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What are A B C D buttons on remote

What are A B C D buttons on remote for

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3 years ago

When I use them, A brings up the help screen, B the accessibility options screen, and, for some reason, C brings up the Sports App. D doesn't appear to do anything.

Comcast should have taken a page from (I think it was) AT&T's playbook, and have the C button turn closed captioning on and off.

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This is lousy, it is not helpful you have some nerve posting that your site is awesome it is awful

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3 years ago

@ThatDonGuy @user_172510 The D button erases recordings and previous viewed apps.

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3 years ago

For the "B" key, there is a setting where hitting it twice will toggle closed captioning on and off. I think the default toggles Descriptive Audio. I think toggling CC is more helpful and use it sometimes.

The "D" key as noted is for deleting in some situations, but only when there is a tiny note on-screen where the "D" is inside the diamond shape.

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3 years ago

Not "Channels And Programming" related....................... Concern moved here to the proper help section.

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3 years ago

Hello @user_172510, thank you for reaching out to us for help with your remote! The A, B, C, and D buttons are Shortcut Keys and are used to help quickly navigate menus or to complete a task. We have a user manual here: XR2 and XR5 Remote Control Buttons and Functions - Xfinity Support, that will explain the functionality of the different remotes and what the buttons do. I will also leave a description here of what these specific buttons do. 

  • A: Accesses the Help menu.
  • B: The B button can be used to bring up the Accessibility Settings menu. Learn more about the Accessibility Settings Menu.
    • You can program the button on your remote to navigate to a specific Accessibility Setting when pressed twice. Learn more about programming an Accessibility Shortcut on your remote.
    • Note: Effective July 2017, pressing the B button will no longer display scaled video in the bottom right-hand corner when the full guide is displayed. This is due to low usage.
  • C: When viewing live TV, use the C button to follow all games on TV with the X1 Sports App. Press the button to launch and see scores, even while watching TV. See an example of how to access the Sports App.
  • D: Use the button to delete single DVR recordings or delete multiple recordings (e.g., a whole TV series) within a folder. Learn how to delete recordings. (For non-X1 TV Boxes, the D button will enable video description instead of deleting an X1 DVR recording.)

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@XfinityRyanE 

Sports App Issue. Keep getting error APPS-04233-Hit the C button, , click Program under “Watch Now” or find a game, and I get an APPS-04233 error. Happy on all STBs, rebooted modem and boxes, tech support doesn’t know what to do, (ITs NOT the remote). I can tune to the channel manually or use voice remote and programming shows just fine. But it will not work when using “C” Any ideas?

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