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Alternative keymaps for Fire TV remote

Alternative keymaps for the Amazon Fire TV remote, as suggested by the community.

Note: These keymaps can also be applied using elmerohueso's "XBMC Tweaks for FTV" program addon, which is available from elmerohueso's XBMC repo.

Keymap 1

Changes from the default are shown in bold print.

Button	Global action	Virtual keyboard	Fullscreen video action
3	Directional pad: Up Down Right Left	Directional pad: Up Down Right Left	Directional pad: Up: Volume amplification up Down: Volume amplification down Note: This is a "poor man's" volume control since FireTV currently doesn't support normal software volume control. Volume-amplification uses compression to increase quiet sounds, but does not make the loudest sounds louder. This can sometimes cause undesirable distortion. Right: +30 seconds Left: -30 seconds
4	Select	Select	On-screen-display menu
6	Context menu (also show Favorites* while on home screen)*	Shift	SmallStepBack (go back 7 seconds) (also opens CodecInfo* when the on-screen controls are visible)*
7	Fast forward	Move cursor right	Fast forward
8	Play/pause (also highlights* on File manager)*	Symbols	Play/pause
9	Back	Backspace	Stop
10	Rewind	Move cursor left	Rewind

Cut and paste the following into a new text document and save as keyboard.xml and place in userdata/keymaps/

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
  <Home>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>XBMC.ActivateWindow(favourites)</menu>
    </keyboard>
  </Home>
  <FullscreenVideo>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>SmallStepBack</menu>
      <backspace>Stop</backspace>
      <up>volampup</up>
      <down>volampdown</down>
      <rewind>Rewind</rewind>
      <fastforward>FastForward</fastforward>
    </keyboard>
  </FullscreenVideo>
  <VideoMenu>
    <keyboard>
      <backspace>Stop</backspace>
    </keyboard>
  </VideoMenu>
  <VideoOSD>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>CodecInfo</menu>
    </keyboard>
  </VideoOSD>
  <MyFiles>
    <keyboard>
      <play_pause>Highlight</play_pause>
    </keyboard>
  </MyFiles>
  <virtualkeyboard>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>shift</menu>
      <play_pause>Symbols</play_pause>
      <rewind>CursorLeft</rewind>
      <fastforward>CursorRight</fastforward>
    </keyboard>
  </virtualkeyboard>
</keymap>

Keymap 2

Keymap 2's function of showing codecinfo during video playback has been merged with the other keymaps.

Keymap 3

Changes from the default are shown in bold print.

Button	Global action	Virtual keyboard	Fullscreen video action
3	Directional pad: Up Down Right Left	Directional pad: Up Down Right Left	Directional pad: Up: Next chapter/channel or +10 minutes Down: Previous chapter/channel or -10 minutes Right: +30 seconds Left: -30 seconds
4	Select	Select	On-screen-display menu
6	Context menu (also show Favorites* while on home screen)*	Shift	Toggle subtitles on/off (also opens CodecInfo* when the on-screen-display controls are visible)*
7	Page down	Move cursor right	Fast forward
8	Play/pause (also highlights* on File manager)*	Symbols	Play/pause
9	Back	Backspace	Stop
10	Page up	Move cursor left	Rewind

Cut and paste the following into a new text document and save as keyboard.xml and place in userdata/keymaps/

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
  <Global>
    <keyboard>
      <rewind>PageUp</rewind>
      <fastforward>PageDown</fastforward>
    </keyboard>
  </Global>
  <Home>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>XBMC.ActivateWindow(favourites)</menu>
    </keyboard>
  </Home>
  <FullscreenVideo>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>ShowSubtitles</menu>
      <backspace>Stop</backspace>
      <rewind>Rewind</rewind>
      <fastforward>FastForward</fastforward>
    </keyboard>
  </FullscreenVideo>
  <VideoMenu>
    <keyboard>
      <backspace>Stop</backspace>
    </keyboard>
  </VideoMenu>
  <VideoOSD>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>CodecInfo</menu>
    </keyboard>
  </VideoOSD>
  <MyFiles>
    <keyboard>
      <play_pause>Highlight</play_pause>
    </keyboard>
  </MyFiles>
  <virtualkeyboard>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>shift</menu>
      <play_pause>Symbols</play_pause>
      <rewind>CursorLeft</rewind>
      <fastforward>CursorRight</fastforward>
    </keyboard>
  </virtualkeyboard>
</keymap>

Keymap 4

Changes from the default are shown in bold print.

Button	Global action	Virtual keyboard	Fullscreen video action
3	Directional pad: Up Down Right Left	Directional pad: Up Down Right Left	Directional pad: Up: Next chapter/channel or +10 minutes Down: Previous chapter/channel or -10 minutes Right: +30 seconds Left: -30 seconds
4	Select	Select	On-screen-display menu
6	Context menu (also show Favorites* while on home screen)*	Shift	SmallStepBack (go back 7 seconds) or Live TV OSD channel switcher (also opens CodecInfo* when the on-screen controls are visible)*
7	Page down	Move cursor right	Fast forward
8	Play/pause (also highlights* on File manager)*	Symbols	Play/pause
9	Back	Backspace	Stop
10	Page up	Move cursor left	Rewind

Cut and paste the following into a new text document and save as keyboard.xml and place in userdata/keymaps/

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
  <Global>
    <keyboard>
      <rewind>PageUp</rewind>
      <fastforward>PageDown</fastforward>
    </keyboard>
  </Global>
  <Home>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>XBMC.ActivateWindow(favourites)</menu>
    </keyboard>
  </Home>
  <FullscreenVideo>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>SmallStepBack</menu>
      <backspace>Stop</backspace>
      <rewind>Rewind</rewind>
      <fastforward>FastForward</fastforward>
    </keyboard>
  </FullscreenVideo>
  <VideoMenu>
    <keyboard>
      <backspace>Stop</backspace>
    </keyboard>
  </VideoMenu>
  <VideoOSD>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>CodecInfo</menu>
    </keyboard>
  </VideoOSD>
  <FullscreenLiveTV>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>ActivateWindow(pvrosdchannels)</menu>
    </keyboard>
  </FullscreenLiveTV>
  <pvrosdchannels>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>back</menu>
    </keyboard>
  </pvrosdchannels>
  <MyFiles>
    <keyboard>
      <play_pause>Highlight</play_pause>
    </keyboard>
  </MyFiles>
  <virtualkeyboard>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>shift</menu>
      <play_pause>Symbols</play_pause>
      <rewind>CursorLeft</rewind>
      <fastforward>CursorRight</fastforward>
    </keyboard>
  </virtualkeyboard>
</keymap>

Notes

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 {| class="prettytable"
-! Button !! Global action !! Virtual keyboard !! Fullscreen video action
+! Button !! width="15%" | Global action !! width="15%" | Virtual keyboard !! Fullscreen video action
 | rowspan="8" | [[File:Amazon Fire TV remote.jpg|185px]]
 |-