SageTV User's Guide

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Indirect control
Indirect remote control involves using the remote’s receiver with another program, which
receives codes from the remote and then sends the appropriate command to SageTV. Examples
of this style of remote control include using the Hauppauge remote and software, the Streamzap
remote and software, or just about any remote and receiver with a third-party control program
such as Girder (www.promixis.com).
SageTV is preconfigured to use the SageTV remote with the SageTV HD extenders, or the
Hauppauge and Streamzap remotes with their original software. For details on how they are
configured, see the layouts of those remotes in the appendix, where there is also information
regarding customizing those remotes. For basic usage, they function similarly to using the
keyboard: use the arrow buttons to navigate, and the OK button to select the currently
highlighted menu item. In Appendix E: Remote Controls, see:
SageTV STP-HD300 Remote Control Layout
SageTV STX-HD100 and STP-HD200 Remote Control Layout
SageTV Preconfigured 34 button Hauppauge Remote Control Commands
SageTV Preconfigured 45 button Hauppauge Remote Control Commands
SageTV Preconfigured Streamzap Remote Control Commands
Direct Control
Direct remote control involves using an IR receiver that SageTV supports so that SageTV can
receive the remote codes directly and act on them without having to use another program to send
the commands to SageTV. SageTV can use the USB-UIRT (www.usbuirt.com) or Evation’s
IRMan (www.evation.com) to directly receive codes from an infrared remote control device.
This will require that you configure how you want SageTV to react to every button you wish to
use on the remote. For details on that procedure, please see the Link Infrared/Keystroke to
SageTV Command option in Detailed Setup.
The SageTV Media Extenders all come with a remote that can be used to control SageTV while
using an extender. See Appendix M: SageTV Media Extenders.
Entering Text via Remote Control
The number pad on a remote can be used to enter text. For details, see Numeric Text Input.
Global Menu Features
All menus consist of a header at the top of the screen, a footer at the bottom, with the menu
choices displayed on the rest of the screen between the header and footer. Some portions of the
menu areas may only be selected by left-clicking on them with the mouse – such hot-spots are
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