Alternative Shield Remote

by micah__

Hi guys,

Just bought my Shield today, I have previous unofficial Android Set Top Boxes, so wondering if remotes such as this one would work on the Shield like they work on the fake chinese boxes.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rii-i25-Controller-Rechargable-Raspberry-Black/dp/B00INITM1E/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Really would like a keyboard remote due to my use of Kodi, any recommendations?

Thanks in advance

rdb4133

You can use the Amazon Fire TV Remote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO4rKbmKXYY it goes for $14.99 on Amazon: https://amzn.com/B00LORGAG6

Kaninkanan

I have an airmouse + keyboard remote for htpc. When I plugged in to shield tv, it recognize the keyboard function but the problem is the mouse can't register any clicks. The pointer is there, i can mive it freely but the clicks just dont works.

sikilikis

I use this one for my shield: https://www.amazon.com/Aerb-Wireless-Keyboard-Multifunctional-3-Gsensor/dp/B00K768DHY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1468592272&sr=8-2&keywords=minix+a2 (it runs on two AAA batteries and has IR learning).

It's not perfect. Almost everything works out of the box except for the back button, which apparently is read as a right mouse click instead. The ESC key on the back sort of works as a back button but its wonkey. I had to download a key remapping app to make the ESC key the back button. The keyboard is also super wonky but maybe I just got a bad one. In my case, it will either work perfectly fine, or the keys are suddenly remapped to something ridiculous (the r key becomes a volume key or the i key becomes the back button or something stupid like that). The air mouse works extremely well and is great if you plan on side loading apps.

Again, I think I may have just gotten a defective one because the keyboard issue I mentioned also happened on an mxiii box I used to have (the back button worked perfectly fine on that though). I might look into some of the other ones mentioned in this thread as a replacement.

NedSc

As far as I can tell, the headphone part is going to mess you up. There are a few that have a headphone jack, but this turns out to actually be a headset jack for horrible mono-quality sound. Then again, I haven't looked very closely in the last few months to see if that has changed.

If you're willing to skip that part, then that opens a lot of options.

micah__

Thanks for all the help guys! :)