Keyboards and Keyboard/Mice Combo Sets

[TacoSurprise]

I've seen a few posts of people trying to get Zune to open by press the "Media Player" key on the keyboard (I'm using MX3200). I just got this keyboard today and figured out how to get the Zune player to open using SetPoint and the keyboard. It's a very easy "hack." Of course, make sure you have the Zune Software installed prior to this

1. Open My Computer. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Logitech\SetPoint

2. Open the file "Players" with a text-editing program (NotePad, Word Pad, etc.)

3. There's a list titled "[Players]" Anywhere within the list open a new line and paste this:

Zune=wac,Zune.exe,Zune,Zune Software,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,0.1,Zune Software

This adds a Zune reference to the executable and uses predefined media controls that are used with Windows Media Player as well.

4.  Navigate further down to the list titled "[Players.Display]" and anywhere in the list open a new line and paste:

Zune=Zune

This adds a reference to the previously created media player item you just added, and tells SetPoint what name to display for that media player.

5. Click File->Save

6. Open SetPoint and go to My Keyboard->Media Player (from list #2, "Select Hot Key") -> then select "Zune" from the drop-down.

There may be an easier way to do this, but this is how I figured it out. I saw a post about "uberOptions" beign able to list more options for certain functions, but the link was broken. I hope this helps anyone needing to accomplish this.

[Spleenfruit]

Any clue how to do this with Media Monkey?  Thanks! 

[TacoSurprise · Accepted solution]

Yessir. This requires a little more than the Zune player does, but it's still very simple. Follow these steps:

1. Open My Computer. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Logitech\SetPoint

2. Open the file "Players.ini" with a text-editing program (NotePad, Word Pad, etc.)

3. There's a list titled "[Players]" Anywhere within the list open a new line and paste this:

MediaMonkey=cmd,MediaMonkey.exe,TFMainWindow, MediaMonkey,xxx,xxx,40045,40046,40047,40044,40048,0,1,MediaMonkey

This adds a Zune reference to the executable and uses predefined media controls that are used with Windows Media Player as well.

4.  Navigate further down to the list titled "[Players.Run]" and anywhere in the list open a new line and paste:

MediaMonkey=reg,HKLM,SOFTWARE\Classes\MediaMonkey.File\DefaultIcon,,2

5. Go to the next list, titled "[Players.Display]" and add this line to the list:

MediaMonkey=Media Monkey

6. Go to the bottom list, titled "[Players.IsRemote]" and add this line:

MediaMonkey=True

7. Click File->Save

8. Open SetPoint and go to My Keyboard->Media Player (from list #2, "Select Hot Key") -> then select "Media Monkey" from the drop-down.

If these instructions are hard to follow, I also found this site to check my walkthrough: Using Media Monkey with SetPoint

Hope this helps!

[Spleenfruit]

I'll give it a try later tonight - thanks a lot! 

[JimKlaveren]

I am using the mx 5500 model, it doesnt seem to work for this model, I use Media Monkey and i would like to see my music on my display can anyone help me out?

Thanks!

[gachdel]

This doesn't work for my mx 5500, there is just Zune software launching when pressing "Media Center" key, but nothing on the LCD screen, so bad

I hope Logitech will integrate Zune Software in the future SetPoint Drivers!