Can I program my MCE remote to off/on TV

[rdefino]

I have a Sagetv Client connected to my 50in Plasma and I'm using a MCE remote. Is there a way to program the remote to turn the tv off and on? It does have a TV button?

Thanks

[blade]

Yes, the TV and volume buttons are capable of learning.

Q. How do you program the Windows MCE remote to control other equipment. like your TV or amplifier?
A. To program buttons on the remote control using the learning feature
1. Place the remote control for Media Center PC head to head (2 to 3 inches apart) with the remote from which it is learning.
2. On the remote control for Media Center PC, press and hold the DVD MENU and OK buttons at the same time until the remote control lights turn off (2 seconds).
3. On the remote control for Media Center PC, press and release the TV, VOL+, or VOL- button, depending on which command you want it to learn.
4. On the remote control that is teaching the command, press and hold the button that you want the corresponding button on the remote control for Media Center PC to learn.
The remote control for Media Center PC lights blink twice to confirm the selection.
If the remote did not learn the command, the lights blink quickly four times. To try again, repeat steps 1 through 4.
To restore the default remote control settings:
1. Press and hold the DVD MENU button and the LEFT navigation button at the same time until the remote control for Media Center PC lights turn off.
2. Press the OK button.
The remote control for Media Center PC lights blink twice to confirm that the buttons have been reset. The TV button will have no command assigned to it and the VOL+ and VOL- buttons will adjust the Media Center PC volume.

Taken from here. Personally I have mine programmed to turn the TV on and off and control the volume on the TV instead of the computer.

[SHIRLEY]

can we do the same thing with the regiler Hauppauge WinTV 150 (not the mce) in some way? thanks, shir

[Motofreak75]

if you have the Philips made MCE remote then yes you can reprogram the tv power and volume controls with the post above. But there is alot of fake/no name remotes that looks the same that can not be.

[SHIRLEY]

i see but i got the orginal Hauppauge WinTV 150 with this remote i cant do that?

[ke6guj]

Nope, the original 34 and 45-button hauppauge remotes aren't reprogramable.