Mele F10 pro remote (with keyboard) review

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It looks like the buttons on this unit are programmable on rooted android boxes. I'll test this and post after the weekend, but if it works, it would be awesome.
 
Looking forward to your updates on this remote, got the Rc11 Gyroscope Mouse Keyboard on order for now, just hope you can sort out the headphone/audio problem(was a deal breaker for me on my Droid Tv Mx). Thanks for your efforts in testing/reviewing ;-)
 
NP, I'll post updates on programming the buttons this weekend hopefully.
 
Remapping keys on the Mele F10 pro (or any other keyboard for that matter)

OK, re-mapping the keys on the Mele F10 Pro for Android is pretty easy :)
I followed instructions here and managed to map the Home key on the F10 pro to they regular Android 'Home' function (return to 'desktop'). By default, the home key on the F10 pro takes you to the top of the page you're on, but I miss the proper home function so I've remapped it.

The example below uses my example of remapping the home key. The same principles can be applied to all other keys.

1. Make sure you are able to access the root file system - I've installed Root Browser for this (ES File explorer doesn't seem to allow root access in the latest version - likely a glitch).
2. Use Root Browser to locate and make a copy of the generic keyboard layout file (/system/usr/keylayout/generic.kl). You don't want to mess this file up.
3. Create a new .kl file on any PC for the Mele F10 pro called Vendor_03e7_Product_0d01.kl based on the generic.kl file These instructions apply to any physical keyboard, you just have to replace the vendor and product numbers with the correct numbers for the keyboard which you can get by following the instructions in the first link of this post.
4. Replace the line that references key 102 with the following:
Code: 
key 102   MOVE_HOME
You can edit other mappings as you please - to figure out which key corresponds to which default mapping, I created this Excel file
To figure out what to map them to, take a look at the generic.kl file
Note, you ONLY need to add keys that deviate from the defaults.
5. Save the file and copy it to /system/usr/keylayout/ keeping the new Vendor_03e7_Product_0d01.kl name (or other if you're remapping another keyboard)
6. Reboot or unplug/reseat the keyboard and you're good to go!

To revert to defaults, simply rename or delete the file (the defaults.kl will then kick in). Those who know their linux can probably create scripts to enable or disable multiple mappings (for different apps / environments) and map that script to certain key combinations. When I have time I'll write an apk to do the mapping on screen.

I'm very happy with this little discovery since I can now modify buttons to suit my general use of my box - if you use XBMC a lot, you might want to remap keys to suit that. Some people have complained of lack of play/pause button - I'm going to map the 'esc' key on the keyboard side for that (right mouse button also = esc in Android so it's superfluous).
 
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Hi I see the earphone jack still has "no sound" problem. I can't confirm if this will work or not as I don't have the remote,but maybe you can test or confirm for us. I found this link from the Mele site:
http://forum.mele.cn:81/viewtopic.php?t=100

It seems it has to do with usb sound not being selectable in our boxes(my DroidTv on the way,thanks AVSupply)
"For those android boxes or HDMI dongles which do not have the option to choose audio output from USB, the MeLE F10 Pro can not work with it."

Hope it helps;-) (I really want that remote to work on our boxes with audio,lol)
 
So far I haven't been able to use the earphone jack since it's designed specifically for Mele boxes. I'll keep looking for a solution - there's a chance someone will come up with one.

In the mean time, to allow sound to work normally on your TV while the Mele F10 pro control is connected to the DroidTV, you will need to install Soundabout from the android play store and enable the soundabout service, then select 'speakers' or 'HDMI' as the sound source for all media. You can use the free version to do that - that guarantees that you don't have to keep changing the setting whenever you reboot.

The newest firmware for the DroidTV is very stable - I'm very happy with it.
 
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Great news about audio selection via Soundabout,thanx:)
Can you give me version of newest firmware or link to it? (buddy of mine also has DroidMx,but he said his Netflix app started crashing and can't fix even with re-install of app)
 
Phrozin said:
Great news about audio selection via Soundabout,thanx:)
Can you give me version of newest firmware or link to it? (buddy of mine also has DroidMx,but he said his Netflix app started crashing and can't fix even with re-install of app)
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Hi Phrozin,

Did your friend uninstall before reinstalling? Something else to try is removing the application cache

Thanks
 
Hi,thanks for all the great advise. I fixed it by "restore to default" in settings and just install apps again via "OTA" update app. His stuff is all working,thanks
 
hello,

thank you for the help, I've looked everywhere to find a solution with the sounds of my remote, but thanks to you it's good :)

But I have another question, is it possible to choose and bound the microphone on the remote control to android tv box? For use the mic with google now and other voice app.

thanks for your help !! :)
 
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f3n3k said:
hello,

thank you for the help, I've looked everywhere to find a solution with the sounds of my remote, but thanks to you it's good :)

But I have another question, is it possible to choose and bound the microphone on the remote control to android tv box? For use the mic with google now and other voice app.

thanks for your help !! :)
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Only if you have a Mele TV box unfortunately. That feature does not work with any other box at this stage (no drivers).
 
f3n3k said:
hello,

thank you for the help, I've looked everywhere to find a solution with the sounds of my remote, but thanks to you it's good :)

But I have another question, is it possible to choose and bound the microphone on the remote control to android tv box? For use the mic with google now and other voice app.

thanks for your help !! :)
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Have you tried
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.woodslink.android.wiredheadphoneroutingfix&hl=en
Not quite sure what features it allows.
It can re-route sound from the remote's speaker/mic to an Android device.
Also try changing sound settings in Android/Settings.
Also make sure you are using Android 4.4, as previous versions don't have all the features eg. with sound.
 
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