2006-06-18, 02:25 PM
I just setup recording digital channels via composite from my comcast (in the US) stb with manual recordings. I was trying to figure out a way to switch channels without getting an ir blaster (heavy budget constraints), and discovered "Timers".
Located in the comcast STB under Setup, Timers allow you to select a date, start time, duration (in minutes), and channel number. Then it will automatically switch to the channel at the prescribed date/time. After the duration, it then switches the channel back to what it was.
This worked out really well for recording a movie for the kids that was on at 4 am. I set the Timer to switch to the movie channel a few minutes before the start, and then set a Manual Recording in GBPVR to record the movie
Forgive me if this has already been covered, but I thought I'd throw it out here in case people would be interested in doing similar things that I did without an IR Blaster.
Admitedly, it's not as good of a setup as an IRBlaster, but for the price (uh, none) it's definately doable for programming recordings on digital channels. I figure it's worth the 20 seconds or so of looking in the STB setup to see if the feature is available on other ones.
Located in the comcast STB under Setup, Timers allow you to select a date, start time, duration (in minutes), and channel number. Then it will automatically switch to the channel at the prescribed date/time. After the duration, it then switches the channel back to what it was.
This worked out really well for recording a movie for the kids that was on at 4 am. I set the Timer to switch to the movie channel a few minutes before the start, and then set a Manual Recording in GBPVR to record the movie
Forgive me if this has already been covered, but I thought I'd throw it out here in case people would be interested in doing similar things that I did without an IR Blaster.
Admitedly, it's not as good of a setup as an IRBlaster, but for the price (uh, none) it's definately doable for programming recordings on digital channels. I figure it's worth the 20 seconds or so of looking in the STB setup to see if the feature is available on other ones.
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