Windows Media Center keyboard shortcuts
All features and buttons in Windows Media Center are accessible to you by using the keyboard only. Windows Media Center provides a variety of keyboard shortcuts for the more commonly used commands and buttons that you can use to control Windows Media Center from your keyboard or with macros.
The following tables show the various keyboard shortcuts for Windows Media Center.
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The following table shows how to use shortcuts to navigate the keyboard.
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To do this
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Use this keyboard shortcut
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Open Windows Media Center or return to the Windows Media Center start screen
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Windows Key+ALT+ENTER
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Close Windows Media Center
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ALT+F4
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Accept the selection
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ENTER
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Go back to the previous screen
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BACKSPACE
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Go to the first item in a list
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HOME
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Go to the last item in a list
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END
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Go to the next page
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PAGE DOWN
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Go to the previous page
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PAGE UP
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Move left, right, up, or down
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ARROW KEYS
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Go in and go out of windowed mode
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ALT+ENTER
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The following table shows how to use shortcuts to control audio.
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To do this
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Use this shortcut key
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Mute volume
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F8
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Turn down volume
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F9
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Turn up volume
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F10
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Turn on or turn off closed captioning
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CTRL+SHIFT+C
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Go to Music
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CTRL+M
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Play an audio file or song
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CTRL+SHIFT+P
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Stop playing an audio file or song
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CTRL+SHIFT+S
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Pause or resume an audio file or song
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CTRL+P
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Replay an audio file or song
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CTRL+B
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Skip to the next song
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CTRL+F
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Fast forward a song
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CTRL+SHIFT+F
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Rip a CD
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CTRL+R
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Display the context menu
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CTRL+D
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The following table shows how to use shortcuts to control the TV.
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To do this
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Use this shortcut key
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Go to Recorded TV
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CTRL+O
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Go to the Guide
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CTRL+G
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Go to live TV
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CTRL+T
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Record a TV show
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CTRL+R
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Pause or resume live TV or recorded TV
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CTRL+P
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Stop recording or stop playing a TV show
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CTRL+SHIFT+S
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Resume playing a TV show
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CTRL+SHIFT+P
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Rewind live TV or recorded TV
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CTRL+SHIFT+B
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Fast forward live TV or recorded TV
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CTRL+SHIFT+F
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Skip back
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CTRL+B
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Skip forward
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CTRL+F
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Display the context menu
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CTRL+D
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Go to the next channel
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PAGE UP
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Go to the previous channel
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PAGE DOWN
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The following table shows how to use shortcuts to play the radio.
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To do this
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Use this shortcut key
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Go to Radio
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CTRL+A
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Pause or resume live radio
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CTRL+P
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Stop live radio
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CTRL+SHIFT+S
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Resume playing radio
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CTRL+SHIFT+P
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Skip back
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CTRL+B
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Skip forward
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CTRL+F
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Display the context menu
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CTRL+D
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The following table shows how to use shortcuts to view pictures.
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To do this
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Use this shortcut key
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Go to Pictures
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CTRL+I
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Zoom a picture in Picture Details
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ENTER
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Play a slide show
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CTRL+SHIFT+P
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Stop a slide show
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CTRL+SHIFT+S
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Pause a slide show
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CTRL+P
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Skip back to the previous picture
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UP ARROW or LEFT ARROW
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Skip forward to the next picture
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DOWN ARROW or RIGHT ARROW
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Display the context menu
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CTRL+D
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The following table shows how to use shortcuts to play videos.
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To do this
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Use this shortcut key
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Go to Videos
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CTRL+E
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Play
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CTRL+SHIFT+P
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Pause
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CTRL+P
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Stop
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CTRL+SHIFT+S
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Rewind
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CTRL+SHIFT+B
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Fast forward
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CTRL+SHIFT+F
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Skip back
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CTRL+B
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Skip forward
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CTRL+F
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The following table shows how to use shortcuts to play DVDs.
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To do this
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Use this shortcut key
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Go to the DVD menu
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CTRL+SHIFT+M
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Play
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CTRL+SHIFT+P
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Pause
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CTRL+P
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Stop
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CTRL+SHIFT+S
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Rewind
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CTRL+SHIFT+B
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Fast forward
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CTRL+SHIFT+F
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Go to the previous chapter
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CTRL+B
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Go to the next chapter
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CTRL+F
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Change the DVD angle
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ARROW KEYS
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Change the DVD audio selection
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CTRL+SHIFT+A
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Change the DVD subtitles selection
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CTRL+U
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