series one - now playing like series two
 

Hi,
My dad has a series 2 tivo and I noticed that he has options to 'group' his
shows by name. (Meaning, if it's 'Friends', he can have a folder and then
go inside to see all of the friends listings).

Is there any hack (via the remote only) that I can do this on the series
one?

Winbatch

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"winbatch" writes:

My dad has a series 2 tivo and I noticed that he has options to 'group' his
shows by name. (Meaning, if it's 'Friends', he can have a folder and then
go inside to see all of the friends listings).

Is there any hack (via the remote only) that I can do this on the series
one?

No. I've seen some discussion about hacking something like this onto
Series 1 units, but if something like that ever sees the light of day,
it'll require some serious hacking -- far beyond just entering a special
remote code.

--
Rod Smith,
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux, FreeBSD, and networking

winbatch wrote:

Hi,
My dad has a series 2 tivo and I noticed that he has options to 'group' his
shows by name. (Meaning, if it's 'Friends', he can have a folder and then
go inside to see all of the friends listings).

Is there any hack (via the remote only) that I can do this on the series
one?

No.

In article ,
"winbatch" wrote:

Hi,
My dad has a series 2 tivo and I noticed that he has options to 'group' his
shows by name. (Meaning, if it's 'Friends', he can have a folder and then
go inside to see all of the friends listings).

Is there any hack (via the remote only) that I can do this on the series
one?

That functionaslity was added with Versipn 4 of the System software,
which is not available for a Series 1.

In article ,
winbatch wrote:
My dad has a series 2 tivo and I noticed that he has options to 'group' his
shows by name. (Meaning, if it's 'Friends', he can have a folder and then
go inside to see all of the friends listings).

Is there any hack (via the remote only) that I can do this on the series
one?

There's no grouping, but you do know about the "SORT" feature, right?

When you're in Now Playing, type "sort" on your remote.. I think it's

Slow (S)
Zero (O)
Record (R)
Thumbs Up (T)

Then it'll say something like Press Enter for Display options..
You can look at that menu, but then you can also just type

1 for regular (record date based) view
2 for expiration date (useless IMHO because the only time I'd use it would
be when extending the expiration date en masse.. but then it resorts every
time you get back to Now Playing..)

3 for grouped by title, sub-grouped by date, newest to oldest top to bottom.

I use 1 most of the time, 3 when I know I have a bunch of the same show and
want to find the oldest quickly.