Navigation settings
How the remote moves around the app
Advanced settings depend on valid trial/Premium access and the installed build. Some controls appear only when their parent feature is enabled. Why an option may be missing.
15 controls and nested options · Read the Learn the remote tutorial →
Open on
Which screen the app opens on. Select to change (Where I left off → Home → Live TV).
Focus this row and press OK to select or cycle its displayed value. Keep the value you want, then return to the relevant screen to check it.
OK button on a channel
What pressing OK does while a channel is playing full screen. Choices: Show the info bar, Pause the channel, or Open the channel list.
Focus this row and press OK to select or cycle its displayed value. Keep the value you want, then return to the relevant screen to check it.
Holding Down on a channel
A press of Down always moves to the channel below, the way Up moves to the one above. This is what holding it does. Choices: Show recent channels, or Nothing. Short DOWN still changes to the next channel.
Focus this row and press OK to select or cycle its displayed value. Keep the value you want, then return to the relevant screen to check it.
Hide section headings
Rows a provider files as channels — “### SPORTS ###” — with nothing behind them.
Focus this row and press OK to switch it on or off. Check the displayed state before leaving.
What BACK does
On a live channel in fullscreen. Choices: Ask, then leave; Leave straight away; or Open the channel list.
Focus this row and press OK to select or cycle its displayed value. Keep the value you want, then return to the relevant screen to check it.
Left arrow in a live channel
Which panel this arrow opens while a channel is playing full screen. Choices: Channel list, Guide, Recent channels or Nothing.
Focus this row and press OK to select or cycle its displayed value. Keep the value you want, then return to the relevant screen to check it.
Right arrow in a live channel
Which panel this arrow opens while a channel is playing full screen. Choices: Channel list, Guide, Recent channels or Nothing.
Focus this row and press OK to select or cycle its displayed value. Keep the value you want, then return to the relevant screen to check it.
Hold to scroll posters
On Home, hold LEFT or RIGHT to browse quickly. Turn off for one poster per press. Hold UP to reach the top menu when enabled.
Focus this row and press OK to switch it on or off. Check the displayed state before leaving.
Smooth focus scrolling
Keeps the selected item at a steady place on screen and glides to it, instead of leaving it against the edge.
Focus this row and press OK to switch it on or off. Check the displayed state before leaving.
Autoplay trailer
When selection rests on a title, play its trailer in the chosen location. Moving away stops it.
Focus this row and press OK to switch it on or off. Check the displayed state before leaving.
Available only in builds that support trailer extraction. Hidden in Play and Documentation demo builds.
Trailer location
Choose where automatic trailers play. Card mode uses landscape cards. Choices: Landscape card or Home corner / backdrop. Available where automatic trailers are supported; featured slider picks keep still artwork.
Focus this row and press OK to select or cycle its displayed value. Keep the value you want, then return to the relevant screen to check it.
Play trailer muted
Start the trailer silently. Off means it brings its own sound, which is most of the point of it.
Focus this row and press OK to switch it on or off. Check the displayed state before leaving.
Available only in builds that support trailer extraction. Hidden in Play and Documentation demo builds.
Trailer delay: s
How long to rest on a poster before the trailer starts. Select to change (3 → 5 → 7 → 10 → 15).
Focus this action and press OK. Review the opened panel or confirmation before proceeding; BACK closes the current dialog.
Available only in builds that support trailer extraction. Hidden in Play and Documentation demo builds.
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