Directv remote buttons tv#

If you want to know what your TiVo is doing right now, without going to the ' Now Showing' screen, then click the following combination while watching a recording or watching live TV:Ī line at the bottom of your TV screen will appear showing what both inputs (0 and 1) are doing right now. Pressing the buttons 1 (newest), 2 (Expiration), or 3 (Alphabetical) will change sorting order instantly.Īgain: repeating the key sequence will 'undo' this trick. You do not need to go into the INFO menu. I personally prefer Alphabetically, but then again, that's just me. Pressing the INFO button will bring up a menu allowing you to select one of these 3 sorting orders: (press INFO to change)', where '.' is the current sorting order. Go to the 'Now Playing' menu and press this key sequence - 3 TiVo beeps confirm the action:Ī new line appears in the menu at the bottom, saying ' Sort.

The 'Now Playing' list can be sorted in different ways, after applying this key sequence. Using the Tivo (or DirecTV) button you can access some practical shortcuts, here are the onces I found on my Hughes SD-DVR40: Try this combination to make it disappear right away.Īgain: to disable this feature, repeat the key sequence again. Some people get bugged by this and want the green play-bar to disappear as soon as possible. When starting a playback or after pressing the fastforward or rewind button, a green bar appears on the bottom of your TV, indicating total playback time and the current position. Note: To disable the clock, just repeat the key sequence: When watching live TV, it will only show the current time.Įnter the key sequence while watching a recording. You can have a little clock in the lower right corner of your TV screen.ĭuring playback of a recording, it will show the playback time and the current time. The button will now perform a 30 seconds skip, each time when you press it. The press the following keys o your remote:

Directv remote buttons movie#

Start the TiVo and either watch live TV or watch some movie you recorded (Now Playing). a little trick what ReplayTV owners have: the 30 seconds skip.Ī little remote control trick allows us to 'reprogram' the goto-the-end button: There is definitly an easier way to do it. OK, so you recorded a show and you want to move through the commercials a bit faster. The Commercial skip - or the 30 seconds skip

Note: if you reboot your TiVo, or had a power failure, you might need to re-enter these trick to enable them again!

These trick most likely work on other TiVo models as well, like the Philips, Samsung and RCA models. I just found them on the Internet and collected them here.Ī real good place to look for more in depth information is the absolute best TiVo forum: DealDatabase.Īn overview of the remote-control tricks I tried with my Hughes SD-DVR40 (firmware 3.x). Note that most of these are the work of other folks playing with their DirecTV TiVo's. On this page I show you some of the remote control tricks. The receiver actually has 2 receivers build in, so you can watch and record, or even record 2 shows at once

Directv remote buttons full#

The DVB MPEG2 stream (coming from the satellite - full digital) is recorded directly to harddisk These TiVo's rely on your cable/antenna television.ĭirecTV offers similar TiVo's, however these TiVo's are used for receiving DVB Satellite (ie. Well, some of you might have noticed the TiVo pages covering some of the very very basics of playing with the older SA (Stand Alone) TiVo's. WeetHet is being updated! - Current articles will slowly move to For excellent webhosting that is reliable and affordable, we highly recommend: LiquidWeb