How to connect the keyboard to the tablet and android phone? Bluetooth keyboard for Android tablet
Often, working with the standard keyboard of the tablet becomes inconvenient. In this case, the external keyboard will save.
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The usual telephone keyboard is designed to perform simple text operations. But those users who constantly need to process large volumes of the text, after some time, have to think about the acquisition of an external keyboard.
The variety of the assortment is amazing, but when choosing the first instance that fall, problems can arise with its connection and configuration. In this article, we will tell you how to set up an external keyboard on android.
How to connect a USB-keyboard?
Most of the USB-keyboard models have support at the hardware level and they do not need any special setting. The connection itself is made using the USB OTG cable.
The device must also have a USB-host function.
To get started, you need to connect the keyboard with the USB OTG and the device, respectively. Next, you can start working directly in the text editor.
Connection of a Bluetooth keyboard
- Turn on the accessory itself
- Activate Bluetooth on it and turn on the detection (mainly it is a special key or their combination)
- Activate Bluetooth search on the phone
- From the falling list, select the keyboard name
For everything to go well, a special code may be needed. His system will tell you yourself. Type the numbers from the keyboard, and then confirm the entry of the Enter key.
How to set up an external keyboard?
How to connect a USB-keyboard to android?
If your gadget does not see the keyboard or shows an incorrect reaction when typing, then you will have to set the layout manually. It will help you with this External Keyboard Helper Pro.
Its main function is to create bilingual unique layouts and switch them using a conventional combination or one button. You can also make an entry of additional characters with the Alt button.
To adjust or create a new layout:
- Download to your device External Keyboard Helper Pro
- Go to "Language and Entering" in the parameters of the device
- Go to the virtual keyboard section in the phone parameters and select the desired by default
- When everything is ready, start creating your layout
- Find ekh setting and open
- Select the Russian language and move on to wider settings
- Now you need to in the "keyboard layout" section and set the combinations of buttons. In a separate window, you can save the template with the possibility of amending
- Next, you need editing, where the types of keys are written (Character and Keycode) and what they mean
- Character - these are buttons responsible for the introduction of characters. Keycode executes the system commands
- To start this section, select separate keys or their combinations from the proposed list, or create some of your your own
- A window for editing will open, where you need to specify the type of buttons, a scan code (it itself will be determined when one of the buttons is pressed), the combination of Caps Lock with Alt, Shift and Alt+Shift. To prescribe additional characters, open any table and copy them
- Confirm the entered data and go out. In principle, the setting is completed. Now check its performance in the text file and start work
Video: Setting up a Russian external USB-keyboard on Android 4.0