Front Row wont recognize remote

[tjcampbell]

Hi friends,

Any idea on this one.

I have a Core Duo MBP and it does not recognize my front row remote.

I press Apple Esc and Front Row begins. So yes, the program is there.

I tried pairing it with the IR but maybe it was going wrong because nothing happened.

I pointed it at the sensor and held both the Menu and the Next/Ffwd button for five seconds as stated on the apple site. Nothing happened. Tried this a few times. Maybe the remotes a dead one? I hadn't tried to use my front row until today.

I also went into the security section of system preferences and made sure that the disable IR was not checked.

Cheers, Tom

 

[Sean7512]

It is possible that the remote's battery is dead. Try changing it, and then see...If that doesn't work, call Apple. I'm sure they'll replace it.

 

[tjcampbell]

It is possible that the remote's battery is dead.

Any idea how to change it or what sort of battery it takes? Cheers, tom

 

[balamw]

Any idea how to change it or what sort of battery it takes? Cheers, tom

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302543

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[tjcampbell]

Score! Nice one. Cheers, tom

 

[hqsbud]

Did it work? When I got my MBP, my remote didn't work. I popped in a working battery from my daughter's remote, and it still didn't work. So I took a small screwdriver and bent the battery contacts in slightly to sort of squeeze the battery better. Ever since then, it worked.