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Overview
All HID Input Devices, e.g. keyboards or remotes and there particularly the media control functions, should work out of the box without the need for additional customization.
MediaPortal 2 allows the complete customization of your device and offers the possibility to assign any key or combination of it to either MediaPortal 2 commands or specific MediaPortal menu screens. For example, you can assign a specific key combination, e.g. ALT+H to a specific function of MediaPortal 2 like the "Info" button, or a specific screen like the home screen.
Note
With activated 'User Management' every user can define his own custom key bindings that will then be available on each client that the user is logged on to. Make sure you are logged in as the right user if you want to change your personal setup. Without 'User Management' key assignments are only valid for the specific client PC and will not automatically transfer to other machines. In that case you need to repeat the same procedure on each client.
Function Shortcuts
This allows you to mape MediaPortal functions to keys/buttons on your input devices. You could for example assign volume up/down to '+' and '-' on your keyboard if you don't want to have volume keys on your keyboard.
- Press any key/button on the device you would like to configure.
- Choose from the list, the action you want to bind your shortcut to.
- A pop up appears, asking you to enter the combination of keys to assign. You have 5 seconds to enter the right combination.
- On returning to the previous screen, you should see your keystrokes already assigned to the previousy selected action.
Action Shortcuts
This allows you to map MediaPortal global actions to keys/buttons of your input device for quick access.
- Press any key/button on the device you would like to configure.
- Choose from the list, the action you want to bind your shortcut to, then press enter.
A pop up appears, asking you to enter the combination of keys to bind. You have 5 seconds to enter the right combination.
On returning to the previous screen, you should see your keystrokes already binded and saved to the screen you selected earlier.
Screen Shortcuts
This allows you to map MediaPortal menu screens to keys/buttons on your input device for quick access. For example you could define "F2" on your keyboard to open the "News" screen.
- Press any key/button on the device you would like to configure
- Choose from the list, the screen you want to bind your shortcut to, then press enter.
- A pop up appears, asking you to enter the combination of keys to assign. You have 5 seconds to enter the right combination.
- On returning to the previous screen, you should see your keystrokes already binded and saved to the screen you selected earlier.
Configuration Shortcuts
This allows you to map MediaPortal configuration and setup screens to keys/buttons of your input device for quick access.
- Press any key/button on the device you would like to configure.
- Choose from the list, the screen you want to bind your shortcut to, then press enter.
- A pop up appears, asking you to enter the combination of keys to assign. You have 5 seconds to enter the right combination.
- On returning to the previous screen, you should see your keystrokes already binded and saved to the screen you selected earlier.
Delete a key assignment
Allows you to remove existing mappings.
- Choose the mapping list in the corresponding category (function, action, screen, configuration).
- Scroll the list until you find the mapping entry you want to remove, then press the clear button right next to the key binding to remove it.
- Press yes to remove the dialog box to confirm removal.
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