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• Install and configure QuickGuide for MCE 2005

  I get a lot of people asking for help on how to install and configure QuickGuide for MCE 2005. QuickGuide enables you to use the MCE 2005 Electronic Programme Guide in unsupported countries, where there is no native EPG support.The guide you see below... Posted May 07 2006, 06:07 PM by Chris with Filed under: Articles, Hacks & Mods, EPG, QuickGuide

• Finding analogue TV broadcast frequencies for MCE 2005

  For those of you need to setup MCE 2005 using an antenna, this is for you. We are going to step through the options you have to get the all important frequency data and registry keys that MCE requires to view the TV signal for your area. Remember, no... Posted May 04 2006, 04:48 PM by Chris with Filed under: Articles

• Install MCE 2005 on Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional

  I have installed MCE 2005 on my PC at home that is running a standard copy of Windows XP Professional. This is not my main MCE machine as I have a dedicated MCE machine that resides in my lounge and is used to watch TV, record TV, watch DVD's, videos... Posted Apr 21 2006, 09:22 AM by Chris with Filed under: Articles, Hacks & Mods

• Analogue TV signal issues

  South Africa is blessed to have public to air broadcasts. We have free channels that we have to pay for (it’s the right thing to do) and we have more ads per half hour show than actual content. On top of that we generally have poor broadcast coverage... Posted Mar 28 2006, 10:24 AM by Chris with Filed under: Articles, Tips & Tricks

• Keyboard shortcuts for MCE 2005

  Below is a list of keyboard shortcuts for use withing MCE 2005. You won't need most of these if you have the remote keyboard but they are good to keep handy anyway. To: Turn up volume Press: F10 To: Turn down volume Press: F9 To: Mute volume Press... Posted Mar 26 2006, 04:49 PM by Chris with Filed under: Articles, Tips & Tricks

• How to program the buttons on your MCE remote

  The newer versions of the official MCE remotes have the ability to control other hardware in addition to Media Center. You can program the TV button and the Volume buttons. Most likely you would want to control the On/Off function on your TV and the volume... Posted Mar 22 2006, 06:13 AM by Chris with Filed under: Articles, Tips & Tricks

• MCE 2005 shutdown menu options

  In MCE 2005 Microsoft introduced more options when the power icon (on the main window) is pressed. Unfortunately, the power icon is a bit of a pain to navigate to. You have to go to the main window by pressing the green button on the MCE remote, press... Posted Mar 22 2006, 04:23 AM by Chris with Filed under: Articles, Tips & Tricks

• Archiving your recorded TV shows into other formats

  One of the BIG problems with MCE is that it is limited to only using the DVR-MS file format to save recorded TV shows. This is not yet a widely recognized and supported format and means you’re stuck to only using MCE or Windows Media Player 10 to view... Posted Mar 16 2006, 04:08 AM by Chris with Filed under: Articles, Tips & Tricks

• Install and configure SmartGuide for MCE 2005

  I get a lot of people asking for help on how to install and configure SmartGuide for MCE 2005. SmartGuide, together with WebGuide2 enables you to use the MCE 2005 Electronic Programme Guide in unsupported countries, where there is no native EPG support... Posted Mar 11 2006, 11:09 AM by Chris with Filed under: Articles, Hacks & Mods

• Getting WebGuide2 to work with your own XMLTV files

  I have seen a few people on various other MCE and PVR related forums asking how to use WebGuide2 with your own XMLTV files, mainly as SmartGuide uses WebGuide2 as a data source to update the MCE 2005 Electronic Programme Guide . Well, here is a process... Posted Mar 11 2006, 11:03 AM by Chris with Filed under: Articles, Hacks & Mods

• Stream DivX and Xvid to a MCE extender with Transcode 360

  The one major let down of the XBOX 360’s media capabilities is the lack of DivX / Xvid support. I’ve read articles explaining the reasons for it, copyright materials, unlicensed codecs etc etc, but the fact is that the 360 just cannot be an all in one... Posted Mar 11 2006, 11:00 AM by Duncan with Filed under: Articles, Tips & Tricks

• Enable automatic logon to Windows from within MCE 2005

  It seems very few people know how to enable an automatic logon to their Media Center 2005 PC from within the Media Center application. If you have a password set for the username that you use to login to your MCE then you can use the following steps to... Posted Mar 08 2006, 10:20 AM by Chris with Filed under: Articles, Tips & Tricks

• Share recorded TV between 2 MCE 2005 machines

  I have 2 MCE machines at home. The main one in the lounge, which is our 'media hub' and another in my study, which is also my PC to do the normal stuff anyone else does with these lovely little things. I have MCE 2005 installed on both machines... Posted Mar 07 2006, 05:15 PM by Chris with Filed under: Articles, Tips & Tricks

• Enable the TV menu on a MCE 2005 PC without a TV tuner card

  Use this registry file to enable the TV menu in MCE 2005 if you don't have a TV tuner card installed. This is useful if you, like me, installed MCE on another PC and want to watch and delete the Recorded TV on your main MCE machine. Save the attached... Posted Mar 07 2006, 05:13 PM by Chris with Filed under: Articles, Tips & Tricks

• How to access network content from a MCE extender

  I have a PC running Windows XP Media Center 2005. I recently purchased a Media Center Extender for the XBOX and played around with it this weekend. So far I am impressed with it and everthing works 100% except for one thing: I found it immposible to get... Posted Mar 07 2006, 05:12 PM by Chris with Filed under: Articles, Tips & Tricks

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