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Using your W300i as a remote control
John Murphy
Using your W300i as a remote is particulary useful if you are using PowerPoint
Use your W300i mobile phone as a Bluetooth remote control and you could save money on a dedicated remote for your PC
Published on Mar 14, 2007
You can use your phone as a remote control through Bluetooth; this is particulary useful if you are using PowerPoint in a presentation.
As Bluetooth is radio-based rather than infrared you don't need line of sight with your computer either but your PC must be equipped with a Bluetooth card.
To use this fun feature go to:
- In the Menu screen click on Entertainment
- In the Entertainment screen click on Remote control
- Choose the type of remote functionality you want: Presenter means that it can control a PowerPoint presentation, Media Player controls Windows Media Player or iTunes while Desktop allows you to interface with the Windows desktop
- You will then need to search for and pair with your computer via Bluetooth in the usual fashion. Your W300i is now good to go as a remote control
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Figure 1
In the main menu screen click on Entertainment
Figure 2
In the Entertainment menu click on Remote control
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Choose the type of remote control functionality you want. In this case, Presenter allows the W300i to control a PowerPoint presentation
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The W300i will do the usual scan for Bluetooth devices in range
Figure 5
Select the PC you want to control with the W300i. You may need to go through the standard Bluetooth pairing process. When you've done that you can use your handset to control PowerPoint presentations
