horst.schlemmer Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Hi There, i have a small problem with my MS Multimedia Keyboard and the hotkeys on it. I've installed intellitype 6 for Mac OS and set the "Volume+" and "Volume-" to "iTunes Volume up" and "iTunes Volume down". But when i push the hotkeys i only see the mac os internal volume bar in the middle of the screen going down or up, but the volume of itunes stays at the same level. Is it maybe a problem, that i am using the spdif out of the soundblaster live usb? Can anybody help? PS: The Play/Pause, Stop, Next & Forward Keys are also not working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 The system volume and iTunes volume arent necessarily the same thing, iirc (correct me if im wrong?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst.schlemmer Posted August 16, 2006 Author Share Posted August 16, 2006 I'm not sure! But if i press the "Volume Down" key, the system-volume goes down (i see the system-volume bar in the middle of the screen), but the itunes volume bar doesnt move. I guess, theres the problem. Maybe i try some different settings in the MS Setup Programm this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst.schlemmer Posted August 16, 2006 Author Share Posted August 16, 2006 Now i've written an applescript to control the itunes volume, but i cant asign the script to the volume +/- keys of the keyboard. if i set them to that, it controls again the system volume... grrrrrrr! I see, i have to buy a new keyboard to have back my loved volume control of the keyboard.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasepsilon Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 same here, acutally even worse, with microsofts' driver even my volume keys are not working anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdchambers79 Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Same problem, but I think I found the cause. Unfortunately, I don't know how to fix it. In System Preferences, bring up the MS Intellitype panel. From there, there are three little buttons at the top: One for the keyboard, one for the mouse, and one for help (I thought they were just decorations at first, and didn't realize you could click on them). When you click on the keyboard button, there's an option to get "More Information." Do this, and it says it can't find any MS keyboards. Bingo, there's the problem! Now, does someone else know how to fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdchambers79 Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Nevermind, I found the answer in another thread. Namely, that I need to use the USB instead of PS2 connector That makes all the multimedia keys work, but my keyboard doesn't power on until after OS X is already loading, so now I can't enter the BIOS settings or choose boot time kernel options or anything like that. Something with how the MB I have powers USB devices, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bs0d Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 check your motherboard bios usb setting for 'legacy mode' , this will enable the keyboard in the bios & dos modes. bs0d. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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