Microsoft Remote Control and Receiver for Media Center PC with Windows (A9O-00007)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 11.6 x 5.7 inches ; 3.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00066FIO6
• Item model number: A9O-00007
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,962 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 1, 2005

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Conveniently access your digital entertainment with one remote control. Enjoy the freedom to control your Windows Media Center PC from up to 20 feet away. The on-screen menus are specially designed for remote control interaction. Never miss a moment of your favorite programs—pause and rewind live TV, or record an entire TV episode, series, or category. Shuffle your entire music collection according to artist or genre. Tune in FM stations and even pause live radio. Browse, zoom, pan, or print your pictures by using the remote. Remote buttons glow in the dark for ease of use while watching TV in the dark.

Features and Benefits

• Friendly Media Center Menus
• Watch TV When and How You Want
• Manage Your Music
• Edit Your Digital Photos and Videos
• Backlit Buttons

Product Description

This is not a universal remote control. This remote will only work with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center operating systems.You will feel right at home by using familiar, intuitive controls for all your digital entertainment experiences. The remote control sends command information to the connected infrared (IR) sensor from up to 20 feet away. You can power your TV and Media Center with one remote. The friendly Media Center on-screen menus are specially designed for remote control interaction, delivering a fun, engaging, and integrated digital media experience.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rare Microsoft product that achieves perfection, December 1, 2008

By	D. Bartels "Writer of Reviews" (Springfield) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been using this remote for over three years and am in the market for a replacement (it has taken a beating in that time and is only now starting to show its age). The remote has been a pleasant surprise because, unlike so many Microsoft products, it lacks annoying flaws. The remote is somewhat small compared to typical A/V remotes, but it has a nice heft, and the curved shape is more comfortable than the square brick offered by other manufacturers. Batteries last a long time and the back-lit buttons are easy to find. Most important, however, is that the layout of the buttons is logical and natural -- the most frequently used buttons fall right below the sweep of the thumb when the remote is nestled in the palm. (It was only after using a Linksys remote, designed for its current media center extender, that I appreciated how well-designed this remote is; the Linksys remote is a disaster, placing all of the most important buttons at the bottom so that the remote has to be uncomfortably gripped by the end in order to operate the device.) If only Microsoft could get the designer of this remote to weigh in on its other products.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Plug and play -- for real, November 5, 2007

By	Gerald W. Spahn "american in europe" (france) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I plugged it into my vista home premium system and it worked, can't ask for more than that.
My wife hated controlling movies and music on the keyboard, and the kids can control their DVD's now.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great remote for MCE, October 24, 2007

By	Mitch S. (Bartlett, TN) - See all my reviews

If you own an MCE2005 PC, you can't live without this remote. Don't listen to the other n00b who doesn't get it :P.
I've been using this remote for months without a single problem and the button layout is fine. I use it by touch all day long.