Keyspan: Remote for iTunes - User Manual (Mac OS X & Windows)
3 Using Your Remote for iTunes
Overview
The Remote for iTunes can be used when it is directly connected to your computer or when it is connected to your Airport Express (if your Remote for iTunes has been upgraded for AirPort Express compatibility. Contact Keyspan for details.). Depending on where the Remote for iTunes RECEIVER is connected, you will have different ways of controlling your computer.
This section is intended to be used as an outline for using the Remote for iTunes via either the USB port on your Airport Express or via the USB port on your computer. This information covers basic use of the Remote for iTunes in either case. This section also assumes that you have already followed the Installation Instructions section earlier in this manual.
Using The Remote for iTunes Via Your Computer
Once you have connected the Remote for iTunes RECEIVER to your computer's USB port, you will be able to control your computer using the Remote for iTunes.
How The Keyspan Remote Software Works
The Keyspan Remote Software (aka KRS) works by interpreting button presses on your Keyspan remote hardware and converting them to an Action that your computer can understand. These Actions can be keystrokes, system volume control, mouse movement, and others.
Tech Note: About Actions In The Keyspan Remote Software:
For more information about actions and how to customize these actions, please read the Changing The Keyspan Remote Software Settings section in this manual.
To ensure that you are sending the right Actions to the application you want to control, the Keyspan Remote Software also detects which application is running in the foreground as the active application. Actions are sent to this foreground/active application. Since not all programs respond to the same Actions, the Keyspan Remote Software will also check if it has a Map for that foreground/active application. Maps are a group of Actions for a particular application. For example, the Keyspan Remote Software has a Map for both QuickTime Player and PowerPoint. The QuickTime Player Map specifies that pressing the Fast Forward button on your remote will
This User Manual applies to the Keyspan Remote for iTunes Software Version 2.3
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