From accessing free movies to using the Voice Remote, Rogers Xfinity TV (formerly known as Ignite TV) provides customers with a great viewing experience. Use these video tips and tricks to improve your Rogers Xfinity TV viewing experience.
To access voice control from your Voice Remote, press the microphone button 
Tip: Restart without recording
Tuned into a movie or TV show midway through? Press the ‘info’ button on your remote and if that title is available On Demand, Rogers Xfinity TV will let you restart the program from the beginning – even if you weren’t recording it.
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Tip: Deleting recordings
Discover how simple it is to delete your recorded programs on Rogers Xfinity TV.
While viewing your saved recordings list, press the D button on your remote to quickly delete a recording.
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Tip: How to access free movies
Discover how easy it is to access free entertainment on your Rogers Xfinity TV.
Simply ask your voice remote for “Free Movies” and it will search live TV, recordings, and On Demand content, to populate your screen with all the free movies ready to watch right now.
Related: How to order On Demand with Rogers Xfinity TV
Tip: Using Lightning Mode
Discover how to quickly cue up any part of a show using the Rogers Xfinity TV “lightning mode”.
Simply use your remote and press the fast-forward button five times, and your Rogers Xfinity TV will zip through any movie or TV show so you don’t waste time finding the scene you want to watch.
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Tip: Using the Voice Remote
One of the best features of Rogers Xfinity TV, is the voice remote. Discover all the ways your voice can control your Rogers Xfinity TV remote. If searching for shows and actors with your voice wasn’t cool enough – you can also tell your Rogers Xfinity TV to execute commands like ‘Open Recordings’ or ‘Put on the Blue Jays Game’, and much more. Use voice commands to:
- Turn to a channel
- Find a program
- Record a program
- Launch an app (i.e. Netflix)
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Rogers Xfinity TV Remote Control Overview
Tip: How to access trending content
Looking for the hottest show? Looking for a new show or want to know what’s popular on TV right now? Your Rogers Xfinity TV can tell you!
Simply ask your remote “What’s trending?” and watch as your screen fills with the most-watched and talked about shows and movies.
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Additional Tips
Here are some additional tips and tricks that you can try out with Rogers Xfinity TV.
Page Up and Page Down skip length
You may adjust the Page Up and Page Down skip length on the Rogers Xfinity TV remote. Note: Adjusting the skip length is not an officially supported Rogers Xfinity TV feature and may not always work as expected.
Default skip length:
- Live TV & PVR recordings: Skip 5 minutes forward or back
- On Demand content: Skip 10 minutes forward or back
To adjust the skip length to 30 seconds:
- Press EXIT - EXIT - EXIT - 0 - 0 - 3 - 0 - OK on the Rogers Xfinity TV remote
- Adjusted skip length will be 30 seconds forward and 15 seconds back on Live TV, PVR recordings and On Demand content.
Song ID
- Say “What song is this?” to find out what song is playing on anything
- Song ID can be used to identify songs on live TV, Stingray Music channels & streaming app, recordings, On Demand, CraveTV, and even commercials. Song ID cannot be used in any other app aside from the Stingray App.
- Learn more with: Song ID on Rogers Xfinity TV
Netflix tips
- You can search Netflix shows with your voice in the Rogers Xfinity TV guide
- Set up integrated billing for Netflix - How to sign up for Netflix on Rogers Xfinity TV
Related: How to find and watch Netflix programs on Rogers Xfinity TV