For those of you that own an Apple Bluetooth mouse or Trackpad, or any other Bluetooth device, I can tell you that they work great with the Amazon Fire tv. Therefore, that frees up the USB port in case you guys use Popcorn Time, Showbox or HD Cinema, and want to download your movies onto a USB stick. Enjoy
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So here's the thing. I'm installing a Samsung Galaxy tablet into my car. My daughters got kindle fires for Christmas. I was going to use HDMI monitors for when I do netflix or whatever from the Galaxy.
My question is, can the Kindle fire get a video in signal and be able to use those as monitors instead of buying headrest monitors for them?
Also, on the same install, can I get sound via the usb cable or do I have to use the 3.5mm headphone jack for sound. The genius's at amazon decided to put the usb and the 3.5mm jacks on opposite sides. Now when I build a custom mounting dock for these fires, I'll have to have it slide into usb port, and then manually plug in the 3.5mm jack if I can't get sound through the usb.
I could really use your help everyone! Thanks!
the kf does only have 2 ports (1x3,5mm headjack, 1xmicro-usb) and the power switch. they are all side by side on the bottom of the device.
No way to do "video in" that I am aware of - unless you crack it open and solder to the pcb or tap into the lcd ribbon connector. Usually you would either do regular lcd monitors or totally autonomous tablets.
You should check out mp3car.com for some ideas, they do some amazing stuff.
It would be cool to be able to stream the video wirelessly from the Galaxy Tab to the Kindle Fires but I am not aware of a way to do that either at the moment.
Bump. I've been wondering this as well. If bluetooth is ever "unlocked" for the Fire I would be building an in-dash mount for my car.
Instead of streaming video, couldn't your Galaxy Tab just host share the file via Wi-Fi so the Kindles could play the video?
That is what I would do.
So far I've not found anything that supports my desires.
What I'm going to do is have to go with a separate monitor.
I stand corrected, thanks for the info and sorry for being lazy. The USB, and 3.5mm Jack are in fact on the same side. This makes life way easier. I've got what I need to do now. Thank you.
As soon as I can figure out how to put power to these tablets, and the two headphone amplifiers I need, I'll be in business and they'll be going in my headrests!
Thanks for the help.
Here's my simple little setup. Consists of two Logitech F310 controllers, Seagate 2TB USB 3.0 had drive, Pluggable Peripherals 7 port hub and of course the official controller. Also has a keyboard and mouse dongle plugged in. I'd love to see others. Post em! (BTW, forgive the white extension cable, it is actually connected to the hard drive as I am in the process of backing it up)
zektor said:
Here's my simple little setup. Consists of two Logitech F310 controllers, Seagate 2TB USB 3.0 had drive, Pluggable Peripherals 7 port hub and of course the official controller. Also has a keyboard and mouse dongle plugged in. I'd love to see others. Post em! (BTW, forgive the white extension cable, it is actually connected to the hard drive as I am in the process of backing it up)
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6months old photo, but still using the min combo BT keyboard, charge the AAA batteries on the TV usb with the USB hub under it.
And I keep the mojo on it's side.. i think it looks cool and lets the heat rise.
I'll take more pics when my other controller comes
gwaldo said:
6months old photo, but still using the min combo BT keyboard, charge the AAA batteries on the TV usb with the USB hub under it.
And I keep the mojo on it's side.. i think it looks cool and lets the heat rise.
I'll take more pics when my other controller comes
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Cool man. I have been wanting one of those mini BT keyboards!
zektor said:
Cool man. I have been wanting one of those mini BT keyboards!
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I wont recommend the mini nor the micro (button keys instead of real keys unless it a remote maybe), it's okay for quick surfing/emailing but not for chat etc.. great for my travel bag.. but I would use it more if was more fullsize... I need to replace my old wired keyboard mouse.. so i'll be looking for a fullsize BT combo.
From top left:
AverMedia Capture HD II C285, MOJO 4way USB hub, 32GB roms, cheap twin PS clone controllers on one USB, Behringer headset for late night gaming sessions.
My old USB keyboard and MS laser mouse, 7inch Hyundai T7s, Travel clip with my tablet mod.
MOJO CTRLR, retail CTRLR, Shintaro Mini Bluetooth Keyboard.
And under the TV I have a 4way USB hub powered by the TV's USB port.
Attached are two USB AA/AAA battery chargers and a retractable USB cable for the mini combo keyboard to charge.
Not that much really
I'm about to buy a 2017 Shield TV (NO PRO). I want to plug in an external 3.0 usb hard drive to it, where I store all my movies and TV series, to enjoy Plex server installed in the Shield.
My questions are:
1. Will the external hard drive be automatically recognized by the network too, like if it becomes some sort of network hard drive? In other words, will I be able to access to the hard drive from my iMac through the network in order to transfer other movies while it is still plugged into the Shield?
2. I will connect the Shield to my main TV through a regular HDMI cable. Since I have another TV with DLNA in another room, can I stream from the Shield to this other TV?
Sorry for the dumb questions, I really am a newbie here... Thanks in advance!
I own a shield tablet and is it possible to have the new geforce experience on it?. Also if I was to buy the shield tv would it be possible to hook it to my laptop and use the laptop screen to play games as opposed to hooking up to the TV please?
I don't know about the Shield Tablet, but the Shield TV's only video output is HDMI. So it would only work if your laptop has an HDMI input or some input that can be converted to work with HMDI.
Mogster2K said:
I don't know about the Shield Tablet, but the Shield TV's only video output is HDMI. So it would only work if your laptop has an HDMI input or some input that can be converted to work with HMDI.
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Thanks and my guess is most laptops don't have hdmi input for this to work?
Is there a way to connect FireHD 10 2019 to a monitor and a mouse and keyboard via usb-c to hdmi, usbA connector, I am able to do this on my samsung. I want to replace my laptop with this tablet. So would like to use a bigger screen while at home and office.
Let me know if there is a solution before or after rooting the device.
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Is there a way to connect FireHD 10 2019 to a monitor and a mouse and keyboard via usb-c to hdmi, usbA connector, I am able to do this on my samsung. I want to replace my laptop with this tablet. So would like to use a bigger screen while at home and office.
Let me know if there is a solution before or after rooting the device.
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USB-C video output is not supported on your Fire tablet. You have to use TeamViewer to display your Fire tablet screen remotely into your PC.
Watch this video how to setup
To use mouse and keyboard. Can you use an USB-C OTG and an USB hub