Specifications

Remote Control and Receiver-Transceiver Specifications and Requirements

for Windows Media Center in Windows Operating Systems

 In addition to providing visible icons or labels for the directional pad in the navigation controls,

adding physical effects such as etching the Up, Down, Left, and Right Arrows into hard buttons

will help the user to discover and use these buttons.

Remote Control Button Requirements

The following sections describe the required and optional buttons on the remote control. The

following sections are separated according to the button category—Microsoft Required, Microsoft

Recommended, Microsoft Optional, Microsoft Reserved, or Microsoft Retired buttons.

These button categories are used throughout this document when listing Windows Media Center

remote control buttons and describing button functionality.

Microsoft Required Buttons

All Windows Media Center remote controls must include all Microsoft Required buttons.

Microsoft Required buttons are buttons that must be included on the remote control so that the

user can fully interact with the Windows Media Center user interface, and can play and manage

different media experiences in Windows Media Center.

The tables in this section identify the Microsoft Required buttons. Which remote control buttons

are required will differ based on whether the remote control will be distributed with a Windows

Media Center computer that has TV tuner hardware.

Navigation Buttons

The following table identifies the Microsoft Required navigation buttons for Windows Media

Center computers.

Button name

Required for computers

that include TV tuner

hardware

Required for computers that do

not include TV tuner hardware

Green Start

button

Yes

Down

Yes

Left

Yes

Right

Yes

Back

Yes