Two remotes / two computers - chaos!

I have just bought a MacBook that comes with a remote. I like to sit in front of tv on sofa surfing when there is nothing on.
The 42"LCD tv is connected to my intel mac mini that I use as a media centre for wahtching tv and dvds on.
The problem is that the remotes for each computer are not set or paired for the computer they came with, and so when using front row on MacBook the mini also shows front row.
Is there any way to configure frontrow or disable one of the remote ports?
Ideally disable the MacBook port as when I want front row on that I can push button. But when I want front row on tv I dont want MacBook to also change.

I have a MacBook and an Intel iMac right next to each other and I have no problems keeping them separated after "pairing" each computer with its own remote. You can do this manually:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302545
-Doug
P.S. It is also possible to disable the IR receiver on a Mac by checking that option in the Security System Preferences, but I think manually pairing them would be the better solution.

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