Getting to know your remote control
To see what each step looks like, just click each step and check out the picture. You can also use the arrow keys on your keyboard.
- 1.
Standby – Turns your TV on or off into standby mode.
- 2.
Microphone – Speak into the microphone when using the Alexa or voice search.
- 3. Voice button – Used to activate the microphone on the remote control.
For more information, see the Using the voice button topic.
- 4.
Select — Confirms menu selections and is used to view the channel list in Live TV Mode.
- 5.
Directional buttons - Used to navigate menus, content and menu subpages.
- 6.
Back/Return - Returns to the previous menu screen, goes back one step, closes pop-up windows and teletext in Live TV Mode.
- 7.
Home — Opens the Home Screen.
- 8.
Rewind — Rewind in media such as movies.
- 9.
Play/Pause — Starts to play the selected media and pauses the media being played.
- 10.
Volume +/- — Increases and decreases the volume.
- 11.
Guide — Displays the electronic programme guide (EPG) in the Live TV Mode.
- 12.
Mute — Completely turns off the volume of the TV.
For more information, see the How to mute the volume topic.
- 13.
Numeric buttons — Switches the channel and can be used to input text/ numbers into text areas.
- 14.
Subtitle – Turns subtitles on and off (where available).
For more information, see the Activate / deactivate subtitles topic.
- 15.
Prime Video — Used to open the Prime Video screen.
- 16.
Live TV – Used to Switch to Live TV mode to watch TV channels.
- 17.
Coloured buttons – Follow the on-screen instructions for coloured button functions.
- 18.
Apps — Used to access your apps and games.
- 19.
Netflix – Used to launch the Netflix app.
- 20.
TXT - Displays teletext (where available), press again to superimpose the teletext over a normal broadcast picture.
- 21. Programme +/- — Increases / Decreases the channel number in Live TV Mode.
- 22.
Fast forward — Fast forward in media such as movies.
- 23.
Options – Used to display setting options (where available).