Learn the remote

#Focus and selection

The highlighted card or button has focus. Use the direction pad to move; OK selects; BACK closes the current layer before leaving a page. A short press and a hold can do different things. Follow the help line on the screen when a dialog has its own controls.

#Home navigation

Browse rows vertically and posters horizontally.

1. Press LEFT or RIGHT to move through posters. Hold either direction for rapid browsing when Hold to scroll posters is enabled.
2. With the Top menu enabled, press UP from the featured slider, or hold UP from a row, to reach the menu.
3. Choose a menu destination with LEFT/RIGHT and OK. Side-menu users can navigate back to the side menu instead.
4. To restore one-poster-per-press behaviour, disable Settings → Appearance & navigation → Navigation → Hold to scroll posters.

#Live TV shortcuts

Short UP/DOWN in fullscreen changes channel. OK, holding DOWN, BACK and LEFT/RIGHT can be reassigned.

1. Open Settings → Appearance & navigation → Navigation.
2. Select OK button on a channel, Holding Down on a channel, What BACK does, or the left/right-arrow setting.
3. Read the displayed action and select the one you want.
4. Return to fullscreen Live TV and try it. If a shortcut differs from this manual, check these settings before assuming the remote is faulty.

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#Typing and closing the keyboard

Select a search or text field to open the Android keyboard. Submit using its Search/Enter/Done action, then move focus to the results. BACK dismisses the keyboard if it stays open. In forms, Save commits the edit and Cancel abandons it; closing a keyboard is not the same as saving a form.

#Long presses depend on the screen

In the Guide grid, hold LEFT to browse earlier catch-up programmes and hold OK to open that programme/channel’s actions. In the Live TV channel list, hold OK for favourites, groups, guide assignment and logos. In fullscreen Live TV, hold OK for the playback quick menu; hold LEFT requests rewind through supported provider catch-up. In Sports, hold OK on a match for Watch/reminder/recording choices. Always release the opening hold before making a menu selection.

#When arrows change meaning

While reordering favourites, arrows move the channel rather than changing the guide time or opening a player panel. Finish the move with OK/BACK first. Likewise, when an action menu, track picker or dialog is open, its controls take priority. BACK closes that layer before the page handles it.