A method is provided for controlling, via a mobile terminal, a multimedia device for playing back and/or storing multimedia contents, the mobile terminal and the multimedia device being connected to a communications network. The method includes the following steps: the mobile terminal sends to a remote server, via the communications network, at least one request for activating a functionality on the multimedia device; the remote server translates this at least one request made by the mobile terminal into at least one query and transmits this at least one query to the multimedia device via the communications network, and; the multimedia device receives and executes this at least one query.