
Media Center can use this hardware to send IR signals to control other devices. JRiver offers the Media Center Remote - an MCE Remote, an IR transceiver, and an IR emitter in a convenient package of hardware. These include keyboards and some MCE remotes. MC14 improved support for Media Center Remotes and introduced support for HID devices to be used as remotes. These usually have a Green Button that can start Media Center (either JRiver or Microsoft). MC13 introduced support for Windows Media Center Edition (MCE) remotes.

Media Center Remote, shown below, is available from JRiver.Tremote is JRiver Media Center itself, running as a remote for another copy of MC.It is a web app that MC22 or above provides when you connect to MC with a browser from any device. Panel requires no app installation on your phone or tablet. Gizmo, shown below, is an Android application that controls MC.The JRiver forum now has a board devoted to Remotes. 1.8 Plasma5 Panel Remote for MediaCenter.1 Native support for remotes, including.The Chromecast Audio does need external power, a power supply is provided in the box. This is great for those that always suffer from flat phone batteries at the end of the day. The music is not sent through your smart device so you can put it in stand-by or even switch it off as soon as the music plays. And in contrast with Apple TV, you point the Chromecast Audio towards a source and have it play directly from that source. Like the video variant, Chromecast Audio is designed to be controlled from a tablet of smartphone running Android or iOS. It promises audio streaming over wifi and thus at an higher bandwidth than is possible with Bluetooth. You can also use an optional 3.5 mm jack to stereo RCA cable for analogue or an optical mini-TOSlink to TOSlink cable for digital. It connects to an amp or active speaker, using the supplied 14 cm short 3.5 mm jack to 3.5 mm jack cable. It was the audio version viewers wanted my judgement on. At the end of 2015 Google introduced a second generation and added an audio version, both costing € 39. When Google introduced their first Chromecast device in 2014, I was impressed with both the simplicity in use and the picture quality - for as far as that can be judged by internet video.

The Google Chromecast Audio is very easy to install, easy to use, very affordable and yet, waisted money as far as I’m concerned.
