New iMac - how to stick Front Row remote to it

darwinism · Aug 11, 2007

Hi all.

I'm not too sure if this has already been mentioned, but if you own one of the new Aluminium and glass iMacs, then you MAY be wondering "Ok but WHERE do I stick the Front Row remote?."

Remember on the white iMac, you stuck it to the bottom RIGHT hand side, well on the new iMac, it sticks to the bottom right, not on the side EDGE, but on the glass where the BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE BLACK BORDER OF THE SCREEN IS.

Simple enough, when you're addicted to YouTube!

[PS]

Apparently the glass is a REMOVABLE panel, held on by 16 extremely strong magnets?!. That would explain how the FR remote sticks where it does. Cool.

Kash · Aug 11, 2007

While I'll agree that there seems to be a magnetic pull in the black border, it definitely isn't strong enough to hold the remote in place.

It would have been nice if Apple had left the magnet in the lower right hand corner...

darwinism · Aug 11, 2007

Kash said:
While I'll agree that there seems to be a magnetic pull in the black border, it definitely isn't strong enough to hold the remote in place.

It would have been nice if Apple had left the magnet in the lower right hand corner...

So in that case, perhaps you could explain how this chap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPYhfsH9onA

...managed to stick his *exactly* where I just explained?!.

This is the video that told me how to do it, so can you disprove this dude?.

needlewithaprun · Aug 12, 2007

I have to side with Kash on this one. I was wondering how to stick the remote to the screen. After reading this thread I tried to just where it was explained and it simply does not stay on the screen. The best attempt I have had so far is that it stuck to the side of the glass screen along the black border for a couple seconds and then slowly slid downward until it fell off. Any tips on getting it to work as it should?

Kash · Aug 12, 2007

darwinism said:
So in that case, perhaps you could explain how this chap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPYhfsH9onA

...managed to stick his *exactly* where I just explained?!.

This is the video that told me how to do it, so can you disprove this dude?.

Hold on a second, have you actually tried doing it yourself or are you simply basing this on what you see in the video?

Also, I'm not refuting your claim of it working, I'm simply stating that it does not work for ME. If you somehow have a difficult time understanding this concept, I could go ahead and make a video just like he did to "prove" to you that it doesn't work.

MrChris · Aug 12, 2007

I don't have a new iMac but from watching that video on YouTube I wouldn't say that's where the remote goes simply because it looks out of place and a bit ugly slapped there on the front of the machine. Don't you think?

dtravis7 · Aug 12, 2007

I wonder if there is an Official place to hang the remote?

Craig · Aug 12, 2007

Kash said:
Hold on a second, have you actually tried doing it yourself or are you simply basing this on what you see in the video?

Also, I'm not refuting your claim of it working, I'm simply stating that it does not work for ME. If you somehow have a difficult time understanding this concept, I could go ahead and make a video just like he did to "prove" to you that it doesn't work.

Lol

christm · Aug 12, 2007

yh i would have thought apple would keep the magnet for the remote in the same place as the previous model.

iRock · Aug 15, 2007

darwinism said:
Hi all.

I'm not too sure if this has already been mentioned, but if you own one of the new Aluminium and glass iMacs, then you MAY be wondering "Ok but WHERE do I stick the Front Row remote?."

Remember on the white iMac, you stuck it to the bottom RIGHT hand side, well on the new iMac, it sticks to the bottom right, not on the side EDGE, but on the glass where the BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE BLACK BORDER OF THE SCREEN IS.

Simple enough, when you're addicted to YouTube!

[PS]

Apparently the glass is a REMOVABLE panel, held on by 16 extremely strong magnets?!. That would explain how the FR remote sticks where it does. Cool.

Do you even own a new iMac?

Sproit · Aug 15, 2007

Any conclusions at all yet?

I was pretty amazed by the previous place of it, but if it's gone, that would be pretty sadly

Kash · Aug 15, 2007

The conclusion is that there have been two people who have confirmed that this does not work and a single person who claims that it does on the basis of seeing it in a Youtube video.

Sproit · Aug 15, 2007

Fair deal,

well I have many remotes and other technical stuff sized of a remote on my desk, so I don't care having an Apple remote with it, makes it a nice mountain

Joe Diver · Aug 15, 2007

I have a new 24" iMac and my remote will NOT stick there or anywhere. I can feel it pull a little when I put it there but it is by no means strong enough to hold it. Is the iMac in the video a 20" and is the magnet stronger in that one? Or maybe there's a just a variance of magnet strength in that some will stick and others will not?

Anywhoo....I can confirm it will NOT stick on mine.

Stretch · Aug 15, 2007

Apple has said that the new iMacs do NOT have a place for the remotes.

MacHeadCase · Aug 15, 2007

Kash said:
The conclusion is that there have been two people who have confirmed that this does not work and a single person who claims that it does on the basis of seeing it in a Youtube video.

But but but if it's on YouTube, isn't it true?

needlewithaprun · Aug 16, 2007

Joe Diver said:
I have a new 24" iMac and my remote will NOT stick there or anywhere. I can feel it pull a little when I put it there but it is by no means strong enough to hold it. Is the iMac in the video a 20" and is the magnet stronger in that one?

Nope, Joe Diver. I have the 20" screen and it does not stick to mine. Like you I feel a slight pull but nowhere near enough to hold the remote on. Kinda sux because the people in the Apple store said it would. Oh well...I love the new iMac anyway.

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