Connecting Harmony Hub to MiBox through Bluetooth

by ZeroWolf_506

While the MiBox does have an IR receiver, I noticed it had a noticeable delay and sometimes would register a button press twice when using my Harmony hub, but using the bluetooth remote it came with worked perfectly. You can connect your Harmony hub to your MiBox through bluetooth if you add it as an Asus Nexus Player. When you add a device, choose an Asus Nexus player and then when you get to the step to pair it, just go to bluetooth settings on your MiBox and it will pair. Now my harmony hub remote works great with the MiBox using a bluetooth connection.

AZImmortal

Can you try adding the Mi Box to the Hub as a Fire TV? In the past, I had heard about people adding the Nexus Player as a Fire TV, which enabled the use of the extra buttons that Fire TVs have that Android TVs don't, such as the menu button, which is useful for apps like Kodi that make use of the menu button.

HeyBass

Good to know, I completely forgot the Mi Box had IR the other day when I put something in front of it and my Harmony remote stopped responding.

Currently I'm using an IR + BT combo with the Harmony activity - I added a BT computer to the activity, then connected the Mi Box to the Harmony via Bluetooth. I can then configure the remote to do things that aren't on your standard Android TV remote (play/pause, fast forward, rewind, etc).

I may ditch IR altogether - I've also noticed that it was registering buttons twice in some circumstances.

nolookjones

interesting, ill give this a try since the stock remote is much faster than my harmony smart control via IR and id like to map start/stop etc.

RockItGuyDC

Interesting. I'll have to try this. IR works fast for me, but if Bluetooth offers the functionality of more buttons, I may prefer that.

nolookjones

has anyone figured out how to power on/off mibox since the asus remote doesn't have a power button?