New macbook today....remote not working

not entirely sure what is going on here. front row comes up fine when i do the command-escape shortcut but my remote does not respond and also when i do a spotlight search for Front Row all that comes up is the installer (is that normal or should front row come up too?) so then i do the installer and it says there is an error installing it (it actaully said upgrade not install which leads me to believe that front row is somewhere) i would love my remote to work
~ Heidi
macbook (black) 2GHz, AEBS, Canon i70,   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

I bought a new Mac mini on 6/24 and just about drove myself crazy the first night trying to get the remote to work. It would not pair with the mini no matter what I tried.
Then I realized that it might not be the mini's fault. I replaced the battery in the remote and things worked "perfectly" from that point on.
So at least one remote shipped from Apple with a completely dead bettery. Try changing yours and see if that's the issue.
mini duo 1.66/100G/1G   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

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