Remote key reference
Remote keys on the movies and shows screens
A third key map, for on-demand content. It mirrors the live player key for key, so the two feel the same, and differs only where seeking replaces switching channels.
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Movies and shows get their own key map, in Settings › Remote control › Movies and shows. It lists exactly the same 29 keys as the live player, and wherever a key has a sensible on‑demand twin it keeps the same default, so moving between live TV and a film does not mean learning a second remote.
The D-pad is where the two maps part company, and it is worth looking at before the full table.
Every key and its default action
| Key | Default action on movies and shows |
|---|---|
| OK | Show player controls |
| Long OK | Show menu |
| Back | Go back |
| Long Back | Search |
| Left | Show movies and shows list in overlay mode |
| Long Left | Show movies and shows list in preview mode |
| Right | Seek forward |
| Long Right | Show item description |
| Up | Play next item |
| Long Up | Ignore |
| Down | Play previous item |
| Long Down | Picture-in-picture — not wired up yet |
| Pg+(Ch+) | Play next item |
| Pg-(Ch-) | Play previous item |
| Volume up | Volume up |
| Volume down | Volume down |
| Mute | Volume mute |
| Menu | Show menu |
| Long Menu | Open settings |
| Play/Pause | Play/pause |
| Rewind(RW) | Seek backward |
| Fast forward(FF) | Seek forward |
| Backspace | Show movies and shows list in preview mode |
| Info | Show info panel |
| Guide | Show movies and shows list in overlay mode |
| Red | Show movies and shows list in overlay mode |
| Green | Audio tracks |
| Yellow | Closed captions |
| Blue | Open settings |
Where it differs from the live player, and why
| Key | Live TV | Movies and shows |
|---|---|---|
| Right | Turn on most recent channel | Seek forward |
| Up / Down | Next and previous channel | Next and previous item |
| Long Up | Multiview | Ignore — there is no on-demand equivalent |
| Rewind(RW) / Fast forward(FF) | Info for the previous and next channel | Seek backward and forward |
| Green / Yellow | Guide groups, recent channels | Audio tracks, closed captions |
The colour buttons are the clearest illustration of why three maps exist. On live TV, guide and channel actions are what you want on a coloured key. In a film, audio tracks and subtitles are what you reach for. Often within the first minute, because a dubbed track or a missing subtitle is something you notice immediately.
Everything that carries across keeps its live default deliberately: Left opens the list as an overlay, holding it opens the preview beside a mini player, and holding Right shows the description box. Long Down carries the live map's picture‑in‑picture assignment across too, which is less useful than it sounds. See below.
Everything a key can be assigned to
- Browsing: Show movies and shows list in overlay mode, Show movies and shows list in preview mode, Search.
- Information: Show item description, Show info panel, Show player controls, Show menu.
- Moving through a title: Seek forward, Seek backward, Play/pause, Restart from beginning.
- Moving between titles: Play next item, Play previous item.
- Sound and picture: Audio tracks, Closed captions, Display mode, Volume up, Volume down, Volume mute.
- Everything else: Open settings, Go back, Exit, Ignore.
Three more appear in the list and are not connected in this build: Picture-in-picture, Sleep timer and Audio offset. A key holding any of them is swallowed and does nothing, which is at least predictable, but it is not something you want on a button you will press. That includes the shipped Long Down.
Where this map applies, and where it does not
These assignments govern playback. While a film or an episode is on screen, the keys above are in force. Browsing the catalogue is ordinary navigation: the D‑pad moves the highlight through posters, OK opens the item, and Back goes up a level. There is nothing to remap because nothing is ambiguous.
The detail screen you land on before playing sits in the same category. Its buttons are labelled, and Play, Resume, Trailer and Add to my list are selected rather than triggered by a key. So if a change you made appears to do nothing, check whether you were watching or browsing at the time.
Two changes worth making
Put Restart from beginning on a key. It ships unassigned. The catalogue offers Resume and Resume S2 E4 for picking up where you left off; this is how you deliberately start over, and hunting for it in a menu is worse than one button. Long Up is the natural home, since it ships set to Ignore and is doing nothing anyway.
Reassign Long Down. It carries Picture-in-picture from the live map, and that is not connected, so the key is dead as shipped. Show item description is the useful thing to put there in a catalogue with several thousand titles; you will want to know what something is more often than you will want anything else on a long press.
Restore to defaults on this screen resets these 29 keys and nothing else.