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