Buttons & Shortcuts¶

A quick reference for the hardware shortcuts built into NX Redux — the combos that work from anywhere, plus the buttons worth knowing in the menus and in-game.

Anywhere — menus or in-game¶

These are handled by a background service, so they work on any screen, including mid-game:

Shortcut	Action
`VOL +` / `VOL −`	Adjust volume (hold to repeat).
`SELECT` + `VOL +` / `VOL −`	Adjust screen brightness.
`START` + `VOL +` / `VOL −`	Adjust color temperature — Brick, Brick Pro and Smart Pro.
`HOME` (Smart Pro S) · hold `MENU` ~1 s (other devices)	Open the On-Screen Display.
`L2` + `R2`	Take a screenshot — once the capture daemon is armed via the OSD.
`POWER` (tap)	Sleep.
`POWER` (hold ~1 s)	Shut down.

Volume and brightness show an on-screen indicator as you adjust.

Note

The color-temperature combo isn't available on the Smart Pro S — set color temperature in Settings → Display instead.

The FN switch is a shortcut of its own: one flick applies the set of changes you configured for it (volume, screen, LEDs, turbo fire, D-pad mode, see FN switch settings) and flipping it back restores everything. Muting the speaker from the OSD is separate and does not depend on the switch.

In the menus¶

SELECT — open the Game Switcher.
START — at the top level of the main menu, open Search.
X — resume the highlighted game from where you last left off.
Y — launch a netplay-capable game straight into Netplay.
MENU — open the context menu for the highlighted game or tool.
F1 / F2 — launch your assigned tools (Brick and Brick Pro — see Settings → F1 / F2 Keys).

In-game¶

MENU — pause the game and open the in-game menu.
MENU + SELECT — save, grab a fresh screenshot, and quit straight back to the Game Switcher — the fastest way to hop between games.
Fast-forward, rewind and turbo get their own configurable shortcuts (optionally MENU-modified) in Emulator Options, per emulator or per game.