, 2GB
     
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  4. ChuckN

    ChuckN Newbie

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    thanks for answering so quickly.

    well I changed player.name and player.path in HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftMultimediaWMPlayer to the winamp details.

    I can use the play key to start winamp, but the pause stop play ff and rew functions of those keys don't work. Same holds true with media player classic.
    Any ideas for that?
    Cheers, Sascha

    BTW: if any of you with a M6N experience windows freezing and total lack of response from your notebook: get the heatsink and fan checked. That's what I had... took me 5 months to figure out..
     
    ChuckN, Sep 1, 2004
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