All of my tivo branded DVRs this works fine on. However, I also have Toshiba Combo tivo/DVD player and have not gotten the 30 second skip thing to work on that one.
On 4/2/07, Sandra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's the Humax DRT800 DVR-DVD Recorder. > > > > > What model TiVo do you have? > > On 4/2/07, Sandra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello again, > > > > I followed the instructions to key in the 30 second skip, and it does > skip > > but not 30 seconds, more like 30 minutes. I've gone > > through it over and over and it is always minutes, not seconds. Why is > > that? > > > > Thanks, > > Sandra > > > > > > > > > > > > Once upon a time Sandra shaped the electrons to say... > > > What is 30-second skip? > > > > A backdoor. If you enter Select-Play-Select-3-0-Select on the remote > > the Advance button (looks like ->|) switches to jumping ahead in > > 30-second increments instead of jumping to the end. I use that to > > skip ads instead of FF. > > > > > These are also at the ending of the program, and if I don't let it > > > run to the very end each time, then when I want to replay it, I have > > > to still go through them because that is where it stopped, PLUS the > > > ones at the beginning again. > > > > That's just television, a lot of programs have ads at the start > > and/or end. TiVo just records what is broadcast. > > > > Without 30SS turned on the Advance button will jump right to the end > > of the recording, and the next press jumps to the start. With 30SS on > > you can hit FF then Advance - each press on Advance jumps forward to > > the next tick mark, and eventually to the end. Doing the same thing > > in RW jumps back. > > > > -MZ > > -- > > <URL:mailto:megazoneatmegazone.org> Gweep, Discordian, Author, Engineer, > > me. > > "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" > > 508-852-2171 > > <URL:http://www.megazone.org/> <URL:http://www.eyrie-productions.com/> > > Eris > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
