Windows 10: Using an old laptop as TV box with remote control

Hello. Before I ask my main question, I would like to tell you my problem. My wife did the mistake to show my father-in-law Netflix and of course he wanted to watch it on his large TV. But the TV is not a smart model. I thought I could fix it with a small TV box running Android 7 and connected to the TV with HDMI. Yes, Netflix worked with the TV box until my father-in-law complained it was in English only without any way to change the language or at least making subtitles larger. I thought I could just upgrade to the last Netflix version and sure enough, the language was automatically changed to Greek. Still no way to make subtitles larger, but they were better than the previous version. Unfortunately, this version required a mouse to work! You could not control it with the remote control!

At this point I would like to ask, do you know of any patch or other workaround to control Netflix with the remote control?

In order to save myself listening to my father-in-law complaining he doesn't like to use a mouse, I installed the old version back and explained he has to live with this.

And here comes my main question. I have an old laptop running Windows 10 that I can connect to the TV. Is there any way to control it with a remote control? I remember Windows Vista and 7 had Windows Media Center and you could use a special remote control. What about Windows 10? Are there any special remotes and software to use it similarly? I do have the Media Center remote control, but I would rather not give it to my father-in-law. Any third party solutions? Assuming I connect the USB receiver and I use the remote control, how can I control Netflix and YouTube?

Thanks a lot!

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Laptop not recognizing TV through HDMI connection

Hello everyone!

First I do apologize if this is not the correct section for this thread.

I've had issues connecting my laptop to TV for the past day. Connection is done through an HDMI cable. Connection was good up until it randomly turned off itself while playing a game. There have been no hardware or software changes whatsoever that would affect it.

TV is SAMSUNG, Model: UE32J4000AW. Laptop info is available in My PC Specs. (laptop is brand new, week or two old)

Here's what I've tried so far:

• 3 different HDMI cables
• switching between ports on TV
• tried all projection options on Laptop
• Disable / Enable both Intel and Nvidia drivers
• Rollback Intel GPU driver and installed it back to latest version
• Re-installed Nvidia driver
• Restarted PC and TV
• Scan for hardware changes through Device Manager
• Checked Intel and Nvidia control panels - there were no available options
• Apparently both HDMI ports on the TV work as I tried them with a tv box.

I think that's all I've tried so far, will add anything else if missed. Open to suggestions.

 

N80 Remote control for TV

google with symbian s60 tv remote control 3rd will help you

for example, Psiloc Infrared Remote Control for Series 60

Not sure about exactly S60 3rd edition, but it's very easy to investigate

hth, alexey

 

n70 tv remote control

Hi I install a tv remote control software for my N70?!!I know it has no IR but many friends of me have installed this kind of software on their N70.Thanks!!