[mythtv-users] Hot Key to Program Guide

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Mon Apr 3 22:42:33 UTC 2006


On Apr 3, 2006, at 6:37 PM, Tom Greer wrote:

> My wife is having difficulty adapting to MythTV  (It's too  
> complicated, she says.)
>
> She is accustomed to using the DCT-6214 DVR from Cox Cable.
>
> To make things really simple, I took the same remote to which she's  
> accustomed and used it for MythTV.  Via LIRC, I mapped each of the  
> buttons on the DCT-6412 remote to perform the exact same function  
> in MythTV.
>
> Her biggest complaint surrounds accessing the program guide.  On  
> the DCT-6212, she simply pushed the "guide" button on the remote.   
> I mapped the "Guide" button to the "M" key.   According to the  
> mythtv.org how-to document, this should invoke the Electronic  
> Program Guide (EPG).
>
> Instead of seeing the EPG, a menu is displayed.  The first item on  
> the list is "Program Guide". So an extra push on the "Select"  
> button is required.  No problem for me; but this seems to be a show  
> stopper for my wife.
>
> Is there any way to directly invoke the Program Guide without  
> accessing the intermediary menu?
>
> Please, please help.  I've invested a lot of work and I have big  
> aspirations to expand this throughout the house; but wife-support  
> is a critical component.

You have two choices:
1. Use the key mapper to map a key directly to the EPG and map the  
remote to that key
2. Divorce.

I chose both. Worked out great!

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