The remote control switches from trackpad to free-space navigation mode when you press the orange button between the Channel + and Volume + buttons.
In this mode, acceleration and rotational data from the gyro is processed by the SmartMotion® firmware library.
When operating in the free-space navigation mode, the button just above the volume control is the Left mouse button and the button just above the program selector is the Right mouse button enabling point-and-click functionality. To deactivate free-space mode and go back to the trackpad mode, press the orange button again. The free-space navigation mode will also be deactivated if the remote control has not moved in seven seconds.
Movement of the remote control is translated into two-dimensional mouse cursor movement. Rotation around the x-axis (upward and downward movements) of the remote control leads to vertical mouse cursor movement and rotation around the z-axis (side to side movements) leads to horizontal mouse cursor movement. See the following figure:
