Agrajag
03-23-07, 11:27 PM
Okay, still getting to the bottom of everything I can do with this unit and I'm still amazed at just how good it is seeing how far it had to come. I just pray the R15's benefit from all this work at some point.
Anyway, keep in mind that my main DVR's have been TiVo's. I have two R15's but one is in my son's room and one is in our bedroom where I rarely record anything.
1) Is there a way to jump ahead to the various tick marks like I could with the TiVo? It was never intuitive there but you could do it if you remembered how.
2) How does this Advance feature work? I see people talking about 30 second slip but I've yet to figure out how to use this to emulate something resembling a reliable commercial skip. I've tried hitting that button 5 times and it lands a commercial short. Hit it 6 times and it lands 20 seconds or so into the show.
3) Is the fastest way to add a manual recording to go to Settings and Manual? Why isn't Manual an option when I have a show highlighted in the guide?
4) Is the Ethernet connection there only for the same duties the phone line handled or can I do any sort of streaming of content from my PC, etc?
5) When in Manual recording mode is there no fast way to get a channel up? I try to enter a channel number to jump to it but it just pays attention to the first number is some strange attempt to help. In fact, I hadn't even realized we had channels in the 2000 range until I tripped over it with this "feature". If I know I want to record Comedy Central and it's on 249, must I really page from 200 to 249 and that's my only recourse?
6) What the heck is a Showcase? Is this content that just hasn't shown up yet, like Fall previews and such that I never watched on my TiVo either?
I think that will hold me for now. Thanks!
Anyway, keep in mind that my main DVR's have been TiVo's. I have two R15's but one is in my son's room and one is in our bedroom where I rarely record anything.
1) Is there a way to jump ahead to the various tick marks like I could with the TiVo? It was never intuitive there but you could do it if you remembered how.
2) How does this Advance feature work? I see people talking about 30 second slip but I've yet to figure out how to use this to emulate something resembling a reliable commercial skip. I've tried hitting that button 5 times and it lands a commercial short. Hit it 6 times and it lands 20 seconds or so into the show.
3) Is the fastest way to add a manual recording to go to Settings and Manual? Why isn't Manual an option when I have a show highlighted in the guide?
4) Is the Ethernet connection there only for the same duties the phone line handled or can I do any sort of streaming of content from my PC, etc?
5) When in Manual recording mode is there no fast way to get a channel up? I try to enter a channel number to jump to it but it just pays attention to the first number is some strange attempt to help. In fact, I hadn't even realized we had channels in the 2000 range until I tripped over it with this "feature". If I know I want to record Comedy Central and it's on 249, must I really page from 200 to 249 and that's my only recourse?
6) What the heck is a Showcase? Is this content that just hasn't shown up yet, like Fall previews and such that I never watched on my TiVo either?
I think that will hold me for now. Thanks!