When the QWERTY keypad was downward facing, it should be deactivated, however it sometimes becomes active and accidental keypress results in undesired actions on the computer system. Update: We stopped using the Aerb Remote due to problems with the orientation sensor in the remote. It is a "beta" quality product that is "better" than most other mini keyboard and mouse remotes in this price range. There also seems to be a shutter issue where sometimes a battery-pull is necessary to reset the unit. Some of the missing keys and also the hotkeys can be more usefully assigned using an alternate keyboard mapping facility within your operating system.Īlmost there Aerb! Just give us some realistic range and work on the precision of the pointer and button response. It is not possible to, for example, ALT-TAB. They keyboard on the back is nice yet it is missing some import keys. It is possble to use it to do something useful such as instruct the TV to switch inputs from, for example, the internal TV tuner, a DVD player, to your HTPC computer. It is even possible to program the red power button at the top to do something besides turn your television on and off.
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The remote processor and IR code detection is good.
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For HTPC software like MythTV, this is confusing because it is difficult to tell whether or not it is in pointer mode, and what behavior is going to occur when the OK button is pressed since MythTV hides the mouse pointer.Ī big positive for this remote is the five learning IR buttons. It acts as a left mouse button when the pointer is active. The unit also needs an LED to indicate whether it is in mouse pointer mode is active because the blue OK button is dual function. You might want to use an accessibility key-mouse control as a backup for precision mouse pointer control. If you liked the Wii then you will like this remote. Using the motion sensor to control the mouse feels like using a Nintendo Wii controller. Come on Aerb! Crank up the juice on this! The USB specification supports power drain for a more powerful internal radio in the receiver usb plugin component. The FCC allows for a more powerful radio than what is being used. The unit has a terribly weak transceiver. The main problem with this remote and many similar 2.4Ggz products of this nature is range. Yet it has some shortcomings which might cause some users to start pulling out some hair. For under $30.00 this remote is not a bad deal. Low rating because Aerb is half way there.