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The first time you press a button on the NVidia Shield controller, Kodi asks "An unknown controller has been detected. Would you like to setup the controller?"
== HOW-TO:Fix new controller detected dialog ==
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File:NVIDIA SHIELD - New controller detected.jpg|Kodi shows an "Unknown controller detected" message
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This can happen the first time you press a button on the NVidia Shield controller.


To fix this, select No in the dialog. If you select Yes, the dialog will be shown again.
To fix this, select No in the dialog. If you select Yes, the dialog will be shown again.


The NVidia SHIELD controller shows up as two devices. To fix double button presses, remove the button map for the second device.
== Symptoms ==


[[File:NVidia Shield peripherals list.jpg|500px]]
== HOW-TO:Fix double button presses ==
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File:NVidia Shield peripherals list.jpg|The NVidia SHIELD controller shows up as two devices
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To fix double button presses, remove the button map for the second device. See [[HOW-TO:Share button maps]], but instead of sharing the XML file, delete it and restart Kodi.


The NVIDIA SHIELD controller is compatible with Windows 7 and should work out of the box.


However, there is a bug where the SHIELD controller is detected as both an XInput device and a DirectInput device. In the peripherals list, it will appear twice.
== See also ==
* {{big|'''[[HOW-TO:Configure controllers]]'''}}
* {{big|'''[[HOW-TO:Share button maps]]'''}}


A button map exists for the Xbox 360 controller (XInput), but not the NVIDIA Shield controller (DirectInput). As a result, the controller is usable in Kodi, but will give an error message on first use that you can safely ignore:


[[File:NVIDIA SHIELD - New controller detected.jpg|500px]]
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HOW-TO:Fix new controller detected dialog

  • Kodi shows an "Unknown controller detected" message

    Kodi shows an "Unknown controller detected" message

This can happen the first time you press a button on the NVidia Shield controller.

To fix this, select No in the dialog. If you select Yes, the dialog will be shown again.


HOW-TO:Fix double button presses

  • The NVidia SHIELD controller shows up as two devices

    The NVidia SHIELD controller shows up as two devices

To fix double button presses, remove the button map for the second device. See HOW-TO:Share button maps, but instead of sharing the XML file, delete it and restart Kodi.


See also

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