A total of 23 reviews of this product on Reddit.
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Here‘s an amazon example I just found. I searched for Bluetooth handheld keyboards and there are many different ones
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Has a TouchPad, back-lit, scroll wheel. I like it.
(Upgrade) Rii i4 Mini Bluetooth Keyboard with Touchpad, Blacklit Portable Wireless Keyboard with 2.4G USB Dongle for Smartphones, PC, Tablet, Laptop TV Box iOS Android Windows Mac.Black
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If your Firestick allows for multiple remote I highly recommend this one. I love it.
(Upgrade) Rii i4 Mini Bluetooth Keyboard with Touchpad, Blacklit Portable Wireless Keyboard with 2.4G USB Dongle for Smartphones, PC, Tablet, Laptop TV Box iOS Android Windows Mac.Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T13GLY3/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_GS85KSP6N2HTABC6HATY?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
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As an owner of an LTEK pad, I use a mini Bluetooth controller to navagate StepMania. Works very well
(Upgrade) Rii i4 Mini Bluetooth Keyboard with Touchpad, Blacklit Portable Wireless Keyboard with 2.4G USB Dongle for Smartphones, PC, Tablet, Laptop TV Box iOS Android Windows Mac.Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T13GLY3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_72CCVYJ56Q1BS3AT3S61
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For web browsing on the fire stick I use a sideloaded Kiwi Browser with uBlock Origin and Poper Blocker as extensions. Along with a VPN it’s pretty decent at filtering pretty much anything. The caveat is you will need a way to enable a mouse on screen to use this type of browser since it’s not made for TVs. I use this Rii i4 BT version
I like it more than the Logitech keyboards, gyroscopic remotes, a media server remotes that I’ve tried in the past. I returned it to Amazon at one point because I had a few other touchpads and keyboards in the pipeline but after weeks I missed it so much I bought it back. That damn little mouse wheel (the little red thing on the right) is so convenient.
For youtube, obviously a modded ad-free youtube like Smart Youtube, Youtube Vanced, or Smarttubenext is best just to get the ads out of the way. I believe there are other open source projects out there as well.
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All you need
(Upgrade) Rii i4 Mini Bluetooth Keyboard with Touchpad, Blacklit Portable Wireless Keyboard with 2.4G USB Dongle for Smartphones, PC, Tablet, Laptop TV Box iOS Android Windows Mac.Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T13GLY3/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_AG1PP44R4VEVMQENB13D?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
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Don’t the consoles support kb/m by now? I play 4X and Grand Strategy games semi regularly in the living room on the TV by simply using a mini kb with trackpad like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Rii-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Smartphones-Mac-Black/dp/B07T13GLY3
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> Any way to access volume controls without touching volume keys?
Some ideas
- A. Swipe down from the top: volume control is right under the screen brightness control
- B. More steps: Settings | Sound | Volume
- C. In certain media apps, you can swipe over the screen to control volume (and sometimes also brightness) e.g. VLC and BSplayer
- D. If you want to use hardware buttons, but not on the G8X directly, you can use an external bluetooth keyboard with volume control. E.g. with the Rii i4 mini keyboard you can do this (just tested to make sure) – there may also be dedicated keyboard devices with fewer keys that work in the same way.
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Get something like this: Amazon.com: (2019 Upgrade) Rii i4 Mini Bluetooth Keyboard with Touchpad, Blacklit Portable Wireless Keyboard with 2.4G USB Dongle for Smartphones, PC, Tablet, Laptop TV Box iOS Android Windows Mac.Black: Computers & Accessories. No bigger than a controller and while it doesn’t fix the UI it’s effective and simple.
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this is the way..
has bluetooth and usb. I originally used bluetooth,but can’t wake the shield without the original remote. usb, press any button it wakes up.
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The Rii keyboards are great if you just need to do the occasional keyboard input and mouse input for the computer cores. It combines both into a very small device. I use the Rii 4, but there’s a bunch of variants:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T13GLY3
If you’re actually going to use the computer cores as computers, obviously get your favorite keyboard and mouse to go with it. Mechanical keyboard feel correct for the era.
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I have my original 2019 Pro remote which I like very much but this one is awesome. Use the app Button Mapper and go to town.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T13GLY3?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T13GLY3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_vhcYFbSEXPYW1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
This works very well for the shield, very good quality.
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I use the Surface Pro 7 for Toon Boom Harmony 21, and a little remote keyboard, and I love it, 16 GB of RAM and I think you’ll be thrilled, if you can work on a small screen!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T13GLY3?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
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This is definitely better than anything you’d get with gyro mouse control.
(2019 Upgrade) Rii i4 Mini… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T13GLY3?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
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Unless you’re going to be gaming, this has been fine.
https://www.amazon.com/Rii-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Smartphones-Mac-Black/dp/B07T13GLY3/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=Rii&qid=1636800163&sr=8-3
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I use this for my htpc and tv.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T13GLY3/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_6TPZHM41SYPVT6KXR9TB
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I know it defies the idea of carrying a tiny phone, but know that with any Android device you can connect it with a Bluetooth keyboard or Bluetooth kb+mouse combo like the Rii i4 mini keyboard
I am personally more of a frequent user of Logitech multi-device keyboards (the now OOP K810) for both my Windows tablets and Android phones. I like how easy it is to switch devices with those.
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I use one of these and it works great on my Shield for sign in and other keyboard intensive applications.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07T13GLY3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Have you tried something like this?
Works great on the Shield Pro & Mi Box.
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You can get an Amazon Fire Stick set up for this, I recommend the 4k version that’s normally $50 but is on sale frequently for $25. It will run on the slower versions, but it’s obviously smoother on the device that has a bit more power to it.
From here, you can run TinyCam which is available in the Fire app store, set up the RTSP streams for each camera, and you can view the live feeds.
Since Fire Stick is running on Android, you guessed it, you can sideload Android applications on it, including ivms 4500 and hik-connect. Do not bother using ivms 4500, it’s buggier than hik-connect for this purpose, I already did the research and found other people saying this and I tried it myself and it crashed on me. Hik-connect app works better.
Now it’s important to note, it’s not designed for this interface at all, and it won’t really be usable with the standard Fire TV remote. You can get by with a Bluetooth mouse in most scenarios, but typing with the on-screen keyboard can get problematic because the on-screen keyboard doesn’t work in some cases. So you have to have a way to load up your configuration without the on-screen keyboard, which means you need a bluetooth keyboard or you have to do some other trickery. Get a device like this
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07T13GLY3
and that will work just fine for these purposes. It has to have bluetooth unless you get a dongle that allows you to plug in a USB dongle to the Fire Stick while also providing power to the Fire Stick. Now from this app you can basically do most things as you would in the app on your phone, albeit with a more clunky control method. This method is really only useful if you’re needing access to the remote playback of the recorded footage on the NVR, as you can do that with this app, otherwise I’d recommend TinyCam.
The TinyCam app is superior in almost every way and is designed to work with the Fire Stick remote, so you don’t need any additional remotes to get it to work. The main drawback to the TinyCam app is that it can’t do playback from an NVR.
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If you type, or use the browser, a lot get yourself one of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07T13GLY3/ref=ppx\_yo\_dt\_b\_search\_asin\_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
