Remote Wonder II won't work
My Remote Wonder II doesn't work, no matter what I do. I can still get
the original RW to work, but not RW2. The one I have has a round base unit with no light on it (unlike the original, which has a light). When I load the RW2 software, reboot, and plug in the base unit, Windows XP recognizes that base unit, but the icon doesn't load in the system tray (if I then plug in the original RW base unit, the icon does load). I recently reloaded XP and all my programs onto a clean system but still could not get RW2 to work. I've tried various suggestions I've seen on the Web but not work for me. Any suggestions? Thanks. |
"JD" wrote in message
... My Remote Wonder II doesn't work, no matter what I do. I can still get the original RW to work, but not RW2. The one I have has a round base unit with no light on it (unlike the original, which has a light). When I load the RW2 software, reboot, and plug in the base unit, Windows XP recognizes that base unit, but the icon doesn't load in the system tray (if I then plug in the original RW base unit, the icon does load). I recently reloaded XP and all my programs onto a clean system but still could not get RW2 to work. I've tried various suggestions I've seen on the Web but not work for me. Any suggestions? Thanks. Um, there is a light on mine. It's faint, but it's there. A red LED seen through the plastic. Anyway, these things are finicky. They don't like hubs, and work best when plugged directly into a USB port on the back of the computer. It's possible they don't like USB 2.0, but I haven't confirmed that. Way back when, it didn't work reliably. Now, with the new drivers, I haven't had a problem. Make sure your remote and receiver are on the same channel, and try changing the channel, just in case something else is jamming it. Pagan |
"Pagan" wrote:
Um, there is a light on mine. It's faint, but it's there. A red LED seen through the plastic. Anyway, these things are finicky. They don't like hubs, and work best when plugged directly into a USB port on the back of the computer. It's possible they don't like USB 2.0, but I haven't confirmed that. Way back when, it didn't work reliably. Now, with the new drivers, I haven't had a problem. Make sure your remote and receiver are on the same channel, and try changing the channel, just in case something else is jamming it. Pagan Thanks for your help. My RW2 unit is 3/4 round (straight at the top), black on top and gray on the bottom. It has holes for two plugs to be used for later expansion. Is your unit the same one? If so, where is the LED located? JD |
JD wrote:
"Pagan" wrote: Um, there is a light on mine. It's faint, but it's there. A red LED seen through the plastic. Anyway, these things are finicky. They don't like hubs, and work best when plugged directly into a USB port on the back of the computer. It's possible they don't like USB 2.0, but I haven't confirmed that. Way back when, it didn't work reliably. Now, with the new drivers, I haven't had a problem. Make sure your remote and receiver are on the same channel, and try changing the channel, just in case something else is jamming it. Pagan Thanks for your help. My RW2 unit is 3/4 round (straight at the top), black on top and gray on the bottom. It has holes for two plugs to be used for later expansion. Is your unit the same one? If so, where is the LED located? JD The following link has a picture of the unit. I was looking for a better picture but this will have to do: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/rw2/img/base.jpg This is a view from the top; the black half. The back of the unit is where the cable is attached. The bottom half is gray not seen in this view. When viewed from the front (both the top black and bottom gray half's are visible) and opposite from the back, the LED is mounted inside the black half, directly in line with the cable in the rear. If it is on you would have no problem seeing it. It flashes (off & on, to back on) when any button is pressed on the remote. Cqtip |
Cqtip wrote:
The following link has a picture of the unit. I was looking for a better picture but this will have to do: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/rw2/img/base.jpg This is a view from the top; the black half. The back of the unit is where the cable is attached. The bottom half is gray not seen in this view. When viewed from the front (both the top black and bottom gray half's are visible) and opposite from the back, the LED is mounted inside the black half, directly in line with the cable in the rear. If it is on you would have no problem seeing it. It flashes (off & on, to back on) when any button is pressed on the remote. Cqtip Thanks for this description. This is the same unit I have. When I plug it in, it shows up in Device Manager as ATI Remote Wonder II Controller. But there's no LED that is on or that flashes. Perhaps mine is defective, although if that's the case I wouldn't expect it to show up in Device Manager at all. |
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