[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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