jrwmaccas
Novice Member
Has anyone managed to use the pointer on the Magic Remote to navigate the menus of iPlayer etc?
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I have a 2018 43 inch LG ThinQ TV (43UK6470PLCW).
I have just splashed out on the 2018 LG Magic Remote (AN-MR18BA).
The main reason I bought the remote was to use the curser to navigate iPlayer, 4OD, ITVplayer, Demand5, Netflix etc, including using the onscreen keyboards to search for programmes more quickly.
However, with my TV, as soon as you enter the apps the pointer disappears and I have to use the up-down-left-right buttons to navigate menus and on-screen keyboards, the same as with the original basic remote. This basically makes the remote useless unless you are on the homescreen of the TV. The Magic Remote therefore in fact has LESS functionality because there are no pause/rewind buttons.
I have found very little written about this on forums, and it seems to me that being able to use the pointer in the apps would be a pretty basic feature... so the fact that I am not finding anyone else complaining about this suggests to me that it may be my TV or my remote that is faulty.
Has anyone had success using a magic remote in any of the above apps and, if so, do they know of a setting that I need to change to get it to work?
I really don't want to have to send the remote back as, if I can get it to work in apps, it will be a great tool.
Thanks!
Jim
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I have a 2018 43 inch LG ThinQ TV (43UK6470PLCW).
I have just splashed out on the 2018 LG Magic Remote (AN-MR18BA).
The main reason I bought the remote was to use the curser to navigate iPlayer, 4OD, ITVplayer, Demand5, Netflix etc, including using the onscreen keyboards to search for programmes more quickly.
However, with my TV, as soon as you enter the apps the pointer disappears and I have to use the up-down-left-right buttons to navigate menus and on-screen keyboards, the same as with the original basic remote. This basically makes the remote useless unless you are on the homescreen of the TV. The Magic Remote therefore in fact has LESS functionality because there are no pause/rewind buttons.
I have found very little written about this on forums, and it seems to me that being able to use the pointer in the apps would be a pretty basic feature... so the fact that I am not finding anyone else complaining about this suggests to me that it may be my TV or my remote that is faulty.
Has anyone had success using a magic remote in any of the above apps and, if so, do they know of a setting that I need to change to get it to work?
I really don't want to have to send the remote back as, if I can get it to work in apps, it will be a great tool.
Thanks!
Jim