No More Commercials. Sorry, Billy Mays.
I can’t remember quite where I found it… probably somewhere on Digg, but this little trick worked perfectly. Basically, I’m a DVR junkie… I rarely watch television programs as they’re scheduled, and every time I watch the recorded program, I end up ultra-fast-forwarding through the commercials and missing the first few seconds of the program (as it comes back from commercial break).
Wouldn’t it be nice if I could fast-forward at 30-second increments? Enter the hackery for my Comcast DVR:
- Press the “Cable” button at the top of the remote to put it into Cable Box control mode.
- Press and hold the “Setup” button until the “Cable” button blinks twice.
- Type in the code 994. The “Cable” button will blink twice.
- Press (do not hold) the “Setup” button.
- Type in the code 00173 (for 30 second Skip).
- Press whatever button you want to map the skip. (I use the “lock”— above the “Page Up” button, mostly because I have no idea what the “lock” button does.)
Here are some more hidden features of the Comcast DVR.
By the way, am I the only one who is completely enthralled by Billy’s new TV show, Pitchmen? (I’m not anticipating this level of enthrallment will last very long.)
