How to turn the Movistar Plus+ remote control into a universal one?
If you are a Movistar user and have purchased the Movistar Plus+ fiber optic package with your TV, you are in luck because your remote control retains a feature that you probably didn’t know about and that is more practical than you think. So maybe turn the official Movistar team into a universal team to control your Smart TV’s features, so you no longer have to use a regular remote control to adjust every TV setting.
There are times when camera operators offer us some of their devices, but we do not get the maximum potential out of them. In this case, Movistar includes in the latest version of its Movistar Plus+ voice command option we can configure from UHD decoder from the company, instantly turns it into a universal remote control capable of controlling several electronic devices in your home, such as a TV, home theater speaker system or soundbar.
If you have doubts and don’t know for sure how to make the Movistar Plus+ remote control your main control center for all your entertainment, you should follow a series of simple steps, which we will go through in detail below.
What can you control with Movistar Plus+ voice command?
Before continuing with the explanation, we must indicate which types of functions are compatible with the Movistar Plus + voice command to control our Smart TV.
It is clear that the Spanish company has not created a universal remote control that is used to control each of the TV’s settings, but rather some functions that remain just as important to separate itself from the original control of our TV. In this case we can increase and decrease volume from your TV, 5.1 speaker system or soundbar, and turn on or off TV at any time.
At the moment, no more functions have been introduced, so you will not be able to change channels in your TV’s DTT mode, nor access its settings using the Movistar Plus+ remote control. As we said, this is not a special universal remote for any TV or specific brand, and its tasks are more limited.
Activate the Movistar Plus+ remote control to control your Smart TV.
The activation process will take just a few seconds. You only need the UHD decoder, which the company provides when you sign up for a fiber optic and TV package, and the Movistar Plus+ voice command itself.
To synchronize the Movistar remote control, you must enter the settings in deco and select universal remote control. Once inside, you need to set up the remote control for your TV model. In this case, we configured it for a Samsung TV. Then in the section TV on/offChoose HDMI – CEC or, if this fails, Infrared.
If you do not have Movistar Plus+ voice control connected, you must press and hold the Aura button for a few seconds to enter Bluetooth mode and begin synchronizing the control with the decoder.
Finally, in Using the universal remote control change the option to Activated.