keyboard shortcuts
mediate is principally designed for use with a remote control, but for evaluation purposes it also supports use of a standard PC keyboard.
mediate includes a number of different profiles for mapping keypresses to appropriate commands within mediate. The default mapping is suitable for use with a keyboard and the Streamzap remote control and uses the shortcuts listed below.
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| Cursor keys | Menu navigation |
| Enter | Select current item |
| "M" key | Show additional menu options |
| Backspace | Back to previous screen |
| Escape | Quit mediate |
| "P" key | Play selected item or resume playback |
| "A" key | Pause playback of current media item |
| "S" key | Stop playback of current media item |
| "]" key (Square bracket) | Skip to next media item in playlist |
| "[" key (Square bracket) | Skip to previous media item in playlist |
| "." key (Full stop / Greater than) | Fast forward current media item |
| "," key (Comma / Less than) | Rewind current media item |
| "U" key | Mute/unmute sound |
| "-" key (Hyphen / Underscore) | Decrease media playback volume |
| "=" key (Equals / Plus) | Increase media playback volume |
| F1 or "H" key | Help |
| Home key | Quick jump to main menu |
| F2 | Quick jump to Now playing screen |
| F3 | Quick jump to Music menu screen |
| F4 | Quick jump to Video menu screen |
| F5 | Quick jump to Picture menu screen |
| F6 | Quick jump to Setup menu screen |
Note that if you are not using the default keybinding profile some or all of these shortcuts may have been changed.
