wolfonthehill
07-16-06, 06:57 PM
OK - it only helps part of the time, but I stumbled across something today... not sure if others already know it.
If you bring up the guide while viewing a channel and exit out of the guide without changing channels, you can then use the "Back" button at any point to bring the guide back up again - without having to push anything twice. A single press of "Back" calls the guide back up again.
I haven't played with it enough to know exactly what the restrictions are (I'm watching something right now, and you know, without dual tuners, I don't want to change channels :D ), but in at least some cases, you can have single-button access to the guide. This is one of the major remaining complaints about the system.
Again, this may be obvious to some, but it was a pleasant surprise to me, so I figured I'd share.
Edited to add: The "Back" button seems to bring up the guide on a single button press in every case, regardless of whether or not I've changed the channel, as long as the guide is the last thing I viewed.
If you bring up the guide while viewing a channel and exit out of the guide without changing channels, you can then use the "Back" button at any point to bring the guide back up again - without having to push anything twice. A single press of "Back" calls the guide back up again.
I haven't played with it enough to know exactly what the restrictions are (I'm watching something right now, and you know, without dual tuners, I don't want to change channels :D ), but in at least some cases, you can have single-button access to the guide. This is one of the major remaining complaints about the system.
Again, this may be obvious to some, but it was a pleasant surprise to me, so I figured I'd share.
Edited to add: The "Back" button seems to bring up the guide on a single button press in every case, regardless of whether or not I've changed the channel, as long as the guide is the last thing I viewed.