Control Dusktune from your phone

Typing on a TV or car screen is awkward. Phone Remote turns your phone into the remote instead: search and pick songs on the phone, and they play on the screen.

The steps

On the screen — the TV, laptop, or car — open Dusktune and tap Phone Remote in the menu. A QR code and a 6-character code appear. (In the car, the code appears on its own.)
On your phone, scan the QR code with the camera, or open dusktune.com/connect and type in the 6-character code.
The phone shows a search box and playback controls. Search for a song, tap it, and it plays on the screen. Play, pause, and Next all work from the phone.
Leave the screen page open and browse as normal — the phone keeps working.

Good to know

The code is random and expires after a few hours. Anyone who can read it can control playback until it expires, the same as holding the TV remote.
If the remote goes quiet after a long idle stretch, tap the screen once to wake it up.
Both the screen and the phone need an internet connection. The phone does not need to be on the same Wi-Fi network as the screen.

If the code doesn’t work

Codes expire, and a stale one will just sit there. On the screen, tap “Stop remote control” and then show the code again for a fresh one.