Rii Mini wireless keyboard

missingastring · 2010-09-17 22:21

What can you do in XBMC that you need a keyboard for? Web browsing?

I've been using it strictly for movies/tv shows.

casatech · 2010-09-17 23:08

I use mine for when I use Ubuntu. Which is primarily for watching TV via the internet and checking the odd email and logging in to my office pc. I also find when I'm updating my media files trying to type using the on screen keyboard is a real pain.

Vaevictus2 · 2010-10-25 13:13

argh... just received mine. Lovely piece of kit but within xbmc live you cannot change xsession to drop into a shell with ctrl alt f2 etc

kurai · 2010-10-25 15:17

You can - it's just a bit ... tricky.

Since it won't send multiple continuous key combos you have to try to press the keys in close enough succession that the receive buffer counts it as a single keyscan Sad

Usually takes me 4 or 5 tries - rather frustrating, and about the only downside of this nice little device.

Edit : hrmmmm. OK - scratch that - just retried it on my XBMC machine, and I can't get Ctrl-Alt-F(x) to work at all any more. I *swear* it used to :o but I haven't tried it in a while, and it seems that somewhere along the line after fiddling with lots of kernel updates, & LIRC configs etc it's died.

Looking at xbmc.log the Rii's Fn+Enter [Ctrl-Alt-Del] gets sent as three simultaneous keyscans, so I'll play around with keymap.xml and see if I can get that transmogrified into Ctrl-Alt-F1 somehow.

drzoo2 · 2010-10-26 02:10

casatech Wrote:Bit the bullet and will ebay the rest. Or let me know if anyone is interested.

I know it's a bit late but do you have any left to sell? What do you want for it? I just saw this thread. Figured if you are still sitting on some I would help you out since I am going to buy one.

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maxinc · 2010-10-27 19:36

linuxluemmel Wrote:After 4 weeks of using the device I should say that I was a idiot to not buy it sooner ;-)

My thoughts exactly after 4 months. Not anymore when the right arrow stopped responding after 13 months of use.

Been playing with the Rii for 3-4 weeks and apart from not being as pretty as Dinovo, everything is better. And you can have 2 for the same money.

fishypops · 2010-11-05 01:18

Can anyone else vouch for this Rii Mini ? I am just about to drop the hammer on one.

harryzimm · 2010-11-05 01:29

yep, been using mine for months, no issues so far. Plus i love the backlit keys.

cheers

Vaevictus2 · 2010-11-06 19:20

I have one, worked fine within xbmc live and windows.

Its a shame the alt key is in fact the right hand side alt key, this means you cant change tty or alt+f4 apps closed.

It has a laser pointer integrated which you may need to consider if you have kids in the home, those things can blind.

extrospection · 2010-11-09 20:20

Has anyone tried the bluetooth version of this keyboard? I understand some other BT keyboards/trackpads (e.g. the Logitech PS3 keyboard) have problems with frequent sleep disconnects and re-connects and I wanted to ensure I don't buy something that can't be used with Ubuntu + XBMC...

FYI it's available for ~ $40 from here:
http://www.pandawill.com/bluetooth-wirel...37159.html

missingastring Junior Member Posts: 12 Joined: Sep 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-09-17 22:21 Post: #11 What can you do in XBMC that you need a keyboard for? Web browsing? I've been using it strictly for movies/tv shows.
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casatech Member Posts: 52 Joined: Jan 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-09-17 23:08 Post: #12 I use mine for when I use Ubuntu. Which is primarily for watching TV via the internet and checking the odd email and logging in to my office pc. I also find when I'm updating my media files trying to type using the on screen keyboard is a real pain. If you can't fix it with a hammer you have an electrical problem. Casatech Europa S.L.
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Vaevictus2 Member Posts: 74 Joined: Oct 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-10-25 13:13 Post: #13 argh... just received mine. Lovely piece of kit but within xbmc live you cannot change xsession to drop into a shell with ctrl alt f2 etc
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drzoo2 Junior Member Posts: 48 Joined: Oct 2010 Reputation: 2	2010-10-26 02:10 Post: #15 casatech Wrote:Bit the bullet and will ebay the rest. Or let me know if anyone is interested. I know it's a bit late but do you have any left to sell? What do you want for it? I just saw this thread. Figured if you are still sitting on some I would help you out since I am going to buy one. z
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fishypops Senior Member Posts: 273 Joined: Oct 2010 Reputation: 0 Location: canada	2010-11-05 01:18 Post: #17 Can anyone else vouch for this Rii Mini ? I am just about to drop the hammer on one.
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Vaevictus2 Member Posts: 74 Joined: Oct 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-11-06 19:20 Post: #19 I have one, worked fine within xbmc live and windows. Its a shame the alt key is in fact the right hand side alt key, this means you cant change tty or alt+f4 apps closed. It has a laser pointer integrated which you may need to consider if you have kids in the home, those things can blind.
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