Media Center Remote Instructions

Install J. River Media Center

• Download J. River Media Center (Version 14.0.65 or above)

Choose the Wizard

• From the first page of MC's Tools/Options/Remote Control, choose Next. You will be stepped through the process of adding the ability to control your amplifier or TV. If you don't do this, the Media Center Remote will still be able to control Media Center when in Theater View.

Or Edit a Single Command

• In Media Center, choose Tools / Options / Remote control dialog. Make sure the transceiver device you are using is activated -- check it in the list of devices. The "MCE Remote" device is selected by default and will handle Microsoft and most compatible transceiver devices.

• The command list has commonly used commands in Media Center, such as music listening, and TV and video viewing.

• You can add new commands, or you can delete or rename existing ones to make the list suit your needs.

• Each command in the list may be assigned to a single button on your Universal Remote.

• To do this, click the "Start Learning" button in the dialog. The text on this button will change to "Stop Learning" and the top command in the list will show "Learning..." in the right-hand column.

• Press the button on the remote that corresponds to the command. The word "Learning" text be replaced by the learned code, and the next command will be ready to learn.

• If you don't want to learn a command, click on the next command in the list that you'd like to learn.

• When you're done, click the "Stop Learning" button.

• You can modify the actions performed by a command. By default, most commands will execute a single "MCC" command within Media Center such as "Play", "Pause", "Mute", or "Fast forward".

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