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JerseyBoy
02-01-09, 08:24 PM
Sometimes when I am slipping forward re-hitting the slip button quickly at the end of each slip instead of doing another 30 sec slip it jumps to the end of the recording. This usually happens when I am about mid way thru a 1 hr or longer recording. If I rewind to where I was and repeat the slips I cannot reproduce the problem. This has happen on both my hr20-700 and my hr21-700. This has happen about 5 to 10 times in the last few months.
Today I was trying to skip back during the superbowl and instead of the short skip back it jump all the way back to the beginning of the buffer. This is the 1st time I have seen this happen.
davring
02-01-09, 08:27 PM
If you are fast forwarding and hit the skip button it will jump to the next tick mark. Maybe that is what you experienced?
JerseyBoy
02-01-09, 08:49 PM
I was not fast forwarding just hitting the slip button. But the fast forward button is right next to the slip button so I might have hit it with out knowing it.
jacmyoung
02-01-09, 08:53 PM
We had also noticed this several times a month ago.
fornold
02-01-09, 08:56 PM
That happens to me with the 30skip sometimes. It is when I hit the button too fast. I'm guessing it thinks I held the button down (maybe I didn't release it all the way :confused:).
FriscoJoe
02-02-09, 06:52 AM
Same here with 30SKIP. Used to happen occasionally, but not since 0x2AF. I chalked it up to the HR21 thinking I was holding down the button.
CorpITGuy
02-02-09, 07:17 AM
This happens to me with the current software about once a week.
yes, happens to me as well...I use it to watch a football game and slip through between plays...it's very upsetting when you jump to the end of the recording and see the score before realizing what happened...
This has been happening to me on my HR21. I usually hit the 30 sec skip 4 times to get through the commercials and 1 out of a hundred times it sends me to live. Happened yesterday during the Caps-Senators game. Skipped from a few minutes to go in the second period to live which 5 minutes to go in the 3rd period and from 6-2 to 6-4. It is so annoying during a sporting event.
Have noticed it on my HR21 running the latest national release as well.
Sometimes when I am slipping forward re-hitting the slip button quickly at the end of each slip instead of doing another 30 sec slip it jumps to the end of the recording. This usually happens when I am about mid way thru a 1 hr or longer recording. If I rewind to where I was and repeat the slips I cannot reproduce the problem. This has happen on both my hr20-700 and my hr21-700. This has happen about 5 to 10 times in the last few months.
Today I was trying to skip back during the superbowl and instead of the short skip back it jump all the way back to the beginning of the buffer. This is the 1st time I have seen this happen.
Normal. You're holding the "slip" or ''skip" button down too long. Try this: At the beginning of a program, hold the "slip/skip" button down and don't let go. You will promptly go to the end of the program. They just added this a few NRs ago, I think. Takes a little getting used to, but it is a handy feature. And it works the same way in reverse.
Rich
Normal. You're holding the "slip" or ''skip" button down too long. Try this: At the beginning of a program, hold the "slip/skip" button down and don't let go. You will promptly go to the end of the program. They just added this a few NRs ago, I think. Takes a little getting used to, but it is a handy feature. And it works the same way in reverse.
Rich
Very true, that could be the cause of a lot of it. But I have had it jump to the end a few times when I just hit the slip button once very briefly like I normally do to do a slip.
I've had this exact problem since software 0x0290. It does not matter if the remote is in IR of RF mode. I usually encounter it when pressing the Advance button, but it has also happened with the Replay button (going to the beginning) and with the Fast Forward button (going to the next tick mark). Meanwhile, I've also occasionally had the reverse happen, where I hold down the Replay button and, after two seconds, the DVR does another 6-second jump instead of going to the beginning. It seems as though the DVR is not reliably distinguishing between a hold-down event and a first-press event.
I've only had the issue during HD shows. About half of my recordings are SD, and I've never had the problem with those. On HD programming I have it happen once a week, sometimes more (I've even had it happen multiple times in the same show).
Have noticed it on my HR21 running the latest national release as well.
Ditto, very frustrating. And it occured before the last National release for me anyway.
Very true, that could be the cause of a lot of it. But I have had it jump to the end a few times when I just hit the slip button once very briefly like I normally do to do a slip.
That happens to me occasionally, especially on a 21-700 that is a tad on the wacky side. My 20-700s rarely do it and I have not noticed it on my other 21-700s. I think, because this is localized on one HR, it is because of the HR.
Rich
I should have mentioned that this happens on my HR21-100 and never on the HR20-100 sitting right next to it (and feeding the same TV)...
tas3986
02-03-09, 09:09 AM
It does not happen to me, but completely frustrates my wife. She believes that it is pressing the button repeatedly, when the DVR is in a "stuttering" state where nothing happens when you press a button. Unfortunately, you do not know that the DVR is not responding until you press the button a few times. Then it skips to the end.
I think it is more than just holding the button too long. :nono2:
DennisMileHi
02-03-09, 09:42 AM
Nice to catch this thread as I thought this was just me. I have my Pronto programmed with the FF button right above the 30SKIP button. I felt I must have slipped up and hit the FF button by mistake and then went to the end by hitting the 30SKIP a few times.
Now, I realize that the unit is doing it... maybe by hitting the button too quickly. Who knows? This occurs on my HR21-100 a lot (maybe twice a week). Haven't seen it on my HR21-700 or my HR22-100.
I've seen this too and it even happened last night. I'm sure I'm not holding down the button too long but it does seem to be interpreting it that way. The best I can figure is something lags in the box for a moment so it misses the break in-between key presses so see it as a press and hold.
EyeRonik1
02-03-09, 03:41 PM
It happened to me last night too. I use a Harmony One so I thought it might be the timing of its signal, but it looks like its a more universal problem.
It does seem to happen when the HR-21 stutters or ignores input, and I hit the button again. I do not hold the button down, ever.
I've seen this too and it even happened last night. I'm sure I'm not holding down the button too long but it does seem to be interpreting it that way. The best I can figure is something lags in the box for a moment so it misses the break in-between key presses so see it as a press and hold.
I think this is exactly what is happening. Something in the box is not processing properly and that lag is causing it to interpret the single button push as a "hold". I hope this gets fixed soon because it is really frustrating to watch sports when this happens.
That happens to me with the 30skip sometimes. It is when I hit the button too fast. I'm guessing it thinks I held the button down (maybe I didn't release it all the way :confused:).
same here, maybe 5 times now.
Gunnyman
02-05-09, 02:17 PM
I've been experiencing this too. I thought at first it was my Harmony 670 remote, but it happens with the DTV remote as well.
bwaldron
02-05-09, 04:00 PM
I've been experiencing this too. I thought at first it was my Harmony 670 remote, but it happens with the DTV remote as well.
Yeah, it's been happening occasionally to me as well...I also suspected my universal remote, but that wasn't it. Also tried both skip (my normal mode) and slip, but it happens either way.
Thought it might be a keybounce-related issue, but I'm not seeing any keybounce issues with any other commands. It happens to me only when I do multiple consecutive skips -- but I have been careful to ensure I'm not inadvertently holding the button down, so I'm pretty well convinced it's not something I am doing.
Have noticed it on my HR21 running the latest national release as well.
This happens to me all the time. It is especially frustrating when watching football and baseball games. Usually I am safe from seeing the end score since I now record an extra hour on games.
I too thought it was my Harmony One remote. I used the Directv remote for awhile and it does the same thing. I was even taking great care and made sure that I pressed and released quickly and briefly.
Even worse, when I try to get it to skip to the end intentionally, it will not!!
I submitted a request to Directv today about this with the suggestion that it pops a menu to confirm before skipping to the end. They could also add an option to turn off both the prompt and/or the skip to end feature.
I would like to see a feature that ReplayTv had on their DVRs. You could press 130 QuickSkip and it would jump ahead 1hr 30 minutes. You could do the same using Replay to jump backwards to a time. There were others as well.
Let's hope they listen.
I've got eight HRs and only one 21-700 consistently has this problem. I've been considering calling the PP and getting a replacement, but I'm kinda attached to it and don't feel like playing "replacement roulette".
I would like to point out that the 21-700 has been kinda shaky for quite a while. I put a cheap HDMI switch on that and two 20-700s and got so many lockups I reverted to my old system of switching with the TV. Lost the two 20-700s and have been using the 21-700 in my hidey hole, where programming really doesn't have any value to me. Still works fairly well, but after the HDMI incident, it's never been quite the same. I do find it interesting that the one "shaky" HR I have is the one that is prone to slipping to the end of programs. Rarely, if ever, happens on the rest of them.
Rich
it seems that all the problems are experienced on HR21s, and not 20...
is that a safe assumption?
cause if so, the next question is: are the problems with 21s that have AM21 hooked up to them...
it seems that all the problems are experienced on HR21s, and not 20...
is that a safe assumption?
cause if so, the next question is: are the problems with 21s that have AM21 hooked up to them...
My 21 doesn't have OTA. My wife kept having problems with the 20-700s until I explained to her that she was holding the "slip" button down too long and it was just doing what it was programmed to do, go to the end of the program.
Are there any "safe assumptions" with these things?
Rich
it seems that all the problems are experienced on HR21s, and not 20...
is that a safe assumption?
cause if so, the next question is: are the problems with 21s that have AM21 hooked up to them...
I have an AM21 but it is no longer hooked up since DirecTV turned on the last local channels I was missing in HD.
recorder
02-10-09, 03:14 PM
it seems that all the problems are experienced on HR21s, and not 20...
is that a safe assumption?
cause if so, the next question is: are the problems with 21s that have AM21 hooked up to them...
happens on my 22-100, too. w/o AM21.
Maybe "Undocumented Feature":D
bwaldron
02-10-09, 08:32 PM
it seems that all the problems are experienced on HR21s, and not 20...
is that a safe assumption?
cause if so, the next question is: are the problems with 21s that have AM21 hooked up to them...
Actually, yes, I only see it on my HR21. But it has no AM21...so no on that.
Actually, yes, I only see it on my HR21. But it has no AM21...so no on that.
All this started with an NR a few months ago. And it appears to adversely affect "weak" HRs. You wouldn't believe the things my "weak" 21-700 does. The other day I watched a 30 minute episode of Seinfeld and just kept watching for another show and a half and the bar at the bottom kept saying "30" minutes. Had a good hour and some on that recording. Never had that happen before on any DVR.
Rich
novakia
04-03-09, 01:54 AM
This happens on both of my HR-22's and for me it happens at least every other night or so. I frequently find out who won games, who was eliminated from American Idol, etc...
It happens with both my Harmony remote as well as the IR blaster from my Slingbox when I'm watching remotely.
It always happens when I press the Advance button a few times to skip a commerical break. I'm not holding down the Advance button.
It's clearly interpreting my actions as holding down the button. It's either wrong due to some bug in the software, or simply not able to determine accurately enough whether the button is being held down to implement the feature in the manner it's done.
I'd applaud a fix, a code to disable the feature, a prompt to confirm you want to skip to the end, or pretty much anything that will keep me from seeing the end of programs ahead of time. This is the bug that annoys me the most with this DVR.
inkahauts
04-03-09, 02:00 AM
This happens on both of my HR-22's and for me it happens at least every other night or so. I frequently find out who won games, who was eliminated from American Idol, etc...
It happens with both my Harmony remote as well as the IR blaster from my Slingbox when I'm watching remotely.
It always happens when I press the Advance button a few times to skip a commerical break. I'm not holding down the Advance button.
It's clearly interpreting my actions as holding down the button. It's either wrong due to some bug in the software, or simply not able to determine accurately enough whether the button is being held down to implement the feature in the manner it's done.
I'd applaud a fix, a code to disable the feature, a prompt to confirm you want to skip to the end, or pretty much anything that will keep me from seeing the end of programs ahead of time. This is the bug that annoys me the most with this DVR.
Wait an extra moment before pressing the button again.... and also, maybe add a very short pause to the end of the skip button on your harmony remote...
captainjrl
04-03-09, 11:47 AM
I'd applaud a fix, a code to disable the feature, a prompt to confirm you want to skip to the end, or pretty much anything that will keep me from seeing the end of programs ahead of time. This is the bug that annoys me the most with this DVR.
That's a great idea. I'd guess that the number of inconveniences it would cause those skipping to the end would be dwarfed by those of us who keep seeing the end of a recording to soon.
This issue happens to me on occasion and I use a Harmony as well. I was just going to chalk it up to the remote, but it looks as if it happens on the standard issue remote as well.
PokerJoker
04-03-09, 12:49 PM
Wait an extra moment before pressing the button again.... and also, maybe add a very short pause to the end of the skip button on your harmony remote...
Sorry, but that doesn't help. On my HR21-100 I can very carefully push the slip button, waiting for each slip to finish before pressing it again, and still it sometimes jumps right to the end of the program. And even if it doesn't do that, sometimes it slips for way more than 30 seconds. Like, 2 or 3 minutes' worth. And this is not infrequent, more like several times every day.
This is with the standard white remote. HR21-100 with AM21 and esata drive. Doesn't matter if the show originated off the air, or from sat.
The back-slip button does not exhibit this behavior, as far as I can tell, but I don't use it nearly as much.
I will try another remote to see if that helps. Otherwise, D* needs to fix this extremely annoying bug. (Or, if you prefer, "poorly implemented feature".)
cartrivision
04-03-09, 02:58 PM
This caused by the horrible press-and-hold functionality. In addition to being really bad design when it works right, press-and-hold often does not work right and multiple press-and-release button actions are misinterpreted and processed as a button press-and-hold action.
A good solution for this problem would be for DirecTV to completely abandon all of the horrible press-and-hold commands and replace them with single key-press commands.
In my case the "skip to end" bug always happens on my HR21-700 but not the HR20-700 or thr HR21-200.
This has been going on through the last several NR updates.
J C
novakia
04-06-09, 11:49 PM
Wait an extra moment before pressing the button again.... and also, maybe add a very short pause to the end of the skip button on your harmony remote...
I already do that. I started pressing the button very deliberately once I learned about the press and hold feature. At first I thought it was a Harmony issue, but it happens with my Slingbox as well (the Slingbox naturally introduces a fairly painful - in relative terms - delay between the button press and the IR command).
I've seen it complete a slip, hit the button and had it jump to the end. It's almost as though the implementation just sets a timer and samples whether or not the key is down once or twice in three seconds. If it happens to be down when it looks it does the jump...
Nothing but pure speculation really, but I'd love to see at least a workaround show up sometime down the road.
My other half does this constantly on our HR22-100 but it has never happened to me. But, I usually press the slip button 4 or 5 (30x4) then add more as needed. The problems seem to happen more when you do each 30 skip one at a time just when the previous skip has happened.
I would like to see DirecTV just abandon these press and hold commands. The new skip to tick while FFing eliminates the need for press-and-hold on fast forward. Maybe they should move beginning and end to Red and Green while FFing or something.
eckhart
04-07-09, 01:32 PM
I have experienced this bug numerous times. At first I thought the recording was messed up and erased the show, but now I know to start over and ff to the spot where the skip bug started.
I have experienced this bug numerous times. At first I thought the recording was messed up and erased the show, but now I know to start over and ff to the spot where the skip bug started.
Just something we have to live with. Sounds like you have a good handle on the problem. One of these days they will fix it...
Rich
Church AV Guy
04-08-09, 05:25 PM
This has happened to me many tmies, and I always thought it was because the machine has become so slow, that it doesn't register the multi pushes as many, but thinks it's just one. Well, last night I did some experimenting and that isn;t the case. if I press the slip button many times, fast, it piles up the number at the end of the progress bar just fine, so it DOES see each press singly. I then did it one at a time, letting it stop between each slip, and even when I made sure the picture had stoppped fast forwarding, and the audio had resumed, multiple slips caused a skip to the end.
As has been said, it is a bug we'll have to live with until they fix it.
Jolliec
04-08-09, 05:36 PM
Wife was complaining about this yesterday. I told her it was pilot error :D
It has happened to me a couple of times as well, but it appears to be that it thinks I held the button down too long and hit skip again.
bpdunsta
04-19-09, 05:24 PM
Based on this thread, it sounds like this is something we just have to live with and that there is no "secret" code to disable it.
To people that use "skip to end", can you explain to me why? I'm not judging, just curious.
DogLover
04-20-09, 06:42 AM
Based on this thread, it sounds like this is something we just have to live with and that there is no "secret" code to disable it.
To people that use "skip to end", can you explain to me why? I'm not judging, just curious.
I imagine that they are skipping to the end to bring up the keep/delete dialogue. With a skip to the end, that could be the quickest way to delete after you are finished watching.
Based on this thread, it sounds like this is something we just have to live with and that there is no "secret" code to disable it.
To people that use "skip to end", can you explain to me why? I'm not judging, just curious.
I use "slip" to the end of shows that are over all the time. Especially when watching "group" recordings. Sometimes on channels such as Showtime or HBO there is as much as 15 minutes or more still recorded after the end of the show. None of the series on those two channels have a set time of recording. Some are 45 minutes, the next one might be 50 minutes. The Sopranos was a great example of that.
Rich
To people that use "skip to end", can you explain to me why? I'm not judging, just curious.It’s not really "skip to end" it is a skip to the next "tick" mark. Here is where it comes in handy for me. Since we don't have MRV, I record the same programs on 2 DVR's. That way I can watch them in the living room or bedroom.
If I start watching in one room and decide to move to the other room, I note the time. If its say 35 minutes, I can use the "skip to tick" feature on my other DVR to jump to the 30 min mark quickly. Then fast forward a short amount to get to where I left off.
Also, if you see something you want to go back and look at later, you can put a manual tick mark. For example, your favorite football team throws a touchdown. Then when you replay the game, you can use the "skip to tick" to go to that point of the recording and watch it again.
lparsons21
04-20-09, 01:47 PM
Just something we have to live with. Sounds like you have a good handle on the problem. One of these days they will fix it...
Rich
Since the HRs are in their 3rd year of production, and the programming of them doesn't seem to get much better, I'm not holding my breath until they fix this and the dog slow operation of the HR21-700.
What I am doing is waiting until 02/10 when my contract is up. Either the HR21-700 I have is fixed and working properly or a new unit is made that does work properly, or I'll be making a move.
When I switched over to D* from E*, I said at the time that I don't watch the DVR much, but I do watch programming on it. The HR21-700 has made that not so true. :(
dreadlk
04-20-09, 04:37 PM
When the NR that created this problem came out about 6 months ago I complained and was told that it was some sort of new feature that was added that would Jump the show by 15 Minutes if you pressed FF then Skip or some combo of the above.
I HATE IT!!!!!
Every single night I am pressing FF and skip to get past the commercials and somehow Bam the thing jumps 15 Min or 30 Min forward or even to the end of the show.
Why does Directv do this crazy Multi function button mapping crap!
And why has it taken them so long to respond to all the complaints, it's like they dont care that users dont like it, Directv likes it and will keep on leaving it in every firmware update PERIOD!
This caused by the horrible press-and-hold functionality. In addition to being really bad design when it works right, press-and-hold often does not work right and multiple press-and-release button actions are misinterpreted and processed as a button press-and-hold action.
A good solution for this problem would be for DirecTV to completely abandon all of the horrible press-and-hold commands and replace them with single key-press commands.
The skip to end has happened a lot here as well.
One other reason I think it is related to press-and-hold is that I have seen a similar behavior with slow mo. If I pause a program and then press play, occasionally the recorded program will start up in slow mo.
Mighty frustrating because the press-and-hold slow mo is so bad that I NEVER use the function, and just because I don't use slow mo doesn't mean I don't want slow mo. :mad:
dreadlk
04-20-09, 11:06 PM
Somebody should post a Poll asking how many people like this feature and how many people would like to have it removed.
nasadave
04-20-09, 11:51 PM
:bang Happens to me all the time! :bang
Sorry my post did not advance this topic at all, but I needed to vent!
Personally, I don't mind the press-and-hold functions. I just don't want them to happen when I'm not pressing and holding. Wasn't a problem at all when I first got the HR21 - it just started showing up after software 0x0290 (the same software that introduced "super skip to tick" where pressing Advance while in FF jumps to the next tick mark).
It happens to me less frequently now than it did with 0x0290, but I still have it happen on occasion. I still haven't had it happen while watching SD programs - it's always been when watching HD (and about half of what I record is SD, the other half HD).
The fact that the problem wasn't there originally indicates that it is fixable...
Personally, I don't mind the press-and-hold functions. I just don't want them to happen when I'm not pressing and holding. Wasn't a problem at all when I first got the HR21 - it just started showing up after software 0x0290 (the same software that introduced "super skip to tick" where pressing Advance while in FF jumps to the next tick mark).
I remember seeing something about changing the skip function when the release came out, didn't pay much attention because I really like the slip.
Why would they do what you described? We've always (or seems like it) been able to use the FF button to skip to the next tick. Must be faster, no? Can't try it right now...just tried it. Must need a keyword or something? Now I'm curious.
Rich
Just adding that I also experience the 30 second skip button causing my HR22 to go directly to the end of a recording or to the end of a recording that is in progress. This typically happens about every night or every other night.
Its great finding out who got voted out when your only 30 minutes into a show! :(
Jolliec
05-18-09, 06:18 PM
Happened to me last night on Survivor. Why is this feature (skip to end) even there? Why would you ever want to skip to the end of a show? Ticks yes, but to the end?
Just adding that I also experience the 30 second skip button causing my HR22 to go directly to the end of a recording or to the end of a recording that is in progress. This typically happens about every night or every other night.
Its great finding out who got voted out when your only 30 minutes into a show! :(
Or settling down to watch a baseball game and suddenly going to the end of the recording, and naturally, seeing the score. The thing never goes to a commercial, always to the game with the score up. I've stopped using my 22 for anything with commercials or any sports broadcast.
Shame, cause everything about my 22 is surprisingly good. The PQ is good and crisp, it's as fast as any other 21 I have and, judging from your post, my planned upgrade of what I thought was a near perfect ''system" won't solve the slip problem. Nutz.
Rich
Happened to me last night on Survivor. Why is this feature (skip to end) even there? Why would you ever want to skip to the end of a show? Ticks yes, but to the end?
I use the "slip to the end" function frequently on my other HRs and have no problems with those HRs. I use the ticks to get close to a particular segment of the recording, but I really like holding down the slip button and being able to go to the end of the recording. I use it primarily when using "group play". I think it is a good feature, but it seems that the 22s don't agree with what the programmers planned. Mine was doing the unwanted "slip to the end" before the last NR, so I can't blame the NR.
Rich
fluffybear
05-19-09, 08:01 AM
:bang Happens to me all the time! :bang
Sorry my post did not advance this topic at all, but I needed to vent!
+1
I have learned to live with it and tend to use some colorful words (said under breath) while I return to where I want to be..
txfeinbergs
05-19-09, 09:35 AM
Wow. I finally got pissed off enough Sunday night during the Survivor finale when my HR21-100 once again jumped ahead to the end (happens about once every couple of days even though I am really careful about pressing the button) that I took a mental note to search google to see if it was only my machine or others were also experiencing it. I guess I know the answer now.
Wow. I finally got pissed off enough Sunday night during the Survivor finale when my HR21-100 once again jumped ahead to the end (happens about once every couple of days even though I am really careful about pressing the button) that I took a mental note to search google to see if it was only my machine or others were also experiencing it. I guess I know the answer now.
You are not alone. Nice feeling isn't it? Misery enjoys company. Now if they'd just fix it. Only happens regularly on one of my nine HRs. And that just happens to be a 100 too. See a pattern here?
Rich
cartrivision
05-19-09, 03:02 PM
Somebody should post a Poll asking how many people like this feature and how many people would like to have it removed.
The problem isn't the feature. The problem is press-and hold. In addition to being rooted in some pretty bad UI design, press-and-hold functionality does not work reliably. It's a really bad and unreliable way of performing the actions it's used for, and the functions that it's used for often get triggered without any hold action on any button. Even worse, it makes some functions such as slow-mo practically unusable in the way that people use it on other devices where it is mapped to a simple key-press. (How did the UI designers ignore the fact that there needs to be a way to instantaneously drop into slow-mo or enter slow-mo from the pause state).
Press and hold should be removed (and replaced) everywhere just because it's bad UI design... and as a bonus, removing that bad design feature removes the need to need to fix the fact that it doesn't work reliably.
Jolliec
05-19-09, 03:47 PM
The problem isn't the feature. The problem is press-and hold. In addition to being rooted in some pretty bad UI design, press-and-hold functionality does not work reliably. It's a really bad and unreliable way of performing the actions it's used for, and the functions that it's used for often get triggered without any hold action on any button. Even worse, it makes some functions such as slow-mo practically unusable in the way that people use it on other devices where it is mapped to a simple key-press. (How did the UI designers ignore the fact that there needs to be a way to instantaneously drop into slow-mo or enter slow-mo from the pause state).
Press and hold should be removed (and replaced) everywhere just because it's bad UI design... and as a bonus, removing that bad design feature removes the need to need to fix the fact that it doesn't work reliably.
Well said.
AZ_Engineer
05-20-09, 12:22 AM
Happens to us all the time too. With both a Harmony one and the stock remote. BTW, the Harmony One seems to work better than the sock remote
katzeye
05-20-09, 10:44 PM
I just got a HR22-100 today to replace my problematic HR20-100. My problem is that the tick mark skip dosen't work at all. I hit 30Skip after FF and all it does is resume playing.
Also on an off note I hear a sound skip when I hit the 30Skip. sort of annoying.
I think I may wait before I send back my HR20
It’s not really "skip to end" it is a skip to the next "tick" mark.If you use the 30 second skip, the DVR sometimes incorrectly interprets it as if you held down 30 sec skip for 3 seconds, and jumps all the way to the end.
It happens to us WAY too often. This needs to be fixed, badly!
Hr23-700 stock remote set to slip. Was set to skip but went back to slip and started seeing this happen. happened to my wife 3 times and i heard all about it. I thought that it was the hold feature till it happened to me last night. Recorded Reno 911 at apx 17 minutes hit slip once and fast and all of a sudden it went right to the last 60 seconds of the recording. The only tick mark was at the 1/2 way mark at 15 minutes. Was past it. As i stated this did not happen till i went back to slip. Maybe a glitch from switching between the 2. Happened to my wife again this morning on a recorded svu. Went to the last 60 seconds from the half way point and it had 2 tick marks it skipped over. Have not reset the unit since i switched from skip to slip, might be part of it too.
pretzelbag
05-25-09, 09:36 AM
Count me as another user who occasionally gets caught by this bug/feature/curse. My remote is in RF mode so the responsiveness is not the same as in IR mode, but pressing -->| six times and going to the end of the recording is a huge irritation.
I never liked the press-and-hold buttons anyway. The remote has enough buttons; surely one could be repurposed (or user-configured) to get more consistent function.
-pretzelbag.
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