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    Dell Studio 15 Infared

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Spooner65, Jan 4, 2009.

  1. Spooner65

    Spooner65 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I didnt get a media remote when I got my laptop :( was I supposed to?

    And is there anything else i can do with an infared port on my laptop? or just the dell remote?
     
    Spooner65, Jan 4, 2009
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  2. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    No it doesn't come by default. I am not sure what other devices work with the receiver besides the Dell remote, but I am sure Dell has it locked down and not supported by many other devices.
     
    atbnet, Jan 4, 2009
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    You can order the remote from their website. It does not come with it for free. It is an option when you are building it.
     
    nizzy1115, Jan 4, 2009
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  4. Spooner65

    Spooner65 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well thats a bummer... I hope you can use other thinks with it... seems like such a waste it have technology and not use it..
     
    Spooner65, Jan 4, 2009
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    The option wasn't there when I built mine. Not a huge deal, I don't know if I'd use it much, honestly. The option missing entirely was weird, though.
     
    JazzMX5, Jan 5, 2009
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    Or from ebay, its quite usefull if you watch dvds on your studio
     
    zooks, Jan 5, 2009
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  7. Orlandotek

    Orlandotek Notebook Guru

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    You can also use a standard Media Center remote, although you will
    have to update the drivers for the IR to work with it. The benefits of a
    standard remote is :

    It's larger and easier to handle/use.
    If you already have one MCE PC in your house you can use
    your existing remote.
    You can buy MCE remotes from more vendor's than just Dell.

    I pulled this off of another forum..

    "I hadn't yet thought of just seeing if there was an alternate compatible driver within Vista itself. So I went to device manager, chose the "Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver" and went to the driver update screen. Chose to browse manually and there was the current driver, and another called "Infrared HID Device". I switched to that driver and BAM, now my regular MCE remote works!"
     
    Orlandotek, Jan 5, 2009
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