diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/openipc/pixelpilot/osd/OSDElement.java b/app/src/main/java/com/openipc/pixelpilot/osd/OSDElement.java
index fd73d37b..a42052b3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/openipc/pixelpilot/osd/OSDElement.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/openipc/pixelpilot/osd/OSDElement.java
@@ -1,12 +1,29 @@
 package com.openipc.pixelpilot.osd;
 
+import android.view.View;
+
 public class OSDElement {
     public String name;
-    public MovableLayout layout;
+    public MovableLayout layout;   // null for a fixed item
+    public View fixedView;         // fixed item, e.g. the centre dot
+    public boolean defaultEnabled;
 
     public OSDElement(String n, MovableLayout l) {
         name = n;
         layout = l;
+        fixedView = null;
+        defaultEnabled = false;
+    }
+
+    public OSDElement(String n, View fixed, boolean enabledByDefault) {
+        name = n;
+        layout = null;
+        fixedView = fixed;
+        defaultEnabled = enabledByDefault;
+    }
+
+    public View view() {
+        return layout != null ? layout : fixedView;
     }
 
     public String prefName() {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/openipc/pixelpilot/osd/OSDManager.java b/app/src/main/java/com/openipc/pixelpilot/osd/OSDManager.java
index 68e9c088..2cc32051 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/openipc/pixelpilot/osd/OSDManager.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/openipc/pixelpilot/osd/OSDManager.java
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ public OSDManager(Context context, ActivityVideoBinding binding) {
 
     public void lockOSD(Boolean isLocked) {
         for (int i = 0; i < listOSDItems.size(); i++) {
-            listOSDItems.get(i).layout.setMovable(!isLocked);
+            MovableLayout layout = listOSDItems.get(i).layout;
+            if (layout != null) layout.setMovable(!isLocked);
         }
         osdLocked = isLocked;
     }
@@ -52,8 +53,12 @@ public String getTitle() {
     }
 
     public void onOSDItemCheckChanged(OSDElement element, boolean isChecked) {
-        // Show or hide the ImageView corresponding to the checkbox position
-        element.layout.setVisibility(isChecked ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
+        // Show or hide the ImageView corresponding to the checkbox position.
+        // The centre dot stays hidden in VR mode, where there is no single video view.
+        boolean show = isChecked && (element.layout != null
+                || binding.mainVideoSurface.getVisibility() == View.VISIBLE
+                || binding.mainVideo.getVisibility() == View.VISIBLE);
+        element.view().setVisibility(show ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
         SharedPreferences prefs = context.getSharedPreferences("osd_config", MODE_PRIVATE);
         SharedPreferences.Editor editor = prefs.edit();
         editor.putBoolean(element.prefName() + "_enabled", isChecked);
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ public void onFinish() {
         listOSDItems.add(new OSDElement("Battery Air", binding.itemBat));
         listOSDItems.add(new OSDElement("Battery Cell Air", binding.itemBatCell));
         listOSDItems.add(new OSDElement("Battery GS", binding.itemGSBattery));
+        listOSDItems.add(new OSDElement("Center Dot", binding.imgCenterDot, true));
         listOSDItems.add(new OSDElement("Current", binding.itemCurrent));
         listOSDItems.add(new OSDElement("Flight Mode", binding.itemFlightMode));
         listOSDItems.add(new OSDElement("Ground Speed", binding.itemGndSpeed));
@@ -106,14 +112,13 @@ public void onFinish() {
 
     public boolean isElementEnabled(OSDElement elem) {
         SharedPreferences prefs = context.getSharedPreferences("osd_config", MODE_PRIVATE);
-        return prefs.getBoolean(elem.prefName() + "_enabled", false);
+        return prefs.getBoolean(elem.prefName() + "_enabled", elem.defaultEnabled);
     }
 
     public void restoreOSDConfig() {
-        SharedPreferences prefs = context.getSharedPreferences("osd_config", MODE_PRIVATE);
         for (OSDElement element : listOSDItems) {
-            boolean enabled = prefs.getBoolean(element.prefName() + "_enabled", false);
-            onOSDItemCheckChanged(element, enabled);
+            onOSDItemCheckChanged(element, isElementEnabled(element));
+            if (element.layout == null) continue;  // fixed item: no saved position
             element.layout.restorePosition(element.prefName());
             element.layout.setMovable(!isOSDLocked());
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/drawable/osd_center_dot.xml b/app/src/main/res/drawable/osd_center_dot.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bb0e336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/drawable/osd_center_dot.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Red dot with a dark rim, so it stays visible on bright backgrounds. -->
+<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:shape="oval">
+    <solid android:color="#FFFF2A2A" />
+    <stroke
+        android:width="1dp"
+        android:color="#99000000" />
+    <size
+        android:width="8dp"
+        android:height="8dp" />
+</shape>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_video.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_video.xml
index 8aa7e519..ccd34212 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_video.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_video.xml
@@ -733,4 +733,18 @@
         </com.openipc.pixelpilot.osd.MovableLayout>
     </FrameLayout>
 
+    <!-- Centre dot. Both video views are 16:9 and centred in the parent, so the
+         parent's centre is the video centre. Not movable. -->
+    <View
+        android:id="@+id/imgCenterDot"
+        android:layout_width="8dp"
+        android:layout_height="8dp"
+        android:background="@drawable/osd_center_dot"
+        android:translationZ="16dp"
+        android:visibility="gone"
+        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
+
 </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>