# Controlling Mopidy with a Bluetooth Remote
**URL:** https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/controlling-mopidy-with-a-bluetooth-remote/4198
**Category:** Misc
**Created:** [July 26, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/controlling-mopidy-with-a-bluetooth-remote/4198 "2020-07-26T17:00:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@duracell80](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/duracell80)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/controlling-mopidy-with-a-bluetooth-remote/4198/1 "2020-07-26T17:00:08Z")
Hey guys,
I transitioned here from Moode which mainly uses MPD directly and thus it’s fairly simple to control playback via MPC commands.
I use a bluetooth remote control on Moode, the ones that come with a “dongle” to interface to the device, these are mostly marketed as “Android TV Remotes”. However what they do is replicate keyboard strokes. The “OK key” for example is the “Enter key” on a keyboard and I can use this to program the “OK key” on the remote to log the now playing track to a log.
I use this heavily in the car, for a screenless radio:
> **[duracell80/ArgonOne-Radio](https://github.com/duracell80/ArgonOne-Radio)**
>
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Could anyone step me through how Mopidy playback can be controlled in such a way? My scripts use a showkey scan to listen for keystrokes and then control playback via “mpc next” or something similar, maybe there is a Mopidy API that I can hook showkey up to?
```
# NEXT STATION
if [[$KEYS == *"103"*]]; then
echo "Remote: Next Station"
mpc -q play
mpc -q next
SNAME=$(mpc -f %name% | head -n 1)
ispeak "Now Tuned To ${SNAME}"
```
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### Author:  [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/controlling-mopidy-with-a-bluetooth-remote/4198/2 "2020-07-26T18:36:05Z")
Mopidy’s MPD Frontend allows control using mpc. The same script should work.
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### Author:  [@duracell80](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/duracell80)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/controlling-mopidy-with-a-bluetooth-remote/4198/3 "2020-07-26T20:09:39Z")
Aaaaha, awesome thank you!