HP remote is really good for HTPC, it works great even without line of sight, quiality is decent, and feels nice in hand. I tried some other noname remotes, but they all fell apart. This one is worth the money.
I spent some time figuring out how to adjust my remote to fit my requirements and usefulness so I decided to share my XBMC keyboard.xml and registry fix with the world. See at the bottom of the post for link to zip file.
There are three HP MCE models, but the hardware in it is ALMOST the same (there are differences in few buttons), my models are 2 and three, and configuration is made for model 2, on model 3 buttons 1 and 20 does not work properly:
When I first got HP remote I was using http://xbmccustomregis.sourceforge.net/, but I’ve adjusted it to my needs:
My custom configuration follows (actual keyboard shortcuts):
1 – close active window (xbmc, windows, emulator, etc) (alt+f4)
2 – fullscreen/windowed mode
3 – open music
4 – open favorites
5 – change subtitles position
6 – open tv shows
7 – up, down, left, right
8 – swap subtitle/language/disable
9 – back (backspace)
10 – video/music OSD info
11 – start XBMC
12 – windows volume
13 – windows mute
14 – record
15 – play
16 – rewind
17 – previous
18 – numbers and letters (like on mobile phone)
19 – clear screen, exit emulator (esc)
20 – LED indicator
21 – subtitles
22 – pictures
23 – videos
24 – tv
25 – ok (enter)
26 – switch windows (alt+tab)
27 – menu/left click
28 – video zoom, or music fast forward/rewind (page up/page down)
29 – eject
30 – pause
31 – forward
32 – next
33 – stop
34 – ok (enter)
You can download configuration, tools and documentation here:
—> HP MCE custom settings and tools download <—
HTPC specifications (12/2013):
- Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced
- Gigabyte GA-H77N-WIFI
- Intel Pentium G2030, cpu-world specifications link
- HP Windows Media Center remote, ebay link
- 2x4GB DDR3 Corsair memory
- 4 TB SATA Seagate, storage
- 640 GB SATA WD, OS
- 500 GB SATA Hitachi, temp, cache
- 2 x USB PS2 like gamepads
- Logitech v470 Cordless Mouse for Bluetooth
- Logitech Wireless Keyboard K270
- Sony KDL-42W807A
08.04.2014. Updated configuration to work with XBMC V13, but v12 configuration is still in the same zip file.