User Guide

Using Lumen

Everything in Lumen works with the D-pad, OK and Back. There's nothing you need a touchscreen, mouse or keyboard for, apart from typing a new name when you rename an app.

• The home screen
• Opening and managing apps
• Favourites
• Recent
• Hidden apps
• Top bar
• Alerts
• Customizing
• Remote cheat sheet

The home screen

From top to bottom:

1. Clock and date, and any alerts underneath.
2. Top bar: network status, notifications, voice search, inputs and settings.
3. Favourites: your pinned apps as large banners, ending with a + Add tile.
4. Recent: apps you opened lately that aren't already in Favourites.
5. Apps: every app on the TV that can be opened, with a count next to the title.

Press Home or Back at any time to jump back to the first favourite.

Opening and managing apps

Press OK on an app to open it.

To manage it, hold OK for a second or press the Menu (☰) button. A small menu opens next to the app:

Option	What it does	Shown for
Open	Opens the app	all
Add to Favourites / Remove from Favourites	Pins or unpins the app	all
Move	Lets you reposition it in Favourites	Favourites
Rename	Gives the app your own name in Lumen	all
Remove from Recent	Clears it from the Recent row	Recent
Hide from Apps	Removes it from the Apps grid	Apps
App info	Opens Android's page for the app (storage, permissions, force stop, updates)	all
Uninstall	Removes the app from the TV	apps you installed

Built-in system apps can't be uninstalled from here; Android doesn't allow it.

Renaming only changes the name inside Lumen. To go back to the app's own name, choose Rename again and select Use original name, or clear the text and save.

Favourites

• Pin an app: use + Add at the end of the row and pick from the list, or choose Add to Favourites from any app's menu.
• Reorder: open the app's menu, choose Move, then press ◀ ▶. The tile is outlined in blue while it's moving. Press OK or Back when it's where you want it. Up and Down are ignored while moving, so you can't lose your place.
• Unpin: choose Remove from Favourites.

On first launch Lumen pins the popular streaming apps it finds installed. If an app in Favourites is uninstalled, it simply disappears from the row.

Recent

Shows up to eight apps you opened from Lumen, newest first. Apps that are already favourites aren't repeated. Use Remove from Recent to clear one, or turn the row off under Customize.

Apps opened by other means (for example from a notification or a voice command) aren't counted.

Hidden apps

Hide from Apps removes an app from the grid without uninstalling it. Hidden apps can still be favourites.

To bring one back, select the Hidden · N chip at the right of the Apps title, or go to ⚙ → Customize home screen → Hidden apps, and pick the app.

Top bar

Item	What it does
Wi‑Fi / Ethernet / Offline	Current connection. Dimmed when offline
🔔 Notifications	Badge with the number of notifications. Select it to see them; choose one to open it, or Clear all. Ongoing and background-service notifications are left out to keep the list useful. Needs notification access
🎤 Search	Starts the TV's voice search or assistant
⇥ Inputs	Lists HDMI and AV inputs, with connected ones first and marked connected. Choose one to switch to it
⚙ Settings	Customize the home screen, or jump to the TV's own settings pages

The settings menu contains:

Entry	Opens
Customize home screen	Lumen's own options (below)
Network & internet	Wi‑Fi and Ethernet settings. Shows the current state underneath
Picture	The TV's picture settings (falls back to Display & sound if the TV has no separate page)
Display & sound	Resolution, sound output and related settings
Remotes & accessories	Pairing remotes, gamepads and Bluetooth devices
Storage	Storage settings. Shows free space underneath
Apps	Android's app manager (update, clear data, permissions)
Date & time	Time zone and clock settings
All settings	The full Android settings app

The Settings apps themselves aren't listed in the Apps grid, because the gear already leads there.

Alerts

Alerts appear under the date only when something needs attention, and disappear on their own once it's fixed. Select an alert to open the right settings page.

Alert	Colour	When it shows
Not connected to a network	red	No Wi‑Fi or Ethernet connection
Wi‑Fi connected · No internet access	red	Connected, but Android can't reach the internet (router down, ISP outage, blocked DNS)
Wi‑Fi needs sign-in	amber	A hotel or office network is waiting for you to sign in
Storage running low · X free	amber	Less than 1 GB, or less than 10 %, of internal storage free
Storage almost full · X free	red	Less than 500 MB, or less than 5 %, free. Apps may fail to update or install

Storage is checked every minute while the home screen is visible; network changes are picked up immediately.

To free storage: ⚙ → Apps, then clear the cache of large apps, or uninstall apps you don't use.

Customizing

⚙ → Customize home screen. Each option changes the moment you press OK on it, so you can see the result behind the menu. Press OK again to cycle to the next value, and Back to close.

Option	Values
Background	Midnight, Ocean, Aurora, Ember, Graphite, Black (pure black suits OLED TVs)
Apps per row	4, 5 or 6
App names	Always shown, or only on the selected app for a cleaner look
Sort apps	A to Z, Most used (counts launches from Lumen), Newest installed
Recent row	On or Off
Clock	System default, 12-hour or 24-hour
Hidden apps	Only shown when something is hidden
Reset home screen	Asks first, then restores the default favourites, unhides everything, clears custom names and launch history, and resets appearance

Remote cheat sheet

Button	On an app	In a menu	In Move mode
OK	Open	Choose	Finish
Hold OK / Menu	App menu	—	—
◀ ▶ ▲ ▼	Move focus	Move focus	Move the app (◀ ▶ only)
Back	Return to the top	Close menu	Finish
Home	Return to the top	Close menu	Finish