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xbox remote not working on newer elite?

  • 18-06-2010 11:24pm
    #1
    ianflynn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭


    got the universal remote, works perfectly with my tv, just not my xbox! its infra red so the pairing button doesnt come into it. any suggestions?


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  • #2
    Jimbobjoeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 807 ✭✭✭Jimbobjoeyman


    ianflynn wrote: »
    got the universal remote, works perfectly with my tv, just not my xbox! its infra red so the pairing button doesnt come into it. any suggestions?
    get a microsoft one


  • #3
    hightower1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭hightower1


    ianflynn wrote: »
    got the universal remote, works perfectly with my tv, just not my xbox! its infra red so the pairing button doesnt come into it. any suggestions?

    Nearly all tv remotes are infra red. In fact nearly all remotes for media equipment are infra red, good universal remotes will have a learn function where you set it to learning mode, point the xbox remote your replacing at the universal remote , press the button you want to universal remote to learn and presto. No codes needed as the universal is learning the freq direct from the old remote. Only pain is you need to do this for every function the old remote had.


  • #4
    ianflynn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭ianflynn


    Jimbobjoeyman wrote: »
    get a microsoft one
    it IS a microsoft one. :rolleyes:
    dieu%20khien%20xbox%20360.jpg
    hightower1 wrote: »
    Nearly all tv remotes are infra red. In fact nearly all remotes for media equipment are infra red, good universal remotes will have a learn function where you set it to learning mode, point the xbox remote your replacing at the universal remote , press the button you want to universal remote to learn and presto. No codes needed as the universal is learning the freq direct from the old remote. Only pain is you need to do this for every function the old remote had.
    its working for the tv as it should, but the xbox itself doesnt respond to it.


  • #5
    Shammy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭Shammy


    The remotes are sometimes like the mic's (lips) sometimes they just wont sync to the xbox.


  • #6
    cython
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,772 ✭✭✭cython


    Shammy wrote: »
    The remotes are sometimes like the mic's (lips) sometimes they just wont sync to the xbox.

    For IR remotes as the poster pictured, there should be no syncing necessary, as it is not a constant connection. The IR receiver on the console simply responds to appropriate signals on the right frequency as and when they arise/are received from any remote in range/line-of-sight. For example, do you ever hear of remotes for TV's/DVD players having to be synced to them? No, because it's not necessary. The only thing close is having to program universal remotes, but the remote the OP is talking about are meant to work with the xbox with no programming.


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  • #7
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    ianflynn wrote: »
    it IS a microsoft one. :rolleyes:
    dieu%20khien%20xbox%20360.jpg

    its working for the tv as it should, but the xbox itself doesnt respond to it.

    You sure it's not a knockoff one?


  • #8
    xsiborg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,635 ✭✭✭xsiborg


    this may sound so SO stupidly simple, but it took me a few minutes to realise the xbox actually had IR sensor underneath the drive, i had it inadvertently blocked, so there was no line of sight.

    then i also figured out that pressing the TV button switches between TV mode and xbox mode, the xbox controls wont work while the remote is in tv mode.


  • #9
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    Under the drive? The IR receiver is located on the front of the console where the CD tray and power button is


  • #10
    xsiborg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,635 ✭✭✭xsiborg


    TouchingVirus wrote: »
    Under the drive? The IR receiver is located on the front of the console where the CD tray and power button is

    yes sorry, i meant the DVD drive, or the slot for the DVD drive (CD tray), not the hard drive as my post may have implied... :o

    Thanks for clearing that one up Touching V... ;)


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