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For those of you that may not yet be aware, in addition to Kodi's Android and Apple remote apps. Kodi/Libreelec also provide access to a web interface called "Chorus2"

Example Viewing Music Albums (Access to Chorus2 is via IP of your device)

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Should you wish to use Chorus from a webrowser, You need to ensure that "Allow remote control via HTTP" is enabled under Settings -> Services -> Control. I seem to recollect that username and password is required to be setup in the control settings, in order to access your device using Chorus2

View of Web Server Control Settings (Estuary Skin)

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I find it useful occasionally to control what is being played by Kodi whilst I am working on the PC.
(where our Music/Videos accessible by Kodi can also be played/listened to locally on PC if desired)
 
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£23.89....including the Royal Mails handling fee of £8.

If didn't show how it was made up but I know there is an extra fee.
Wow... So £15.89 plus an £8.00 Royal Mail handling fee. I wonder why Royal Mail are delivering in the UK and not UPS!
Mr mail man (it was a bloke in dark blue shorts) has just delivered my 'fee to pay' card (Reason: There is a customs charge). Bloody taxes!

Payment of £23.89 paid via PayPal. Delivery date: Wednesday 19th ;)
 
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I have three easy (I hope) questions this morning.

[1] I can turn off the unit with the remote, but I cannot turn it on. I remember reading that the remote needs to wake up, so I tried pushing random buttons and then the power buttons (tried them both) and nothing. What am I missing? (Of course, I probably need the steps to walk across the room to press the power button on the unit.)
[2] How can I get the menu on the top of the screen? I have accidentally gotten it throughout my goofing, but I can't recreate what I did when I want it.
[3] Related to Q2, how can I Stop music? I can use the pause/play button, but the only Stop command I have found is on the mysterious top menu that I can't locate reliably.

I added the unit to my Logitech Harmony remote today, but used the Intel setting, so the Harmony says it has no control capabilities (I have the 950 without the Hub, which I don't think has Bluetooth). I'll be curious to see if the Microsoft Kodi setting (that I saw referenced after I redid my Harmony) is any different. But first I had to crawl...I'm getting closer to getting on my own two feet!
With the first day of spring just around the corner, I figure I’ll understand my Kodi NUC sometime this summer.

Serious learning curve for an old dog like me. What I see is really cool, but simple it ain’t.
 
Mr mail man (it was a bloke in dark blue shorts) has just delivered my 'fee to pay' card (Reason: There is a customs charge). Bloody taxes!

Payment of £23.89 paid via PayPal. Delivery date: Wednesday 19th ;)
That really does seem excessive. On the customs declaration i said it was a gift worth $100. I didnt want to say it was worth less in the event it was lost.

They make you pay charges on gifts?
 
Its nowhere near as hard as you guys are fearing it to be
The hardest part I have found (at my ripe old age of 60) is just working out how to navigate through the system. I stumble upon things, and then when I need to use these things I have to rediscover my steps. Like anything else, I expect after a few days of goofing around it will finally click in my brain and I will be able to do things on first attempt instead of meandering through menus or reading pages of posts first. You'll get there, too...maybe faster than me!
 
The £8 handling feet that Royal Mail charges is a customs brokerage fee - UPS, FedEx, DHL etc. would charge the same, if not more. They're passing on a charge that the government levies to have the package inspected/valued/levied by UK customs.

This is something that happens in most countries of the world - the only reason that Americans aren't as familiar with it is the "de minimis" exemption in the US, which allows non-commercial goods under $800 per shipment to enter the country without having customs duty or taxes applied. Not sure how much longer that one is going to last given the way things are going down there.

A word to the wise for people shipping stuff to the us, from HMRC (UK Revenue and Customs):

Goods that have a value below £39 will be duty and tax free. Goods between £40 and £135 will be duty free but subject to VAT @ 29% for most goods. Goods over £135 will be charged duty and VAT .

Basically if you're sending anything small to the UK, mark it as a gift with the value as being less than 39 pounds, or your local equivalent. Canada has similar regulations - the package has to be marked as a gift and can't exceed $60 CAD. I presume OZ/NZ probably have a similar system too.
 
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