It is getting close to Thanksgiving here in the USA, so things have gotten quiet at IntelliAdmin. This is a perfect time to catch up on fun things at home. I have had a Windows Media Center machine for almost a year now and I just now have had time to start playing with it. One problem I had – I only have a keyboard that can reach to my recliner – no mouse. Even if I had a mouse it would be a pain to try to move it while I am sitting there.
After a bit of searching I found a comprehensive list of keyboard shortcuts that work within Media Center. Now I can change the channel while recovering from my turkey induced coma.
Here they are:
| Turn up volume | F10 |
| Turn down volume | F9 |
| Mute volume | F8 |
| Open Messenger in Media Center | CTRL+N |
| Display the Help window | F1 |
| Display an additional menu of actions for a page or item that is selected | CTRL+D |
| Go in and go out of windowed mode | ALT+ENTER |
| Move left, right, up, or down | ARROW KEYS |
| Go to the previous page | PAGE UP |
| Go to the next page | PAGE DOWN |
| Go to the last item in a list | END |
| Go to the first item in a list | HOME |
| Go back to the previous screen | BACKSPACE |
| Accept the selection | ENTER |
| Close Media Center | ALT+F4 |
| Open Media Center or return to the Media Center Start menu | Windows Key+ALT+ENTER |
| Go to the previous channel | PAGE DOWN |
| Go to the next channel | PAGE UP |
| Skip forward 30 second while watching TV | CTRL+F |
| Skip back 7 seconds while watching TV | CTRL+B |
| Fast forward live TV or recorded TV | CTRL+SHIFT+F |
| Rewind live TV or recorded TV | CTRL+SHIFT+B |
| Play live TV or recorded TV | CTRL+SHIFT+P |
| Stop recording or stop playing a TV show | CTRL+SHIFT+S |
| Pause or resume live TV or recorded TV | |
| Record a TV show | CTRL+R |
| Go to live TV | CTRL+T |
| Go to the Guide | CTRL+G |
| Go to Recorded TV | CTRL+O |
| Go to My TV | CTRL+SHIFT+T |
| Copy a CD | CTRL+R |
| Fast forward a song | CTRL+SHIFT+F |
| Skip to the next song | CTRL+F |
| Replay an audio file or song | CTRL+B |
| Stop an audio file or song | CTRL+SHIFT+S |
| Pause an audio file or song | CTRL+P |
| Play an audio file or song | CTRL+SHIFT+P |
| Go to My Music | CTRL+M |
| Skip forward | CTRL+F |
| Skip back | CTRL+B |
| Resume playing radio | CTRL+SHIFT+P |
| Stop live radio | CTRL+SHIFT+S |
| Pause or resume playing live radio | CTRL+P |
| Go to Radio | CTRL+A |
| Zoom a picture in full-screen mode | ENTER |
| Skip forward to the next picture | RIGHT ARROW |
| Skip back to the previous picture | LEFT ARROW |
| Pause a slide show | CTRL+P |
| Stop a slide show | CTRL+SHIFT+S |
| Play a slide show | CTRL+SHIFT+P |
| Go to My Pictures | CTRL+I |
| Skip forward 30 seconds in a video | CTRL+F |
| Skip back 7 seconds in a vide
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CTRL+B |
| Fast forward a video | CTRL+SHIFT+F |
| Rewind a video | CTRL+SHIFT+B |
| Stop playing a video | CTRL+SHIFT+S |
| Pause or resume a video | CTRL+P |
| Play a video | CTRL+SHIFT+P |
| Go to My Videos | CTRL+E |
| Change the DVD subtitles selection | CTRL+U |
| Change the DVD audio selection | CTRL+SHIFT+A |
| Change the DVD angle | ARROW KEYS |
| Skip forward or go to the next chapter | CTRL+F |
| Skip back or go to the previous chapter | CTRL+B |
| Fast forward | CTRL+SHIFT+F |
| Rewind | CTRL+SHIFT+B |
| Stop a DVD | CTRL+SHIFT+S |
| Pause or resume playing a DVD | CTRL+P |
| Play a DVD | CTRL+SHIFT+P |
| Go to the DVD menu | CTRL+SHIFT+M |
| Turn closed captioning on or off | CTRL+SHIFT+C |
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