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Android Windows PC Remote - Unified

08 July, 2011 15:25 CST6CDT

Unified RemoteWhile browsing the Android market for a media player, I was given a Googleized suggestion for an application called Unified.  The summary for the application described itself as: Unified Remote - Easily, the most feature-filled Android-PC remote.  Since I was currently living in the late 90's using a first generation Remote Wonder, I made an easy decision to give this Android Windows remote control a spin to see what it is made of and crossing my fingers for an alternative to my outdated type casted ways of controlling my desktop remotely.

I started with the [Android installation of the standard Unified Remote] which is only limited by the number of available "remotes", or rather interfaces to various Windows 3rd party applications.  The Unified Windows remote depends on a server application installed on your desktop or other remote Windows device.  The server depends on .NET 4 and is ready to go out of the box after installation.

Unified Remote Android MenuStarting the Android Unified application, I was immediately impressed with the automatic configuration option, though a self-configure option is also available.  The Unified Android Remote application and the Windows application hook allowed remote desktop navigation out of the box.  By default, the Windows remote uses TCP and UDP port 9512, or a Bluetooth connection if you have a Wacom Bluetooth stack.  Password authentication and AES encryption is optional for the connection to your keyboard & mouse, and various other remote controls.

I would like to call this Android remote a KVM, although I would have to remove the V and would be stuck with just KM, which looks like a female's initials, so I decided to describe the experience instead of the technology with one word, Unified - as I was immediately hooked to the application and soon after purchased the [full version of this Android based Windows remote control].

Adj. 1. unified - formed or united into a whole - [source]

The full version of Unified provides a host of additional remotes for applications such as your preferred web browser, media players, and various other desktop applications along with the application's standard keyboard and mouse controls.

click on this article's perma-link for a list of remotes in the free and full versions

Unified Remote: http://www.unifiedremote.com/

Unified RemotesRemotes in Free and Full Version

The free remotes provide a basic variety of remotes. The remotes provided here are very similar to the ones included in Unified Remote v1 (with some improvements and changes). Scroll down to see more information about new remotes included in the full version.

Basic Input
  • Mouse Control (Single and Multi-touch)
  • Configurable sensitivity
  • Switchable mouse buttons (left/right)
  • Keyboard (Standard or Custom)
File Manager
  • Browse, open, Copy, Cut, Paste, Delete files
  • Show file and folder details
  • Configurable Favorite Folders in server config
Keyboard
  • Swedish
  • English
  • German
  • Russian
  • Numpad
  • Navigation
  • Function
Media
  • Play/pause, Stop
  • Next/Previous track
  • Volume up/down/mute
Power
  • Lock, Log Off
  • Sleep, Hibernate
  • Shutdown, Restart
  • Abort
  • Wake On Lan
Slide Show
  • Go to (slide number)
  • Start, Fullscreen, End
  • Next, Previous
Spotify
  • Play/Pause, Stop
  • Next, Previous
  • Volume Up/Down, Mute
  • Shows currently playing track
  • Hardware volume button control
Start
  • Start Menu
  • Launch Programs
Task Manager
  • Switch to
  • Show details
  • Kill
Windows Media Center
  • Volume up/down/mute
  • Play/pause/stop
  • Up/down/left/right
  • Select
  • Back
  • Next/previous
Windows Media Player
  • Fullscreen
  • Volume up/down/mute
  • Next/previous
  • Plause/Pause/stop
VLC (Keyboard Controlled)
  • Current track
  • Volume up/down/mute
  • Fast forward / rewind
  • Fullscreen
  • Next/previous
  • Play/pause/stop
YouTube
  • Volume up/down
  • Fast forward / rewind
  • Next/previous
  • Play/pause/stop

Remotes in Full Version Only

The remotes provided in the full version of Unified Remote include a variety of more advanced remotes. This includes more advanced media center remotes, power point, web browser remotes, photo viewer remotes, and external device remotes. We will be adding many more remotes, custom remotes, SDK, and other features in the full version.

Boxee (Keyboard Controlled)
  • Playback control
  • Navigation
  • Volume
Boxee (Web Interface)
  • Playback control
  • Navigation
  • Current title
  • Position slider
  • Volume slider
Chrome
  • Navigation
  • Tabs
  • Search
  • Zoom
  • Scroll
Firefox
  • Navigation
  • Tabs
  • Search
  • Zoom
  • Scroll
foobar2000
  • Current title
  • Playback control
  • Volume control
Internet Explorer
  • Navigation
  • Tabs
  • Search
  • Zoom
  • Scroll
iTunes
  • Current title
  • Volume slider
  • Position slider
  • Playlist
  • Playback control
Media Portal
  • Volume slider
  • Playback control
  • Navigation
  • Screenshot
  • Fullscreen
Media Player Classic
  • Volume slider
  • Playback control
  • Navigation
Opera
  • Navigation
  • Tabs
  • Search
  • Zoom
  • Scroll
Picasa
  • Playback control
  • Zoom
PowerPoint Basic
  • Go to (slide number
  • Basic control
PowerPoint Advanced
  • Slide number
  • Go to slide
  • Time
  • Playback control
  • View comments
Tellstick
  • ...
Winamp
  • Current title
  • Volume control
  • Playback control
Windows Photo Viewer
  • ...
VLC (Web Interface)
  • Position slider
  • Volume control
  • Playback control
XBMC (Keyboard Controlled)
  • Volume control
  • Playback control
  • Navigation
XBMC (Web Interface)
  • Current title
  • Volume slider
  • Position slider
  • Playback control
  • Navigation
XBMC Media (Web Interface)
  • ...
MediaMonkey
  • Current title
  • Volume slider
  • Position slider
  • Playback control
  • Playlist
J River Media Center
  • Playback control
  • Fullscreen
Hulu Desktop
  • D-pad
  • Select
  • Back
Hulu Web
  • Current title
  • Volume
  • Play/Pause
  • Exit fullscreen
Pandora
  • Playback control
  • Volume
  • Rate
Monitor
  • Turn On
  • Turn Off
  • Standby

Source [Unified Remotes]

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