Sky Q hints & tips

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The Community is a place where likeminded people come together to discuss and share their knowledge about everything Sky, some members are a whizz when it comes to new tech!

Here are just some of the handy tips they’ve contributed to help others get the most from Sky Q:-

Freddy+Hayward has too many remotes and wants to use their Sky Q remote to turn off their TV

"am I able to turn off the tv using one of the Sky Q remote?"

Mark39:- Just press and hold  the power button on the Q remote for several seconds until the TV goes into standby. A short press turns off the Q box, a long press turns off the TV.

willowsfarmers is tired of manually scrolling through the TV guide

"How do you change the day when searching for programs in TV Guide instead of scrolling to the right?"

LixyPete:- Cunningly Sky have hidden this in a help article, fast forward goes forwards 24, rewind back 24, and play jumps to now.

Srik loves to flick between 2 channels

"Is there a way to go back to the previous channel you were watching?"

Dazzasky:- If you swipe right on the touchpad remote it will bring up a screen at the bottom where you can select your previous channel.

Fredrussell discovers how to find their Sky Q remote

"Just realised there is a button in the centre of the Q on the Sky Q 2TB box. Gave it a press and was greeted by what sounded like a quiet smoke alarm. Wasn't too impressed and spent a good 5 minutes trying to figure out what it was without any joy.

Went to turn it off with the remote to find out it was actually the touch remote. So it turns out if you lose your remote down the couch you can find it with the touch of a button."

S1 outlines how to quickly access your recordings

"By mistake, just found that by pressing the Sky logo on Q remotes takes you straight to recordings............"

Superdavebrown was forever fast forwarding

"Say I want to go to 30 minutes on a program, other than fast forward is there another way?"

Tarbat:- Swipe UP then swipe RIGHT and it will jump forward

simon194:- Easier still with the touch remote, use voice control "Go to 30 minutes" or "Skip 30 minutes".

s.shenton sometimes loses track of everything they’ve watched

"I have downloaded a box set, does anyone know you can tell if it has been viewed?"

Simon194:- Programmes that have been viewed will have a blue progress bar underneath the tile picture.

Chrisee:- A white dot indicates that material has not been viewed.

PixelPerfect is struggling to find Dolby Atmos enabled content

"Any way to find what Dolby Atmos content is available apart from live sport?"

trevforum:- I use Voice Control and ask "Show me Dolby Atmos content”

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Got any tips up your sleeve that you would like to share? Let us know by joining the conversation in the Sky Q forum.