1202: MutiMedia buttons BUG#2430

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Re: 1202: MutiMedia buttons BUG#2430

by 68rustang » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:02 am

Re: 1202: MutiMedia buttons BUG#2430

by nynaevelan » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:24 am

No thank you, that is definately not something I want to do just to use three buttons which I have not used in almost two years. I am content, but thanks for the suggestion. They are just fine just sitting there collecting dust. If I need more custom buttons, there are still some left that I can use the setpoint software to set to meet my needs.

Nyn

Re: 1202: MutiMedia buttons BUG#2430

by rovingcowboy » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:17 am

oh in that case then you can try another thing. if you want how much do you do hardware tinkering?

the keyboard should be a shell of two or more plastic parts.
and inside those parts should be a pair of printed plastic circut borads one positive one negitive,

you could take the board apart and look for where those three buttons are at on the plastic circuit boards.

drill a hole or cut half a hole on each side of the seem of where the plastic halfs meet when put together.

very very VERY carfully scrap some of the plastic protection from the the printed circuit board, either pos or neg.
and connect a thin wire thin because those plastic circut boards are made by silk screen printing. so the circut on them is just silver ink, but if you get a thin wire to it you can use that to power on a usb led or some other item.
it would have to use very little power but you could make those buttons in to switches for other things. 8)

i know i know i spend too much time tweaking things. :D

Re: 1202: MutiMedia buttons BUG#2430

by nynaevelan » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:02 am

rovingcowboy wrote:
Windows Media Player or Musicmatch Jukebox
it says those two it means those two only. and it says your preferred player later in that note, meaning the one you prefer of the two it uses.

it has software made to work with them. some one would have to make a script for monkey to see one of those software programs code and use it to see the buttons. in effect making monkey look like it is one of the preferred programs. 8)
RC:

That was my interpretation also but since it was not that important to me to have playlists easily accessible, I never bothered with them. I am still content to let them sit there taking up space. :wink: I have the buttons I want and need...

Nyn

Re: 1202: MutiMedia buttons BUG#2430

by rovingcowboy » Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:56 am

Windows Media Player or Musicmatch Jukebox
it says those two it means those two only. and it says your preferred player later in that note, meaning the one you prefer of the two it uses.

it has software made to work with them. some one would have to make a script for monkey to see one of those software programs code and use it to see the buttons. in effect making monkey look like it is one of the preferred programs. 8)

Re: 1202: MutiMedia buttons BUG#2430

by nynaevelan » Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:27 pm

Peke:

It didn't work, but I don't think they will. These are the buttons I am talking about, the three on the top. Sorry it's not a very good pic:

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Here's the instructions on what they are supposed to do but I cannot get them to work:

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Provides one touch access to your three favorite Internet radio stations or playlists, like the buttons on a car radio:
•	Store a station or playlist. While using Windows Media Player or Musicmatch Jukebox to listen to a playlist or Internet music service or station, press and hold a preset button for about two seconds. This locks the details into the button's memory.
•	Choose a stored preset. Simply short-press the relevant preset button to automatically launch your preferred media player, and play the station or playlist.
At any point you can replace a preset with a different one by selecting the new station or playlist, and then pressing and holding the preset button.
Nyn

Re: 1202: MutiMedia buttons BUG#2430

by Peke » Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:22 pm

@nynaevelan
Sorry if I was not clear enough. I've not mean that you do SetPoint uninstall (good thing is that you didn't do it), but just close that resident app (SetPoint) in system tray which will give MM opportunity to detect all key Commands, multimedia or not. After Restart all will go back where it was.

Re: 1202: MutiMedia buttons BUG#2430

by nynaevelan » Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:25 pm

Peke:

I do have it connected via usb, when I first bought the keyboard the manual said something about those three buttons being for settings within the media program. I think it was WMP at the time but I wasn't willing to switch to WMP just to get them to work. They are some extra buttons and I have not missed them all this time so I am not that eager to play around with them to try to get them to work. All the standard Multimedia buttons which have hotkeys within MM are working and that is good enough for me. I might try to play around with new volume up and down hotkeys because that turnstile is really sensitive and I end up blaring my ears out, but I am rambling now. I say all this to say, all my relevant buttons are working. But since you brought up the setpoint software, if I uninstall it how will I setup the other non-multimedia keys to work with my preferred programs?? And before anyone suggests it (RC) I once tried the Microsoft Intellitype drivers and it does not work for all of my keys so it is not worth the trouble for me.

Nyn

Re: 1202: MutiMedia buttons BUG#2430

by Peke » Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:14 pm

@nynaevelan
Using 1203 can you try to assign new hotkey to keys that do not work? Additionally you can try to unload Setpoint and use USB instead of PS2 for connecting keyboard.

Re: 1202: MutiMedia buttons BUG#2430

by nynaevelan » Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:46 pm

Since my keyboard is a year or two old, I could not find anything on Logitech's website but I have the LX700 and all my multimedia keys work except the audio presets, but I have no idea what they are supposed to do. Here is a description of it from newegg.com.

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Logitech Cordless Desktop LX700 967418-0403 Black 103 Normal Keys 31 Function keys + 1 Wheel Function Keys USB + PS/2 RF Wireless Ergonomics Keyboard  
Nyn

Re: 1202: MutiMedia buttons BUG#2430

by Peke » Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:30 pm

I would like to ask any user interested in this topic for small help.

Due to lots of changes in .1202 and .1203 and tests with various devices, no matter if thing works or you have issues can you please state Keyboard manufacturer and model no. so that we can try to track exact issue and make things little bit easier to see what is going on. (keyboard photo and/or URL to keyboard spec would be more than welcome). Brief description what (not)works would be also much appreciated as it can help us to narrow problematic features.

Re: 1202: MutiMedia buttons BUG#2430

by 68rustang » Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:44 am

Mine are now working properly in 1203.

Re: 1202: MutiMedia buttons BUG#2430

by TomCat » Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:15 am

i have a... well... almost similar problem

the multimedia buttons are working with MM in and out of focus but when i play games they are nor working anymore.

it was no problem with MM 3.0.6.1190 but with any newer version up to 3.1.0.1202

Re: 1202: MutiMedia buttons BUG#2430

by 68rustang » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:06 am

3.1.0.1202

Re: Multimedia buttons not working if MM3.1 is in active window.

by rovingcowboy » Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:36 am

nynaevelan wrote:Actually RC I was asking the original poster. :wink:

Nyn
thought you were but you didn't spec so i had to reply just incase. 8)

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