#Kodi box with remote update#

A bonus is that it is not required anymore to modify Kodi’s configuration by hand, since media keys are supported by both Android TV and Kodi natively. Now most keys use media keys from the USB HID Usage Consumer Page instead. In the older post, Flirc mappings were mostly made using keyboard keys.

#Kodi box with remote update#

This post concerns an update of a previous post. This guide can also be used with any other infrared remote. In this post the Logitech Harmony and Flirc are configured in such a way that they will work with both Android TV and Kodi. In addition, the Harmony device configuration does not power the Android TV device on and off when needed. Unfortunately, the keyboard keys used do not match with other Android applications, which prevents a single Logitech Harmony activity from controlling Android TV adequately. The profile uses Kodi’s keyboard controls. In Flirc’s firmware is a built in Kodi profile that can be used with a Logitech Harmony remote immediately. Flirc receives infrared commands and converts them to keypresses by emulating human interface devices, such as keyboards and game controllers. As the latest revision of the Shield TV (‘16GB, 2017’) lacks an infrared receiver, a Flirc USB was included.

The lucky recipient of the gift uses a Logitech Harmony universal infrared remote control. The Shield TV is an Android TV device, which in this case would mostly be used for playing media through Kodi and Netflix. Last Christmas I gifted an Nvidia Shield TV. This is a short post about controlling Android TV using a Logitech Harmony infrared remote control and a Flirc USB.