Scott NY
03-13-2006, 09:20 AM
Hi folks,
I just posted this to the TiVo forum and the TiVo Help Center forum on this board, but figured I might get good help from here as well.
I was wondering if anyone has found a way to make this work: I have a Series2 TiVo-branded box connecting to a Scientific Atlanta box from Cablevision via the IR cable. Changing channels is painfully slow, as even when I enter the channel and hit Enter, it takes a good 3 to 4 seconds as I watch TiVo make the screen go black, then it comes back on the same channel I was just on, then the cable box slowly change the channel. It is frustrating and I want to be able to control the Cable box in a more realtime manner.
Is there any way to have the TiVo send channel changes immediately? This means entering a number on the TiVo remote will result in that number being sent immediately to the cable box, and if I hit Enter, it will send the Enter key immediately. This way, if I press 04 Enter, the cable box sees 0, then 4, then sees enter and changes as if I wre using its own remote instead of TiVo's rmeote. Right now, if I hit 04 Enter, the TiVo screen goes black for a second, then flashes back to the channel I am on, then tells the cable box to change to channel 4, and then the cable box changes. This is getting on my nerves!!!
This should also work when I press channel up or down, as that would be sent as a channel up/down as well. I can't believe how much time I waste not being able to channel surf the way I should be able to.
This way, the channel would change much faster... I know TiVo is not really supposed to be about watching Live TV but sometimes during the day or on weekends when my wife or I are home watching the news or channel surfing for a few minutes, we don't like waiting so long for the channels to change.
Anyone have any advice? Even if it's a hack that won't always work, it may be worth exploring. Please let me know. Thanks!
-Scott
I just posted this to the TiVo forum and the TiVo Help Center forum on this board, but figured I might get good help from here as well.
I was wondering if anyone has found a way to make this work: I have a Series2 TiVo-branded box connecting to a Scientific Atlanta box from Cablevision via the IR cable. Changing channels is painfully slow, as even when I enter the channel and hit Enter, it takes a good 3 to 4 seconds as I watch TiVo make the screen go black, then it comes back on the same channel I was just on, then the cable box slowly change the channel. It is frustrating and I want to be able to control the Cable box in a more realtime manner.
Is there any way to have the TiVo send channel changes immediately? This means entering a number on the TiVo remote will result in that number being sent immediately to the cable box, and if I hit Enter, it will send the Enter key immediately. This way, if I press 04 Enter, the cable box sees 0, then 4, then sees enter and changes as if I wre using its own remote instead of TiVo's rmeote. Right now, if I hit 04 Enter, the TiVo screen goes black for a second, then flashes back to the channel I am on, then tells the cable box to change to channel 4, and then the cable box changes. This is getting on my nerves!!!
This should also work when I press channel up or down, as that would be sent as a channel up/down as well. I can't believe how much time I waste not being able to channel surf the way I should be able to.
This way, the channel would change much faster... I know TiVo is not really supposed to be about watching Live TV but sometimes during the day or on weekends when my wife or I are home watching the news or channel surfing for a few minutes, we don't like waiting so long for the channels to change.
Anyone have any advice? Even if it's a hack that won't always work, it may be worth exploring. Please let me know. Thanks!
-Scott