Guide button

[jfolliard]

This is a longshot but I wonder if there is anyway to bypass the "Channel Categories" screen when you click the "Guide" button? It sure would be handy - I've probably use that screen maybe 2 or 3 times in the last several months of the time.

I know that you can click it twice to get there, but there seems to be a built in delay - you can't quick the button twice too quickly - which is sort of what you want to do to skip that screen.

Thanks.

Jack

[hilmar2k]

This is a longshot but I wonder if there is anyway to bypass the "Channel Categories" screen when you click the "Guide" button? It sure would be handy - I've probably use that screen maybe 2 or 3 times in the last several months of the time.

Thanks.

Jack

Yup, there sure is. Do a search, I forget the exact step by step. There is a hidden menu.

Edit: Instructions can be found in this (http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=84082) thread.

[carl6]

Yes. Search the cutting edge forum for "hidden menu" or "one button guide". I forget the exact steps to get to it, but once you do you can select the one button guide option.

This will be a regular, not hidden, menu in a future release, but it is available as a hidden menu in the current national release.

Carl

[hilmar2k]

Yes. Search the cutting edge forum for "hidden menu" or "one button guide". I forget the exact steps to get to it, but once you do you can select the one button guide option.

This will be a regular, not hidden, menu in a future release, but it is available as a hidden menu in the current national release.

Carl

Eerily similar to my post.

[jfolliard]

Yup, there sure is. Do a search, I forget the exact step by step. There is a hidden menu.

Edit: Instructions can be found in this (http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=84082) thread.

here is the instruction I found - is this the one-button guide instruction? I'm kind of a rookie so please bear with me.


Press Menu-->Search-->Keyword-->type IAMANEDGECUTTER-->press seach when it finds nothing press and hold menu and info button on the front of the unit for about 2 seconds and let go. Once you do this one time you will only have to press menu and info next time.

[hilmar2k]

here is the instruction I found - is this the one-button guide instruction? I'm kind of a rookie so please bear with me.


Press Menu-->Search-->Keyword-->type IAMANEDGECUTTER-->press seach when it finds nothing press and hold menu and info button on the front of the unit for about 2 seconds and let go. Once you do this one time you will only have to press menu and info next time.

That will take you to a menu that will give you the option to enable one button guide.

[hilmar2k]

More instructions, these may be clearer:

http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=81778&highlight=one+button+guide

[carl6]

And in the future, you only need to press menu and info to get to that hidden menu, you don't have to go through the search process again.

Carl

[hilmar2k]

And while you're in there, you should go ahead and turn off animations.

[jfolliard]

here is the instruction I found - is this the one-button guide instruction? I'm kind of a rookie so please bear with me.


Press Menu-->Search-->Keyword-->type IAMANEDGECUTTER-->press seach when it finds nothing press and hold menu and info button on the front of the unit for about 2 seconds and let go. Once you do this one time you will only have to press menu and info next time.

\AMAZING! A big thanks to all who responded so quickly - it works! Why is this a hidden option with a "secret" password method to get to it?

Are there more special hidden gems??

Thanks again!

Jack

[hilmar2k]

\AMAZING! A big thanks to all who responded so quickly - it works! Why is this a hidden option with a "secret" password method to get to it?

Are there more special hidden gems??

Thanks again!

Jack

Hidden for now, won't be in future software releases.

[jfolliard]

\AMAZING! A big thanks to all who responded so quickly - it works! Why is this a hidden option with a "secret" password method to get to it?

Are there more special hidden gems??

Thanks again!

Jack

PS - I also have a HR10-250. Can I follow the same method to tweak that one too!

[hilmar2k]

PS - I also have a HR10-250. Can I follow the same method to tweak that one too!

Wrong forum. I know *nothing* about that one. ;)

[Earl Bonovich]

PS - I also have a HR10-250. Can I follow the same method to tweak that one too!

No, you can't.

The HR10-250 is an entirely different system.
See www.tivocommunity.com for things you can do with that system.

[mrb]

That will take you to a menu that will give you the option to enable one button guide.

Forgive my asking probably a question obvious to most of you here...but I'm a tivo guy who just switched to the HR20 last weekend. (So far so good, thankfully.)

To use the IAMANEDGECUTTER hidden menu, must I force download the CE that has been discussed in this thread and others? Fearing for the stability of the HR20 I don't want the CE until it's national...but can I still access the hidden menu to get the one button guide feature?

Animations...which ones does it turn off...makes the system operate more quickly, or are animations a known source of freezes, etc...?

Thanks all.

[Earl Bonovich]

Forgive my asking probably a question obvious to most of you here...but I'm a tivo guy who just switched to the HR20 last weekend. (So far so good, thankfully.)

To use the IAMANEDGECUTTER hidden menu, must I force download the CE that has been discussed in this thread and others? Fearing for the stability of the HR20 I don't want the CE until it's national...but can I still access the hidden menu to get the one button guide feature?

Animations...which ones does it turn off...makes the system operate more quickly, or are animations a known source of freezes, etc...?

Thanks all.

What model HR20 do you have...
HR20-700 or HR20-100

As for Animations: In the Menu's and the Now Playing List.
No, not really a source of "Freezing"... just a user option to tweak to your preference.

[Michael D'Angelo]

Forgive my asking probably a question obvious to most of you here...but I'm a tivo guy who just switched to the HR20 last weekend. (So far so good, thankfully.)

To use the IAMANEDGECUTTER hidden menu, must I force download the CE that has been discussed in this thread and others? Fearing for the stability of the HR20 I don't want the CE until it's national...but can I still access the hidden menu to get the one button guide feature?

Animations...which ones does it turn off...makes the system operate more quickly, or are animations a known source of freezes, etc...?

Thanks all.

The hidden menu is in the latest national release for the HR20-700. It will be in the menu itself at some point when D* figures out where the would like to put it.

[Earl Bonovich]

The hidden menu is in the latest national release. It will be in the menu itself at some point when D* figures out where the would like to put it.

If you have an HR20-700...
The national release version for the HR20-100 does not have those features.

[mrb]

What model HR20 do you have...
HR20-700 or HR20-100

As for Animations: In the Menu's and the Now Playing List.
No, not really a source of "Freezing"... just a user option to tweak to your preference.

Ummmm...I believe it's the -700... It was installed on Saturday and appears to be new. It's silver, not black. Jeeze, I guess I don't know. Can check tonight when I get home from work.

I'm trying to remember what the menu and VOD screens look like, I don't recall any moving animations...it makes me think of the TiVo guy, but clearly he is not there!

[Michael D'Angelo]

If you have an HR20-700...
The national release version for the HR20-100 does not have those features.

Thanks Earl. I realized I did not put that after I posted. I did correct it.

[Earl Bonovich]

Ummmm...I believe it's the -700... It was installed on Saturday and appears to be new. It's silver, not black. Jeeze, I guess I don't know. Can check tonight when I get home from work.

I'm trying to remember what the menu and VOD screens look like, I don't recall any moving animations...it makes me think of the TiVo guy, but clearly he is not there!

Take a look when you get home.

There is a Black and Silver version of the -100 model.
(Actually all you have to look at is the software version number... if it is 0x145 the "tweaking" features are available)

[Michael D'Angelo]

Take a look when you get home.

There is a Black and Silver version of the -100 model.
(Actually all you have to look at is the software version number... if it is 0x145 the "tweaking" features are available)

If you go under INFO in the menu it will also tell you the model.

[mrb]

If you go under INFO in the menu it will also tell you the model.

Okay...I was actually trying to find out which software version I have by going to menu-settings-system (or whatever it's called)...but couldn't locate it.

so just menu-info?

thanks guys.

Ravens, eh? Did you used to be a Skins fan?

[Michael D'Angelo]

Okay...I was actually trying to find out which software version I have by going to menu-settings-system (or whatever it's called)...but couldn't locate it.

so just menu-info?

thanks guys.

Ravens, eh? Did you used to be a Skins fan?

Dallas Fan. I put the Skins right up there with how much I hate the Yankees.

Under setup click info & test.

[mrb]

Dallas Fan. I put the Skins right up there with how much I hate the Yankees.

Under setup click info & test.

Dallas!!!! Nooooooooo! (As you can see, I had to finally add my avitar!)
Well, at least we can agree that the Yankees are worthless. :)

Thanks for the tips BMore and Earl...I'll play around with it somemore tonight. Much appreciated.

[mcbeevee]

Are there more special hidden gems??
Jack
You can hold down the Info button for 3-4 seconds, and the System Information screen will display. This is an alternative to: Menu -> Help & Settings -> Setup -> Info & Test -> System Info :)

[mrb]

You can hold down the Info button for 3-4 seconds, and the System Information screen will display. This is an alternative to: Menu -> Help & Settings -> Setup -> Info & Test -> System Info :)

Will this also identify the software version my machine is running?

[Earl Bonovich]

Yes

NOTE: This trick will only work on an HR20-700.
The HR20-100 is not on a software version with this tweek in it

[Doug Brott]

You can hold down the Info button for 3-4 seconds, and the System Information screen will display. This is an alternative to: Menu -> Help & Settings -> Setup -> Info & Test -> System Info :)

Well, hot diggity. I didn't know about this button press. Thanks.

[mrb]

Dallas!!!! Nooooooooo! (As you can see, I had to finally add my avitar!)
Well, at least we can agree that the Yankees are worthless. :)

Thanks for the tips BMore and Earl...I'll play around with it somemore tonight. Much appreciated.

Hey, thanks again for the tip on the edgecutter trick...I do have a -700 and it did work flawlessly last night.

Now just one Guide button push...tiny thing, makes a big difference...thanks folks.