Navigate BlazeTV
📺 Live TV Navigation
When you are watching a channel full-screen:
● Select/OK: Opens the Recent Channels bar at the bottom (quick way to jump back to what you were just watching).
● Up/Down Arrows: Changes channels one by one (channel surfing).
● Left Arrow: Opens the TV Guide (EPG) overlay while the video continues to play in the background.
● Right Arrow: Opens the previous channel
● Long Press Select/OK or Menu Button: Opens the Full Menu (Search, Multi-view, Sleep Timer, etc.).
● Long Press Back: Instantly returns to the full-screen video if you are buried in menus.
🗓️ Using the TV Guide (EPG)
When looking at the grid of shows:
● Select/OK: Switches to the highlighted channel.
● Back: Moves the focus from the grid to the Groups/Categories list on the far left.
● Long Press Select/OK or Menu Button: Opens "Channel Options" where you can add the channel to Favorites or view the full program description.
● Fast Forward / Rewind: Usually jumps the guide 24 hours forward or backward.
● Long press Left: Watch previous shows if available. Must have the clock icon by the channel name
● Long Press Back: Instantly returns to the full-screen video
⭐ Organizing Favorites
To keep things simple, you should move your most-watched channels into a Favorites list:
- Find a channel in the Guide.
- Long press the Select/OK button.
- Select "Add to Favorites" (the star icon).
- To access them, press Back until you are in the far-left sidebar and select the Favorites group.
📂 Accessing On Demand
To leave Live TV and enter the VOD sections:
- From Guide view, press Back multiple times or Left multiple times
- A sidebar menu will appear on the left.
- Scroll down to select Movies or TV Shows.
🎬 Navigating Movies & Shows
Once inside the On Demand sections, the layout changes to a poster-based grid:
● Left/Right/Up/Down Arrows: Move through the posters.
● Select/OK: Opens the Movie/Show Info page. This is where you’ll see the description, actors, and the "Play" button.
● Back: Takes you back to the category list or the previous screen.
⏭️ Playback Controls (VOD)
Navigation works differently once a movie or show is actually playing:
● Select/OK: Pauses or resumes the video.
● Right Arrow: Skips forward (usually 10–30 seconds, customizable).
● Left Arrow: Skips backward.
● Down Arrow: Opens the Player Menu, where you can change Subtitles, Audio Tracks, or Aspect Ratio.
● Up Arrow: Opens the progress bar so you can see how much time is left.