I am perfectly happy with my current setup in my bedroom. I've got a malata docking station for me to put my gtab in to recharge over night. Attached to the dock is a microsoft keyboard 600. Works wonderfully. I can type to my heart's desire. All the keys are working, including the number keys on the right. The microsoft key brings up menu. Esc key goes back. Volume keys on the keyboard actually controls the freakin' volume on the gtab. Wow. And remember that the keyboard is attached the dock's usb plug.
Just incredible.
keyboard = awesome.
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Now that several of us have keyboards attached to our gtablets, I thought it mught be useful to share a list of which keys do what. I've discovered that HOME does take you home and that ESC seems to be the back key. Others?
With mine, the End button puts the tablet in Sleep mode. Pretty cool.
Some more keys
I picked up a Gearhead KB1500U usb keyboard at Frys for $7.95. It's pretty nice, metal back, regular keys although slightly cramped netbookish layout. Its about an inch longer then the G, and about 1.5inches narrower. Playing around while typing this up I get the following:
ESC is back
Backspace works normally but delete does nothing
Windows key is preferences/menu as is F1
Home is Home (but I cant hold to bring up all running apps, and I get a weird minus sign when I try)
Application Key brings up recent pages and search choices if pressed again (at least in Firefox4)
End is sleep and wakes it back up, also F3 and F4
Space bar moves down one page in Firefox, but PgUp and PgDn do nothing (again in Firefox)
Alt-Right or Left arrow blanks the screen (it just goes black but is still back-lit) do it again and it returns, this happens instantaneously, no delay like Home
I have a logitech laptop USB mouse that works w/ the dock, except for the scroll wheel. Is there some kind of settings screen for the mouse once you plug it in? Do I have any chance of getting this working properly? I also can't seem to hold down the button and highlight text for cut/paste.
Thanks,
Brian
Scroll wheel works fine here with a Razer Orochi
You can't highlight text on holding button since Android doesn't support it, just hold mouse button (like longpress on the screen) steadily and you'll be able to select text
My scroll wheel kind of works in some apps. It is useless though as it skips one line at a time and doesn't always even do that. Is there a way to get to a mouse configuration or setup screen somehow?
Hello.
I am looking for a rotary keyboard application for Android, where A-Z0-9/Enter/Del keys would be drawn around a cirlce and I could choose them
moving the pointer around with UP/DOWN keys and confirm letter selection by the Enter key.
The reason for this is I am developing an Android based car system using IconBIT Toucan ARM9 mediaplayer. The device has everything (WiFi, GPS via PL2303/USB GPS Emulation) but no touchscreen. It can also be controlled by car stock keys using a HID USB PIC-controlled keyboard emulator. Cursor keys are "connected" to rotary encoder in the car, and Enter key is encoder press.
This is a sample of rotary phone number entry on Audi MMI, Audi has a similar keyboard for letters... Just to give an idea of what I'm looking for.
So, I would be grateful if someone could point me to a similar app for Android.
Thanks!
Hi all,
I have just bought a Targus bluetooth presenter for my galaxy tab. It works a treat and was only £5 so I am very happy with it. With a little editing of the key layouts I have been able to get some of the useless buttons to do things like home and menu. It all works perfectly and now I have just one thing I want to do but don't know if it is possible.
I want to map a key to be a sticky mouse down so that I can pan across the screen because it is just about impossible to hold the mouse button down at the same time as moving the track pad. The ideal is to be able to press a key - it locks down - I scroll around as needed then press the same key (or if needed another one) to simulate lifting the mouse button up again.
Is this even possible? If so can anyone point me in the right direction?
Keverso.
Has anyone tried this remote?https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00U3PFUAC/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A34OAPZOHWTNSP
Does the mic work with Google now? Does the home button take you to launcher home? Can you turn your TV off and change volume,? Cheers
OathYvne said:
Has anyone tried this remote?https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00U3PFUAC/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A34OAPZOHWTNSP
Does the mic work with Google now? Does the home button take you to launcher home? Can you turn your TV off and change volume,? Cheers
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I've tried a few remotes with a few android boxes I've had and this one is the best I've found. I bought the one called 'Aerb' but you'll see a number of resellers on ebay selling the exact same device. It runs on 2 AAA batteries.
What I really really like is that the four coloured buttons on the bottom AND the big red power button on the
top left are learning/programmable IR blasting, so you can program them to turn your TV on/off, change inputs, increase TV volume etc. using your TV remote. The other buttons are not programmable.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/161870977156?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
http://www.amazon.ca/Aerb-Multifunc...&sr=8-2&keywords=usb+wireless+keyboard+remote
This is the best remote by far I have purchased for this box. I am far away from my player right now but I will try and confirm if the mic works with it asap...
saddie22 said:
I've tried a few remotes with a few android boxes I've had and this one is the best I've found. I bought the one called 'Aerb' but you'll see a number of resellers on ebay selling the exact same device. It runs on 2 AAA batteries.
What I really really like is that the four coloured buttons on the bottom AND the big red power button on the
top left are learning/programmable IR blasting, so you can program them to turn your TV on/off, change inputs, increase TV volume etc. using your TV remote. The other buttons are not programmable.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/161870977156?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
http://www.amazon.ca/Aerb-Multifunc...&sr=8-2&keywords=usb+wireless+keyboard+remote
This is the best remote by far I have purchased for this box. I am far away from my player right now but I will try and confirm if the mic works with it asap...
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Does the home button bring you to the home screen ? And by programming the bottom color buttons to change the volume or do the actual volume buttons work? Also its to bad the buttons don't light up . Thanks that would be awesome if you could check the mic . Also are you able to like use the remote underneath a blanket or do you have to point it at the dongle?
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Does the home button bring you to the home screen ? And by programming the bottom color buttons to change the volume or do the actual volume buttons work? Also its to bad the buttons don't light up . Thanks that would be awesome if you could check the mic . Also are you able to like use the remote underneath a blanket or do you have to point it at the dongle?
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Does the home button bring you to the home screen?
- yes
And by programming the bottom color buttons to change the volume or do the actual volume buttons work?
- you program the coloured buttons on the bottom using your TV remote, so they will turn the volume on your TV up and down, NOT the vol on the android software.
Also its too bad the buttons don't light up.
- no they do not.
Thanks that would be awesome if you could check the mic .
- *** I cannot seem to get my mic working with voice search. The remote I have purchased has a microphone, but has NO microphone button to enable the mic. There are reports of users who have got their mic working. See here for a picture of a remote with a mic button (the blue one in the bottom right corner) http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=203623
Also are you able to like use the remote underneath a blanket or do you have to point it at the dongle?
- you do NOT have to point the remote at the dongle. It does not work with line of sight like IR remotes. The distance limit is about 15 metres I'd guess. Farther with better batteries
Using the stock ROM, the following keys work:
home button
play/ pause and FF RW buttons
context menu
OK and d-pad button
keyboard letters
Using stock ROM the following keys DO NOT work for me:
soft volume up/down
mute
microphone doesn't work
BACK key doesn't work (this sucks, it registers as a 'right mouse click' under stock rom - doesn't do anything, must use home key instead. it also doesn't work under lollirock either. Luckily under lollirock the soft 'recent apps, home and back' buttons are always visible, so I just use that soft back arrow on the screen.
all of the 'alt keys' on the keyboard - ie the function keys, ! mark etc. These all work fine under lollirock.
I also have a generic android box running full android 5.1 and almost all of the keys on this remote work fully with it, including the hard back key.
Let me know if you've got any other questions!