Any way to set HR20 to just view channels at set times?

[dreadlk]

I have a young child. With my old receiver I just selected shows in the guide and schedule the shows for him to watch during the Day. With the HR20 I can only set shows to record, is there any way to set the unit just to change to a certain channel at a certain time. This feature is really needed for people with young kids.

[bonscott87]

I have a young child. With my old receiver I just selected shows in the guide and schedule the shows for him to watch during the Day. With the HR20 I can only set shows to record, is there any way to set the unit just to change to a certain channel at a certain time. This feature is really needed for people with young kids.

No, it's a DVR and recording is what it does. I'd guess that before you had a non-DVR receiver which had a feature called "auto tune" or something like that.

Having said that I read posts from peope with kids and the DVR is perfect for them since there is always something on that they can watch. You can even play a "group" so if you have 5 Spounge Bobs in a folder you can play the group and it will play all 5 in order. Or teach the young one how to start up their shows (you'd be suprised at how adept they are at technology).

Other then that another option might be to get a non-DVR receiver for the kid or even get a 2nd DVR just for the kids shows that you can do a parental lockdown on so they won't accidently play one of your adult shows.

Good luck.

[Thaedron]

There is also an 'auto tune' feature enhancement request in the wishlist. It's pretty low priority though. I'm a fan of auto-tune as I would like to have the local news on every morning when I wake up, and don't want the space occupied on the HD.

If the issue is important to you, I would suggest taking the wishlist survey (see my sig for a link) and voting thumbs up for auto-tune.

[pendragn]

There is also an 'auto tune' feature enhancement request in the wishlist. It's pretty low priority though. I'm a fan of auto-tune as I would like to have the local news on every morning when I wake up, and don't want the space occupied on the HD.

If the issue is important to you, I would suggest taking the wishlist survey (see my sig for a link) and voting thumbs up for auto-tune.
I want the same thing for the news. I have it record and just keep a single instance. A 30 minute SD show doesn't take up much space, so it's never been an issue.

tk

[dreadlk]

Thanks for the info, I just took a look at the Wishlist, it's very comprehensive but why has it been made so complicated by the requirement to sign up for another forum to participate?
Playing a folder of recorded programs is OK but I don't like the idea of putting on 5 straight episode of Bob the Builder. I would much prefer if he could have a variety of appropriate shows to watch. Also recording them is an extra step in the process. With my old hughes receiver I just set it to go to a certain channel everyday at 2pm then at 2:30 it goes to another channel etc etc. With the Hr20 I have to record the shows then someone has to manualy switch to the next show or else he gets stuck with one series on all day.
I hope they can add this feature it would be a great help to parents with young kids.


There is also an 'auto tune' feature enhancement request in the wishlist. It's pretty low priority though. I'm a fan of auto-tune as I would like to have the local news on every morning when I wake up, and don't want the space occupied on the HD.

If the issue is important to you, I would suggest taking the wishlist survey (see my sig for a link) and voting thumbs up for auto-tune.