{"id":381280,"date":"2016-06-08T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/droix.co.uk\/blogs\/remote-control-infrared-basic-or-premium\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T22:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T21:12:27","slug":"remote-control-infrared-basic-or-premium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/en-gb\/remote-control-infrared-basic-or-premium\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote Control &#8211; Infrared Basic or Premium?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The infrared remote control that comes with your DroiX\u00ae device&nbsp;is designed to carry out basic functions. However, it is not ideal for navigating around the operating system or fully utilizing Kodi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We recommend using a remote control with both a QWERTY keyboard and an easy way to move the onscreen cursor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some models have a touchpad, as you&#8217;d find with a laptop, whilst others feature an Air Mouse mode. Air Mouse means as you move the remote through the air, the built-in gyroscopes translate this movement into the cursor on screen moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also have a gamepad designed with the DroiX\u00ae in mind, the DroiX\u00ae Play. Although you&#8217;ll not find a keyboard on the gamepad, playing games is certainly a lot more fun when you use the right tool!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Typing, gaming, interacting in general with Android will seem so much easier with the right remote control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our accessories page at&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/product-category\/tv-and-home-cinema\/accessories\/\">https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/product-category\/tv-and-home-cinema\/accessories\/<\/a><\/span> shows the full range of controllers we have available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The infrared remote control that comes with your DroiX\u00ae device&nbsp;is designed to carry out basic functions. However, it is not ideal for navigating around the operating system or fully utilizing Kodi. We recommend using a remote control with both a QWERTY keyboard and an easy way to move the onscreen cursor. Some models have a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":380211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2166],"tags":[2210],"class_list":["post-381280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorials-en-gb","tag-android-tv-box-en-gb"],"lang":"en-gb","translations":{"en-gb":381280,"en":402,"da":139927,"de":16223,"es":16220,"fi":139977,"fr":16231,"it":16221,"pl":139932,"pt-pt":139983,"sv":140020,"en-ie":381282,"en-au":381284,"cs":387823,"bg":389551,"lv":393485},"pll_sync_post":{},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381281,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381280\/revisions\/381281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}