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== HOW-TO:Fix new controller dialog ==
== 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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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?"
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.


[[File:NVIDIA SHIELD - New controller detected.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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== HOW-TO:Fix double button presses ==
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 shows up as two devices. To fix double button presses, remove the button map for the second device.


[[File:NVidia Shield peripherals list.jpg|500px]]
== See also ==
* {{big|'''[[HOW-TO:Configure controllers]]'''}}
* {{big|'''[[HOW-TO:Share button maps]]'''}}


The first device (Xbox 360-compatible controller), is an XInput device. All XInput devices share the same button map, so don't delete this.


The second device (NVIDIA Shield) is a DirectInput device. Locate the device's button map using information from [[HOW-TO:Share button maps]] and delete it, then restart Kodi.
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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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