Yoto  logo
Yoto  logo

All articles

Controlling your playerUpdated 3 months ago

Find out what the different player controls do

 The player controls behave differently depending on whether a card is inserted or not, and also sometimes if the orientation of the player changes (Yoto Player only) 

With no card inserted

Left-hand orange button (Yoto Player and Yoto Mini)

  • Turn clockwise - increases volume
  • Turn anti-clockwise - decreases volume

Right-hand orange button  (Yoto Player and Yoto Mini)

  • Press the button once to play Yoto Daily (if you are online). 
  • Press it once again to play Yoto Radio (if you are online). To return to the clock display, press the button one last time.

Right-hand orange button (Yoto Player only)

  • Turn clockwise when in nightlight mode to increase the brightness of the nightlight (or turn on if previously turned down to zero)
  • Turn anti-clockwise when in nightlight mode to decrease the brightness of the nightlight (down to zero)

Power button (bottom right-hand side of the Yoto Player (2nd generation) / right side of Yoto Player (3rd generation))

  • Press and hold until nightlight flashes twice (approximately 3 seconds)  - turns the player on
  • Press and hold until white Yoto face animation appears (approximately 3 seconds) - turns the player off
  • Press and hold for 10 seconds  - performs a hard reset and restart of the player - use this if the player freezes or is behaving strangely. Don't worry, doing this won't delete Wi-Fi details or any content 

Power button (right side of Yoto Mini)

  • Press and hold for 3 seconds  - turns the player on or off
  • Press and hold for 10 seconds  - performs a hard reset and restart of the player - use this if the player freezes or is behaving strangely. Don't worry, doing this won't delete Wi-Fi details or any content 

Top Tips: you can customize what your right-hand button do in day and night mode from the Yoto app. Visit your player settings in the app. 

With a card inserted

Left-hand orange button (Yoto Player and Yoto Mini)

  • Press button - skips to the previous track or chapter
  • Turn clockwise - increases the volume
  • Turn anti-clockwise - decreases the volume

Right-hand orange button (Yoto Player)

  • Press button - skips to the next track or chapter
  • Turn clockwise - navigates forwards through chapters or tracks or, when Yoto Player is in nightlight mode (face down) the nightlight brightness increases 
  • Turn anti-clockwise - navigates backwards through chapters or tracks or, when Yoto Player is in nightlight mode (face down) the nightlight brightness decreases

Right-hand orange button (Yoto Mini)

  • Press button - skips to the next track or chapter
  • Turn clockwise - navigates forwards through chapters or tracks 
  • Turn anti-clockwise - navigates backwards through chapters or tracks 

Power button (bottom right-hand side of the Yoto Player (2nd generation) / right side of Yoto Player (3rd generation) / Yoto Mini)

  • Short press - pause/resume track (also works when playing content via the app)
  • Long press - stop track (also works when playing content via the app)
  • Press and hold for 3 seconds  - turns the player on or off
  • Press and hold for 10 seconds  - performs a hard reset and restart of the player - use this if the player freezes or is behaving strangely. Don't worry, doing this won't delete Wi-Fi details or any content 

If you are having difficulties, we would love to help. First please try a hard reset (press and hold the power button for 10 secs), if that doesn't work please contact us using the form below.

Was this article helpful?
Yes
No