Tivo remote skips back 7 seconds when switching from fast forward to play

Those are backdoor codes and they do not work with models starting with the Series 3 (I think).

 

the only workaround i can think of - press pause to stop the ffwd, then press play?

 

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Try to estimate when you're 7 seconds past the point you want then hit play. I've never perfected it, but doubt that removing the skip-back would help much. Estimating the exact point you want is just too difficult during full fast-forward.

 

The remote has nothing to do with the problem

 

Yeah, it's hard-coded into the OS (not the remote). If memory serves it skips back 3 seconds at FF1, 8 seconds at FF2, and 30 seconds at FF3. You could change those values on a hacked Series 1 with TivoWebPlus, but I don't think any later units supported it.

Your reaction time must be really fast. For me, it's the perfect amount of rewind once I see the show start again and one of the features that I really love about TiVos.

 

yeah, i usually count 3 ticks before pressing play with 2xffwd, 4 ticks when using 3xffwd (ymmv).

 

Reaction times do vary between individuals. Our household mantra is "react, don't anticipate," meaning "wait for the first bits of the show to appear, don't try to stop the FF at the end of what you think is the end of the commercial break." With shows in the NCIS family, it's easy to wait for the black-and-white freeze shots and react with the play button, hardly ever seeing that last commercial; at worst, we get the local station ID for 2 seconds. Beats the old VCR days!