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Keyboard shortcuts in Media Center

Use navigation shortcuts to move around in Media Center.

To Press
Move upUP ARROW
Move downDOWN ARROW
Move leftLEFT ARROW
Move rightRIGHT ARROW
SelectENTER or SPACEBAR
Jump back one page at a timePAGE UP
Jump ahead one page at a timePAGE DOWN
Start Media CenterWindows logo key+ALT+ENTER
Go back to the previous screen or backspace a single character in SearchBACKSPACE

Change channels

To Press
Change to a specific channelThe number for the channel you want
Move up one channelEQUAL (=) or CTRL+EQUAL
Move down one channelMINUS (-) or CTRL+MINUS

Menu shortcuts take you directly to the main menus for feature areas.

To go to top level menus forPress
My TVCTRL+SHIFT+T
My MusicCTRL+M
My VideosCTRL+E
My PicturesCTRL+I

TV and DVD menus

To go to TV and DVD menus forPress
GuideCTRL+G
RecordCTRL+R
DetailsCTRL+D
DVD MenuCTRL+SHIFT+M
Recorded TVCTRL+O
DVD AudioCTRL+SHIFT+A
DVD SubtitleCTRL+U

Transport controls control the playback of your media.

To Press
PauseCTRL+P
PlayCTRL+SHIFT+P
StopCTRL+SHIFT+S
ReplayCTRL+B
SkipCTRL+F
RewindCTRL+SHIFT+B
Fast ForwardCTRL+SHIFT+F
MuteF8
Volume DownF9
Volume UpF10