How to Add Channels to Your Favourite List on MAG (2026 Guide)

To build your favourite list on MAG, highlight any channel in the IPTV list or an M3U playlist and press F3 on your remote — the channel is instantly marked with a star and saved to Favourites, which you reach anytime through Home Media. This works the same way across nearly every MAG model, from the older MAG 250/254 to the current MAG 420/520/524 line.

Favourites is one of the most underused features on a MAG set-top box. Most people scroll through a bloated channel list of 500+ entries every single time they sit down to watch something, when a 15-second setup would let them jump straight to the channels they actually watch. This guide covers the full workflow in more depth than the standard tutorials: adding and removing channels, accessing and sorting your list, the difference between IPTV-portal and M3U-playlist favourites, what to do when favourites stop saving, and how the process holds up across different MAG firmware and portal types. If you have not yet connected your subscription, start with the RevoIPTV tutorials hub or read how to change the portal address on MAG first, since favourites only work once a portal or playlist is loaded.

How to Add Channels to the Favourite List on MAG

You can build your favourite list on MAG from two sources: the live IPTV channel list (the portal window your provider populates) or an M3U playlist loaded from a USB drive or network share. Both use the identical star-and-confirm workflow.

Adding channels from the live IPTV channel list

1. From the MAG portal home screen, open IPTV to load the full channel list.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight the channel you want to add.
3. Press F3 on the remote. An on-screen F3 icon briefly appears, then the channel is marked with a star confirming it has been selected.
4. Move to the next channel and press F3 again. Repeat for every channel you want on your list.
5. Press EXIT to leave the channel list. The box displays a prompt that the Favourites list has changed.
6. Press OK to confirm and permanently save the selections.

Your chosen channels stay in Favourites until you deliberately remove them — they are stored in the box’s user data and survive reboots and portal refreshes, though they are wiped if you ever clear user data or factory-reset the device.

Adding channels from an M3U playlist (USB or network)

If your subscription is loaded as an M3U playlist rather than a live Stalker/Ministra portal, the same shortcuts live inside Home Media. Open Home Media, load the playlist, highlight a channel, and press F3 exactly as above. Note that favourites behave slightly differently depending on the portal type: MAG/MAC (Stalker) portals save favourites reliably on the box, while some third-party M3U/Xtream-style apps store the favourite list on the provider’s server instead — if channels vanish after a reboot, that is usually a provider-side sync issue rather than a fault with your box.

How to Access Your Favourite List on MAG

Once channels are saved, you never need to reopen the full channel list to find them:

1. From the MAG home screen, open Home Media.
2. Select the Favourites folder to see every channel you have starred.
3. Highlight a channel and press OK to start playing it immediately.

You can also jump straight to Favourites while watching live TV: press OK (or the list button, depending on skin) during playback to open the on-screen guide, then toggle the filter to show only starred channels. On many firmware builds, once you are inside the Favourites list, Up/Down or Chan+/Chan- cycles only through your favourite channels rather than the entire list — a fast way to channel-surf without wading through everything else.

How to Remove a Channel from Favourites

1. Open the IPTV channel list or the Favourites folder in Home Media.
2. Highlight the channel you want to remove — it already shows the star icon.
3. Press F3 again. F3 is a toggle, so the star disappears and the channel is deselected.
4. Exit the list and press OK when prompted to confirm the change.

For bulk cleanup, open the Operations context menu (usually the Menu button) inside Favourites. Depending on firmware, this menu offers Select, Select all, Remove from favourites, Cut, and Copy — useful if you want to clear a large list in one pass instead of pressing F3 dozens of times.

Sorting and Organising Your Favourite List

Most MAG portal skins let you reorder Favourites so your most-watched channels sit at the top:

• Manual reorder: highlight a channel, use the move/drag option in the context menu (often mapped to the coloured remote buttons), and shift it up or down the list.
• Sort menu: some firmware builds include a dedicated Sort option in Favourites to arrange entries alphabetically or by category.
• Search within lists: press F4 to open search and jump straight to a channel by typing the first few letters — handy on a shared or provider list of 1,000+ channels before you decide what to favourite.

A known quirk on some older MAG 322/324 firmware versions is that manually reordered Favourites can reset to default order after backing out of the menu; if that happens, a firmware update from your provider or box vendor usually resolves it. For the full official breakdown of every Favourites menu option, see Infomir’s own embedded-portal documentation, since Infomir manufactures the MAG hardware and its Stalker/Ministra portal software.

MAG Favourite List: Quick Comparison by Access Method

Fixing Favourites That Won’t Save on MAG

If your favourite list on MAG keeps resetting or channels disappear after a reboot, work through these in order:

1. Confirm you pressed OK. Favourites only commit permanently after the save prompt — exiting without confirming discards the session’s changes.
2. Check the portal type. Live MAG/MAC (Stalker) portals store favourites on the box itself and are the most reliable. Some Xtream-style or web-based M3U apps sync favourites to the provider’s server; if that sync breaks, favourites can appear to reset even though your box is working correctly.
3. Rule out a corrupted user-data partition. If favourites won’t add, won’t delete, or the star icon won’t toggle at all, a soft reset (unplug power for 5 minutes) or a settings reset from the BIOS/boot menu often clears the fault — this is different from a full factory reset and does not wipe your portal address.
4. Update firmware. Favourite-list bugs (especially reordering) are commonly fixed in later firmware builds; check with your provider or see our full MAG box problems guide for update steps.
5. As a last resort, factory reset. This clears Favourites completely along with all user data, so only use it if the steps above fail. You will need to re-enter your portal address afterward. Some users also report favourites-related sync bugs specific to certain firmware releases, which are tracked in community discussions such as the Infomir user forum.

Tips for Managing Your MAG Favourite List

• Group by type first. Add all your sports channels in one session, then news, then entertainment, so it is easy to spot gaps.
• Keep it short. Favourites works best as a 10–30 channel shortlist. A list of 200 channels defeats the purpose of having one.
• Browse before you build. Explore the full channel list first — sorted alphabetically or by category, depending on your provider’s portal — so you don’t miss anything worth starring.
• Confirm your plan includes it. If a channel is missing from the list entirely, it may not be part of your current subscription tier. Compare what’s included on the RevoIPTV pricing and subscription plans page.
• Favourites are per-box, not per-account on most portal setups — if you use multiple MAG devices on the same subscription, you typically need to rebuild the list on each one.

For more MAG tutorials — including full setup and troubleshooting — visit the RevoIPTV tutorials hub or browse supported IPTV applications. New to the platform? Read what is a MAG box? to understand how the portal system fits together, or try our instant IPTV free trial before committing to a plan. Resellers managing multiple client boxes can also check the IPTV reseller packages page. If you’re running into portal connection issues beyond favourites, our MAG box problems guide covers the most common fixes.

FAQ

Which button adds a channel to the favourite list on MAG?

Press F3 while the channel is highlighted in the channel list. A star icon confirms the selection. Press EXIT, then OK, to save the change permanently.

Where do I find my favourite list on MAG?

Your favourite list on MAG appears under Home Media → Favourites. You can also filter the live channel list to show only Favourites while a channel is playing.

Can I add channels from an M3U playlist to my MAG favourites?

Yes. Load the M3U playlist through Home Media, highlight the channel, and press F3 — the same star-and-confirm process applies as for live portal channels, though some M3U apps sync favourites to the provider’s server rather than storing them on the box.

Why do my MAG favourites keep disappearing or resetting?

Usually because the change was never confirmed with OK, because the portal type syncs favourites to a server that is having issues, or because of a firmware bug on some older builds. A soft power reset or firmware update resolves most cases; a full factory reset should only be a last resort since it wipes all user data.

Do MAG favourites survive a reboot?

Yes. They are stored persistently in the box’s user data and survive reboots and portal refreshes. They are only cleared by a factory reset, a user-data wipe, or (on some setups) a provider-side sync failure.

How many channels can I add to the favourite list on MAG?

There is no documented hard limit, but 10–30 channels is the practical sweet spot for quick access. Very large favourite lists become slow to navigate and lose the benefit of the feature.

Is the favourites process the same on every MAG model?

Yes — F3 to add/remove and Home Media → Favourites to access works the same way across the MAG 250, 254, 322, 324, 349, 351, 420, 424, 520, 522, and 524 lines, since they share the same Stalker/Ministra-based embedded portal software. Minor context-menu options (sort, cut/copy) can vary slightly by firmware version.