Keyboard Controls

Keyboard Controls

Key	Action
↑ ↓ / PgUp PgDn	Change channel
0–9	Type a channel number directly (auto-tunes after ~1.4s)
.	Sub-channel separator while typing a number (7 . 1 → CH 7.1), when enabled
Enter	Confirm number entry, or show the guide banner
G	Open/close the full time-grid guide
/	Filter channels (inside the guide)
I	Show program details for the current channel
S	Back to Channel Setup
M	Mute / unmute
SHIFT + M	Cycle SAP audio mode (stereo / mono / SAP)
+ −	Volume up / down
C	Toggle CRT effects
V	Cycle picture mode (standard / vivid / cinema)
A	Cycle aspect mode (contain / stretch / fill)
Z	Cycle the sleep timer (off / 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 min)
F	Fullscreen
P	Power off (any key wakes it)
N	Channel SCAN — hold on each channel a few seconds, any key stops
X	Mark an air check — save this moment to come back to
T	Time machine — VCR shuttle mode
D	Time machine calendar — pick any date and time and jump there
L	Return to live
J	Start the current show over from the beginning
O	Open the logo / layout editor for the tuned channel
[ ]	Jump to the previous/next commercial break (time machine only)
B	Trigger a breaking-news overlay on demand
K	Toggle closed captions
SHIFT + ↑/↓	Jump between favorite channels
BKSP	Return to the last channel
SHIFT + BKSP	Recent channels card
H	Hide/show the hint bar
?	Open the TV menu
CTRL + 1–4	Save the current channel to a quick-jump slot
ALT + 1–4	Recall a quick-jump slot

The single-letter keys above (G, S, M, C, V, A, Z, F, P, O, T, D, J, L, N, I, X, H) can be remapped under SETTINGS › System › Keys.

Time machine

Enable it in Box Settings first. Press T, then ←/→ to rewind/fast-forward — tap the same direction again to step up through ×60, ×300, ×1800, ×7200 (broadcast seconds per real second). The picture scrubs like a tape under head-switching noise, and the readout names the program you'd be landing on. Enter plays from there, L returns to live.

To jump to a date, press D for the calendar: arrows move by day or week, PageUp/PageDown by month (with Shift, by year), Home goes to today, 1–7 or [ ] set the time of day, Enter goes. Days with a date-range block on that channel (a December countdown, a Thanksgiving weekend) carry a dot, and the footer shows what would be airing at the chosen moment. It is also in the TV menu under TIME MACHINE, and a channel's PREVIEW in setup has a CALENDAR… button.

Easier for picking something specific: open the guide (G), select any program, press Enter — it shifts time so that show starts from its beginning. With the time machine on, the guide also scrolls backward into the past.

The same actions are available from a TV remote or the phone remote; see Headless, LAN and Remotes.