Playing Lessons

The FreePlay media player is a full-screen experience designed for TV remotes. It plays both videos and image slides, advancing through the lesson content automatically or manually.

Player Controls

Use your TV remote to control playback:

Remote Button	Action
Select / Play-Pause	Pause or resume the current video
Right arrow / Fast Forward	Skip to the next slide or video
Left arrow / Rewind	Go back to the previous slide or video
Up arrow	Open the message selector to jump to a specific item
Down / Back / Menu	Exit the player and return to the previous screen

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You can also swipe on touch-enabled remotes. Swipe left to go forward, swipe right to go back, swipe down to open the message selector, and swipe up to exit the player.

Video Playback

When a video is playing, you will see the full-screen video content. Pressing Select or Play-Pause pauses the video and displays a pause icon overlay with a progress bar at the bottom of the screen. Press again to resume.

Videos automatically advance to the next item in the lesson when they finish. If a video is set to loop, it will repeat until you manually advance.

Image Slides

Image slides display full-screen. Unlike videos, image slides do not auto-advance -- they stay on screen until you press the right arrow to move forward. This gives your teacher full control over pacing.

Message Selector

Press the Up arrow during playback to open the message selector. This shows a grid of all items in the lesson with thumbnails and titles. Navigate to any item and press Select to jump directly to it. This is useful for skipping ahead or returning to a specific part of the lesson.

Exiting the Player

Press Down, Back, or Menu on your remote to exit the player. You will return to the download screen (in Classroom Mode), the plan download screen (in Plan Mode), or the content browser (when playing provider content).

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The screen stays awake while the player is active, so you do not need to worry about the TV going to sleep during a lesson.