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! 3
! 3
| Directional pad:
:* Up
:* Down
:* Right
:* Left
| Directional pad:
| Directional pad:
:* Up
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! 4
! 4
| Select
| Select
| Select
| Select
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| Context menu
| Context menu
| '''Show [[Favourites]]'''
| '''Show [[Favourites]]'''
| Context menu
| '''Toggle subtitles on/off'''
| '''Toggle subtitles on/off'''
|-
|-
! 7
! 7
| '''Page Down'''
| '''Page Down'''
| '''Page Down'''
| '''Page Down'''
| '''Page Down'''
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! 8
! 8
| Play/pause
| Play/pause
| Play/pause
| Play/pause
| Play/pause
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| Back
| Back
| Back
| Back
| '''Stop'''
| '''Stop'''
| '''Stop'''
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|-
! 10
! 10
| '''Page Up'''
| '''Page Up'''
| '''Page Up'''
| '''Page Up'''
| '''Page Up'''

Revision as of 20:02, 28 November 2014

  ▶ Amazon Fire TV ▶ 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 Fullscreen video action
3 Directional pad:
  • Up
  • Down
  • Right
  • Left
 Directional pad:
  • Up: Volume amplification up [1]
  • Down: Volume amplification down [1]
  • Right: +30 seconds
  • Left: -30 seconds
4 Select On-screen-display menu
6 Context menu SmallStepBack (go back 7 seconds)
8 Play/pause Play/pause
9 Back Stop


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>
  <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>
</keymap>

Keymap 3

Changes from the default are shown in bold print.

Button Global action Home Screen action DVD Menu action Fullscreen Video action
3 Directional pad:
  • Up
  • Down
  • Right
  • Left
 Directional pad:
  • Up
  • Down
  • Right
  • Left
 Directional pad:
  • Up: Next chapter/channel
    or go forward 10 minutes
  • Down: Previous chapter/channel
    or go back 10 minutes
  • Right: +30 seconds
  • Left: -30 seconds
4 Select Select On-screen-display menu
6 Context menu Show Favourites Toggle subtitles on/off
7 Page Down Page Down Fast forward
8 Play/pause Play/pause Play/pause
9 Back Back Stop
10 Page Up Page Up 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>
</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 go forward 10 minutes
  • Down: Previous chapter/channel
    or go back 10 minutes
  • Right: +30 seconds
  • Left: -30 seconds
4 Select Select On-screen-display menu
6 Context menu Shift SmallStepBack (go back 7 seconds) or Live TV OSD channel switcher

(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

(show Favorites while on home screen)

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>
      <backspace>XBMC.ActivateWindow(favourites)</backspace>
    </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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 This is a "poor man's" volume control and not true volume control. The difference being that volume-amp uses compression to increase quiet sounds while not making the loudest sounds louder.
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