MCE 2005 Remote

[jettman]

I have a MCE 2005 remote. The volume buttons don't work with Sage for me.
Any ideas?
The channel up and down works fine. I don't want to use girder.

Also, can the other buttons like DVD and Live TV work w/Sage?

[Mahoney]

I have a MCE 2005 remote. The volume buttons don't work with Sage for me.
Any ideas?

They are programmable to a TV remote's volume control, in which case they won't do PC volume; perhaps a previous owner did this? A search on the web might reveal instructions on how to reset to the default.

I don't want to use girder.

Also, can the other buttons like DVD and Live TV work w/Sage?

Only if you use Girder or someting similar. You can use Girder for just those buttons, that's what I do - all the ones that work out of the box I've left alone.

[jettman]

What is Girder? Is it just software or is it hardware too?

[gplasky]

Girder is just software. But the volume up/down work fine for me with Sage and MCE 2005 remote. Did you remap the volume keys in Sage?

Gerry

[jettman]

I got the volume controls to work for my PC.
When I looked at Girder, there are a couple different versions.
Girder 3.3
Girder 4 Standard
Girder 4 Pro

Will all of these versions work for me to map the other remote keys to Sage?

[blade]

If you're using a usb-uirt with your MCE remote then you don't need girder. I don't know about the receiver that comes with the remote, I never could get mine to work and girder looked like more trouble than it was worth (for me at least). So I just picked up a usb-uirt.

I have the same remote you do and have every button on it mapped to a Sage Function.