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
• While something is playing, press for >1 second to rewind

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
• While something is playing, press for >1 second to fast-forward

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 (right side of Yoto Player (3rd Generation), bottom right-hand side of the Yoto Player (2nd 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 

Pro tip: you can customize what your right-hand button do in day and night mode from the Yoto app. To do this, visit your player settings tab.

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
• While something is playing, press for >1 second to rewind

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
• While something is playing, press for >1 second to fast-forward

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
• While something is playing, press for >1 second to fast-forward

Fast-forward and rewind

The longer you hold either button, the quicker it rewinds or fast-forwards.  The number of chevrons (>) you see on the pixel display increases the longer you hold the button, telling you how fast you’re going through the audio.

• Hold for longer than 1 second >> = 20 seconds every 1 second
• After 4 seconds >>> = 50 seconds every 1 second
• After 7 seconds >>>> = 120 seconds every 1 second

Power button (right side of Yoto Player (3rd Generation) and Yoto Mini, bottom right-hand side of the Yoto Player (2nd Generation))

• Short press - pause/resume track when content is playing (including when playing via the app)
• Long press - stop track when content is playing (including when playing 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 experience any difficulties, we would love to help. First, please try a hard reset (press and hold the power button for 10 seconds). If that doesn't work, please contact us.