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title: JubileeTV Remote Mappings
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# Overview

The JubileeTV system features four distinct [JubileeTV Usage Modes](docId\:vc_Oz1fVLHxIwevdS3ilq). This article applies **only** to configurations where the JubileeTV voice remote is active.

Specifically, this documentation covers the following two modes:

- **Interactive Mode**
- **Passive Mode: Simplified JubileeTV Remote**

*(Note: If your system is configured to **Passive Mode: Original Remote(s)** or **Passive Mode: 6-Button Remote**, you are using alternative hardware controllers, and the mappings below do not apply to your setup.)*

When configured to a supported mode, the JubileeTV Voice Remote becomes the primary controller for your television and all connected source devices (such as cable/satellite set-top boxes or media players).

While the vast majority of functions share an intuitive **1:1 mapping**—meaning the **Channel Up** or **Volume Down** buttons on the JubileeTV remote perform the exact same actions as they would on your original device remote—there are three categories of exceptions where commands do not translate directly.

# 1. Alternative 1:1 Mappings

In some cases (particularly with streaming media players), a native function from the original remote is mapped to a button on the JubileeTV remote that carries a different label.

- **Example (Roku Home Button):** A standard Roku remote features a dedicated **Home** button. Because the JubileeTV remote does not have a button explicitly labeled "Home," both the **Menu** and **Guide** buttons on the JubileeTV remote are mapped to trigger the Roku **Home** function.
- **Behavior:** When the JubileeTV Console is tuned to the Roku input, pressing either **Menu** or **Guide** will return you to the Roku home screen.

# 2. Dynamic Guide Button Behavior

The JubileeTV **Guide** button features an advanced layer of control because its behavior changes depending on your system configuration.

- **Standard Behavior:** Pressing **Guide** triggers the native program guide of your connected source device or an alternative 1:1 mapping (see above).
- **Favorites Menu Overlay Behavior:** If you have [enabled the Guide button to display app or TV Favorites](https://docs.getjubileetv.com/favorites#guide-button-displays-favorites) in your Favorites settings, pressing the **Guide** button will instead display a custom JubileeTV menu overlay on the television screen.
  - The option in the **top-left corner** of this menu will always be the source device's original guide mapping.
  - The remaining on-screen options allow the user to quickly jump directly to their programmed TV Favorites or App Favorites destinations.

# 3. Overloaded Mappings (On-Screen Menus)

Many traditional cable/satellite set-top box remotes feature dozens of specialized buttons. Because the JubileeTV Voice Remote utilizes a streamlined, simplified physical layout, it uses on-screen menus to account for these missing keys.

- **Behavior:** For complex source devices, pressing either the **More** or **Menu** buttons on the JubileeTV remote launches an interactive menu on your television screen.
- **Example (DirecTV Stream):** The DirecTV Stream remote features dedicated keys for **Home**, **List**, and **Apps** that do not exist physically on the JubileeTV remote. To access these functions, simply press the **Menu** button on your JubileeTV remote to display an on-screen list on your TV, then select and execute the desired command using your directional arrows.