Now, when I read the manual I didn’t think that this
would cause me any problem, because I couldn’t believe that Anir hadn’t thought
about PS/2 mice. So after the program installation when I started the configuration
program and got the question if I had connected the remote in parallel with my mouse, I
thought "Yeah, of course I have".
Well, I guess that I hadn’t because when the program started searching for
the Anir Receiver the computer suddenly hung. And to add insult to injury it hung the as
soon as it got back into windows after rebooting, so what I had to do to set up the remote
correctly (after rebooting in safe-mode and reinstalling the drivers) and then in the
setup program set it to the mode where it shouldn’t look for another mouse. Except
for this little problem, the setup went smooth.
Now when everything was setup properly, I came to the point where I should USE
the remote. Now, how SHOULD I use it? And for what?? Well, this is the big (huge?)
disadvantage of the Anir Multimedia 
Remote, what’s the use of it? Sure if you’re one of
those persons that already got everything, then I’m sure that the remote can
come in handy for showing off or something like that. Of course you could use the remote
as a substitute for a mouse, but it just isn’t good enough for that because of the
lack of precision when using it to control the mouse pointer. However I’ve found ONE
use for the remote, and that is using it to control the CD-Player and/or Nullsofts Winamp
(you can use this with a third party driver). With your computer hooked up to your home
audio equipment, it’s great for playing all of the songs you’ve only got as
mp3’s and not on CD.
To sum it up the remote would sure be useful if you already got a TV-Card,
Video-Card, Radio-Card etc. But without those there’s simply not any use for it. If
we can get hold of the equipment mentioned above, I might just rewrite this review. But
until then I’m giving the Anir Multimedia Remote a lowly 55%
