X10 Remotes

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1. Driver Required
2. About RF channel control
3. Configuration
4. Default Mapping for Medion remotes

X10 remotes are a famility more than one remote.

MediaPortal supports several different types of X10 remotes. One type is very popular in Germany as it's distributed by Medion with the famous "ALDI-PC". Also ATI uses the X10 hardware for their AIW remotes. The Mapping may differ slightly from type to type.

Note: ATI users should disable all ATI software before using your ATI X10 remote with MP. This is because the ATI software will catch some events like volume handling which can't be done by MP then or will be executed two times.

Driver Required

You must have a driver installed to use an X10 remote. You can try with your currently installed driver, but if the remote doesn't work as expected in ANY way please try installing the driver mentioned below first. This driver should definitely work!

About RF channel control

As the X10 remotes use RF technology their operating range is a lot higher than with infrared (IR) remotes. So if you want to use more than one remote in a certain area it is useful to control MP only by remotes sending their data on a certain channel. This way you can be sure that MP is only controlled by the right remote.

Configuration

Use X10 remote - select to enable X10 remote
Then select the model you wish to use - select the one closest to your model (or use the IRSS plugin which supports more profiles)
- Medion model
- Ati model
- Firefly model
- other
Learn -
Extended Logging - provides additional information in the MediaPortal.log file much like the Debug Logging option for MediaPortal
Use RF channel Control - if you have more remotes (development PC and HTPC for example) you can even change the RF channel
Status - displays a message if your X10 driver is not installed
Click here to download the X10 remote driver - a driver is required for the X10, use the link to download and then install it

Default Mapping for Medion remotes

TV: Jump directly to MP's TV section
VCR: Direct Jump to the guide
DVD: Jump to MP's videos section
Music, Radio, Photo: Jump to Music, Radio, Pictures
TV Preview: Jump to MP's home screen
Channel List: In directory listings: Parent dir, In TV: last viewed channel
S: Don't use this key, it's used for RF channel setup. See your remote's manual!
Video Desktop: Change aspect ratio
Channel + / Channel -
Volume + Volume - Mute
Red Button
Green Button
Yellow Button
Blue Button
TXT
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0
Ch. Search
Delete (<-)
Rename
Snapshot
Arrow Up Arrow Down Arrow Left Arrow Right OK
Acquire Image
Edit Image
Rewind
Play
Forward
Record
Stop
Pause
Prev. Item
Fullscreen
Next Item
DVD Menu
Off Button
DVD Audio