reminder / autoview ?

[sLiPkNoT]

Hi,
Just moved over to V+ from Sky, and not sure it was a wise move.

Loving the 3 tuner/2 record functionality, but one major headache has cropped up...

There is no option I can find to series link reminders. My wife and I relied heavily on the ability to autoview a series on our Sky box but this seems to be remiss on the V+ box.

Am I simply not understanding the manual, or is this essential function missing ?!?

Any advice gratefully received.

[nopcode]

Hi there, and welcome to the forums!!

Highlight the series you want to record in the program guide, and then hit yellow to record the whole series.

I think this is what you mean,

kind regards!

[chickendippers]

You can't set reminders for an entire series, no.

[sLiPkNoT]

Thanks for the reply.

Unfortunately I only want it to let me know the programme is about to start, and maybe switch to that channel, rather than recording it...

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Originally Posted by chickendippers

You can't set reminders for an entire series, no.

Blast

I'm one week into the contract and missing my Sky service already

It always takes a while to get used to working in a different way

but you are well within your cancelation period

[accessjunky]

I've found that reminders aren't necessary anymore. If I record something using series link then I'm not worried when it's on and can watch it whenever I have time, rather than being tied to the tv channel's schedule.

Once I've watched it I delete it.

Is this an approach that would work for you instead of setting series reminders?

[sLiPkNoT]

Originally Posted by JethroUK

It always takes a while to get used to working in a different way

but you are well within your cancelation period

I am putting this down to a new service teething trouble.
I am not intending to go back to Sky over something as trivial as this, but I do think it is an odd fuction to not have on such a sophisticated box of tricks as the V+ .

There was only one occasion that i wanted to create a series of reminders - i tend to just record the world now and delete stuff i dont watch

You will notice cancelling a reminder is a real debarcle

the real irony is that if you attempt to re-set the reminder (press OK) - the reminder dialogue box (which includes an option to 'cancel') pops up for a fraction of a second and disappears - leaving you to wonder how to cancel - which is sooooooooo deep set in the menu i can never remember where to find it

obviously programmed by an oaf (= some high school graduate project)

.

[sLiPkNoT]

Originally Posted by accessjunky

I've found that reminders aren't necessary anymore. If I record something using series link then I'm not worried when it's on and can watch it whenever I have time, rather than being tied to the tv channel's schedule.

Once I've watched it I delete it.

Is this an approach that would work for you instead of setting series reminders?

I tend to never get around to watching recorded stuff, it sits there for ages then i delete it because i forget what it was about.

The main reasons for missing the autoview is that we tend to allow our toddler to have what she wants on then it switches over when our programmes start so we don't have to clock watch all the time to manualy change over. The other thing is we may end up just chanel hopping, watching a bit of trash TV on some obsure chanel, but thet it lets us know 'Heroes' ( for example ) is about to start and we have the choice to continue watching what we're in the middle of or switching over to 'Heroes'.

This may seem a little alien to the croud on this forum as you all seem to be recording junkies, but I like to watch tv at a set time, it is a routine my wife and I enjoy.

I guess if I had just switched from 10 years of virgin to sky I may not see the point in the autoview function, but comming the other way around it it a distinct omission.

Thanks for your feedback and ideas though chaps .

[alex z]

Originally Posted by sLiPkNoT

Hi,
Just moved over to V+ from Sky, and not sure it was a wise move.

Loving the 3 tuner/2 record functionality, but one major headache has cropped up...

There is no option I can find to series link reminders. My wife and I relied heavily on the ability to autoview a series on our Sky box but this seems to be remiss on the V+ box.

Am I simply not understanding the manual, or is this essential function missing ?!?

Any advice gratefully received.

should have stuck to sky wish i had

[sLiPkNoT]

Originally Posted by JethroUK

There was only one occasion that i wanted to create a series of reminders - i tend to just record the world now and delete stuff i dont watch

You will notice cancelling a reminder is a real debarcle

the real irony is that if you attempt to re-set the reminder (press OK) - the reminder dialogue box (which includes an option to 'cancel') pops up for a fraction of a second and disappears - leaving you to wonder how to cancel - which is sooooooooo deep set in the menu i can never remember where to find it

obviously programmed by an oaf (= some high school graduate project)

.

I am such a creature of habit though, I have relied on a pop up reminding me that Top Gear, Heroes, Battlestar Galactica etc. are about to start, I have not had to watch the time and I can just leave the TV on in the background and rely on IT to tell me I should be watching something !
My TV has me well programmed !!.

And you are definetly right about the intelligence level of those that designed and programmed the intrerface, it is a mess, you would have though some end-user-acceptance testing would have been done before release...

Originally Posted by sLiPkNoT

...This may seem a little alien to the croud on this forum as you all seem to be recording junkies, but I like to watch tv at a set time, it is a routine my wife and I enjoy....

I think you just need to embrace the whole PVR experience of recording the world and watching whenever you feel like it - most people would like a bigger hard drive (terrabyte yeah yeah) yet you sound like you dont want one at all

+ You do realise that you can start watching a recording whenever you like (even if it's just started)

+ There is no quality drop out on a recording because it records everything and thats what you're watching

+ Big benefit is that if you start watching 20 mins late you can scoot throu the adverts and still finish about the same time

+ You can also delete a whole series of recordings in one click

+ V+ will only buffer 90 mins without recording

+ V+ will dump the buffer if you switch channel or use a menu

+ Recording is totally FREE (doesn't cost any extra anyhow) since it records everything anyway

+ for this reason it shouldn't really be called 'recording' - it should be called 'storing'

= there is actually no benefit in not recording/storing a prog

[sLiPkNoT]

Originally Posted by JethroUK

I think you just need to embrace the whole PVR experience of recording the world and watching whenever you feel like it

I guess I am a bit old fashioned, I like to have a specific time to set aside to watch TV. I like watching a programme as soon as it is aired etc.

It is just one of those things that I will will have to work around.

You really do need to get into "PVR mode"

I've hardly watched any 'Live' TV in the last four years, since my 1st PVR which was in many ways (functionality) better than V+ (or Sky+) - so much so it was virtually impossible to know for sure whether you were watching 'live' or not - which used to bother me at first but within a month i realised that it was totally irrational & broadcast time had nothing to do with my enjoyment - Live programming then just became 'a recording schedule' and has been so ever since
with the advent of Video-On-Demand and Catch-up TV, it has even been discussed how much longer 'TV schedules' will be around