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    GX640 IR question

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by turbochris, Jun 8, 2010.

  1. turbochris

    turbochris Notebook Guru

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    Does anyone make a remote that takes advantage of the CIR (infra red) built into the front of the GX640? had an old HP laptop that had an IR remote which stored in the expresscard slot when it wasn't being used. is there anything like that available for the GX640?
     
    turbochris, Jun 8, 2010
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  2. kosti

    kosti Notebook Virtuoso

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    You should be able to use any media center remote, including of course the express card sized ones. They make some bluetooth ones which will probably be better than IR since you don't need to worry about the line-of-sight thing.
     
    kosti, Jun 8, 2010
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    turbochris Notebook Guru

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    I tried one, nothing happened. Does media center have to be running? Does 7 even have media center?
     
    turbochris, Jun 9, 2010
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    kosti Notebook Virtuoso

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    The version that came with the laptop definitely has media center. I tried it with my Logitech Harmony remote and couldn't get it to work either. There is also very little info on this when I do a Google search. I'm sure one of the Bluetooth ones will work though.
     
    kosti, Jun 9, 2010
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  5. Genna

    Genna Notebook Evangelist

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    You can try this one. Link
    I'm planing to test it too, when have some time.
     
    Genna, Jun 10, 2010
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    bossier330 Notebook Consultant

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    That looks awesome. I'll try that later today.
     
    bossier330, Jun 10, 2010
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