Automatically launching Windows Media Player without touching any of the QuickPlay keys. Want to disable the QuickPlay keys

SETTING UP THE REMOTE
1. Push the tab and lift
off the battery
cover.
2. Fit four AAA
batteries, taking
care to match the +
and - marks in the
battery
compartment.
BATTERY SAVER
Your UR81A remote automatically "timesout"
if the keys are pressed for more than
two minutes. This will save your batteries
should your remote get stuck in a place
where the keys remain depressed (e.g.,
between the sofa cushions).
CODE SAVER (IMPORTANT)
You have up to 90 seconds to change
the batteries in your remote without losing
codes you have programmed. However,
do not press any buttons until batteries
are installed in the remote. If buttons are
pressed without batteries in the remote,
all codes will be lost.

SETTING UP THE RECEIVER
Shut down your PC. Plug the cord on the
MR26A Receiver into the serial port on
your PC. Locate the receiver as far away
from your PC and your monitor as its
cord allows. Reboot your PC (turn it on).
The red LED power indicator on the
receiver should be on.
SETTING UP THE SOFTWARE
NOTE: X10's BOOM software lets you
control an MP3 player application from
the UR81A Remote. It works with
WinAmp, RealJukeBox, MusicMatch,
Windows Media Player, etc. which you
must previously have installed. It also
controls a DVD player and CD player in
your PC.

1. Download the BOOM software from:
http://www.x10.com/software
2. Launch the installer.
3. Follow the instructions in the installer.
After installation is complete the Boom
software automatically launches and
picture window.

4. Right- click on the BOOM window
and select applications for each of the
modes (i.e. MP3, CD, DVD). Note, if
you don't have any DVD or CD
application, leave the selection box
blank or set it to the same application
as a previous selection. i.e. in the
window below there was no DVD
player installed so it was left the same
as the Windows Media Player

5. Click the OK button to save the
choices.
You are now ready to use the remote.
To launch an application:
Press the PC button.
Then select the appropriate mode (MP3,
DVD, or CD) by pressing 1, 2, or 3. The
Media shown in the Boom window
changes to MP3, DVD, or CD,
depending on which button you pressed.

First of all, you can't rotate a video without some expensive software installed on your computer and even then, the results will be poor at best. Download Quicktime from Apple to play your video...it's a free download.

Make a new folder, put the movie in it, put the subtitles in it and nothing else,  make sure its name is EXACTLY the same as the movie file with a different extension of course, launch WMP and go to that folder, select and launch the movie - the subtitles will be automatically loaded.

i have same problem. Only wirelles button work. I dont know what to do? Is there any solution for this ? Is this hardware or software problem ?

Hi there
The Hotkeys only work exclusively with windows media player.


Good luck and thanks for using Fixya!!!

If you have:

1. Your Windows installation disc
2. The drivers disc for your computer
3. The QuickPlay software

You may want to visit this link: http://www.connpost.com/techbits/ci_6359128

Hallow Dear,

Please use this link to download Drivers for your PC (20M)

XP/Vista - ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp38501-39000/sp38688.exe

Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Starter 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise 64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Edition

This Will Completely Solve your Prob; if there is no any internal Hardware Problems with Quick Lunch Buttons

(I feel there is no any coz u mention about Ding Sound. That mean your system is recognizing your key input & all you need is Just program those keys – above setup will do that)

** If you didn’t solve your prob; my advice is take your lap to a good technician with component level Repair skills.

Thank you & Best Regards
Dinu….

Disable the automatic synchronization option in Windows Media Player. Go to www.microsoft.com and enter either "automatic synchronization windows media player" or "manual synchronization windows media player" as you search term for click-by-click directions with pictures.

Short version: Connect mp3 player to computer, highlight sync tab, click on little black arrow and bring down drop-down menu, click on Set Up Sync, uncheck box that says "automatically synchronize blah blah blah"...

-Tha Mp3 Doctor

Windows uses autorun or autoplay to detect removable discs such as cds and dvds.

Some cd and dvdroms, especially software installers, have an autorun.inf file which forces the disc to start.

Firstly Autoplay. Your media player may have been set to disable this function so your discs do not automatically run. Or you may have several suitable media players installed, but you haven't set one as your default player. Make sure you choose a default player, then set it to automatically run when a disc is inserted.

Secondly, you should be able to manually run the disc by going to My Computer then left click the dvd or cd drive. You may be prompted to select a player or program to run the disc.

Thirdly, "autorun" may have been disabled in registry.
You can check this by looking at the following key in registry.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDriveAutoRun
This will be followed by Bit 0 for drive A and Bit 1 for drive B etc. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS, DO NOT TOUCH REGISTRY!!!

Fourthly, as kykeaton says, you may have a faulty drive.






autorun may have been deliberately disabled in registry.