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I am probably doing something stupid but I'm stuck. I have been using this unbranded MCE remote with my Firetv with no problems. The remote works both in the FTV menus and with XBMC. I decided to "upgrade" and use a standard MCE remote because of the button mappings. So bought this "regular" MCE remote. I plugin the new ir receiver in and power on the FireTv and no keys work with the normal FTV menus or with XBMC (13.1). I then try the new remote/receiver with a Windows XBMC system and a Chrombox using Openelec and it works just fine. I also try one of my old school MCE remotes and it doesn't work with the FTV either. Yet it works fine with both of my other XBMC systems (Windows and Openelec). Can anyone think of why the cheap unbranded remote works but neither of the 2 "regular" MCE remotes don't work at all with the FTV. Also with the older MCE remote the "talk back" led flashes when I press a button but nothing happens regardless of the key that is pressed. I do understand the unbranded remote emulates key presses and acts different than the other 2 MCE remotes. But I cant figure out why I can't get a known working MCE remote to work with the FTV. If I have read the wiki correctly it should be just plug n play. I can provide a debug log if necessary but I don't think the problem is with XBMC related since the MCE remotes don't work in the FTVs menus before I even launch XBMC. Thanks in advance for the help.

Jay

Sorry to bump my post but I am really stumped. I just did a factory reset on the Firetv (thinking that this might help), unplugged the power cord, plugged in the MCE receiver, and plugged the power cord back in. Still I can't get either of the MCE remotes to work, even just using the FireTV menus. Yet they both work fine in Windows and Openelec on a Chromebox. And yet the unbranded cheap remote still works. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Jay

The reason your new remotes do not work and your old remote does(Like you said) is that the new remotes are actual mce remotes. They don't send keyboard presses. Your old remote, instead of getting certified as a rc6 mce remote it just mapped the buttons to keyboard keys that corresponds to actions in windows media center. So the firetv just thinks its a keyboard thus it works as good as one. But the newer remotes have no drivers installed. It will not work on any android system but will on linux , and windows. Try it on a mac, it wont work but the old one will. It will never work.

I know about the keyboard press stuff. But the xbmc firetv wiki states that "MCE (IR) remote - 2nd generation works. Turn on the Fire TV after plugging in the IR receiver and it should work." . And I have seen in other forums that it is just supposed to work without any extra drivers or anything. Is anyone able to get the "regular rc6" mce remote to work with the firetv? Thanks