media portal and antec fusion remote

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kiwi00

7 posts

Wannabe Geek

#29815 20-Jan-2009 14:13

Hi all

think there are some people on here that run media portal on their HTPC. If so do any of you also use an antec fusion remote case. Need to figure out a way to get the built in lcd display and remote to work with media portal if i can.

Cheers for any help :-)

MrAlan

98 posts

Master Geek

#190879 20-Jan-2009 19:12

yup I have that setup. works fine.

FreddyK

84 posts

Master Geek

#190881 20-Jan-2009 19:33

Works a treat, but be aware that you are restricted to the use of MCE remotes or compatables. Also, the tripple-tap feature does not work with this case. ie. if you search for something, you can only display numbers from the keypad ... not the letters. If you can handle those downfalls, then you will find the case software is very configurable.

MediaBox - CASE: Antec Fusion V2 with 430W ATX PSU, MOTHERBOARD: Foxconn 6150K8MA-8KRS , CPU: AMD64 X2 4200+ with fanless Scythe Ninja Mini cooler, RAM: 2 Gig DDR400, HDD: 1 X 1Tb & 2 X 320Gb, TV TUNER: 1x Hauppauge WinTV Nova T 500 HD card & 1x Hauppauge WinTV-PVR150MCE, VIDEOCARD: XFX 8500GT passive cooling, DISPLAY: Panasonic TX32LX700A LCD TV, SOUND: Logitech Z-5500, SOFTWARE: Windows 7 Ultimate x86.

kiwi00

7 posts

Wannabe Geek

#190996 21-Jan-2009 11:00

thanks guys. Just wondered how you set the system up then. Far as i can see the remote that comes with the case is not MCE compatable?. Any help in setup would be really appreciated..for both integrating the lcd display and the remote

Cheers

FreddyK

84 posts

Master Geek

#191183 22-Jan-2009 00:11

I had to purchase a remote separately since none came with my case. Have they started supplying remotes with them now? If that is whats happening now, then I would be surprised if the remote they supply isnt MCE compatable since one is required to work with the case ... unless they've moved away from the SoundGraphs iMON VFD solution?

EDIT: Ah, sorry. After a bit of snooping around I found the Antec Fusion Remote is marketed as a case with remote control. Still, it says its MCE compatable so no there shouldnt be any problems other than those I commented on eariler.