Hi All,

I am a new sky subscriber after being with VM (well, Telewest/BY) for a long
long time.
Some questions about the remote..

1. When using the mini guide to scroll up and down to see what is on, why
can I not press the "i" button to find out what the program shown in the
menu is about, instead of it skipping back to the program I am watching
already and showing me that detail?

2. Why is there no "back" button so I can quickly flick between the current
channel and the previous channel I was watching without having to remember
the numbers (whish is still confusing me as I still remember the old VM
numbers!)

Silly questions really, the service is great otherwise..

Steve

Mike Henry wrote:
In , "SPG"
wrote:

2. Why is there no "back" button so I can quickly flick between the current
channel and the previous channel I was watching without having to remember
the numbers (whish is still confusing me as I still remember the old VM
numbers!)

That is the single most requested, and obviously missing, feature for over
nine years now. Sky stubbornly refuse to add it. Probably because it makes
it easier for the user to avoid adverts during advert breaks (if you are
old-fashioned enough to watch live TV), and we can't have that can we!


A year ago I noticed that the Australian version of Sky+ (FoxTel IQ)
does have a back function as you describe it so presumably there is no
reason ours can't, their backup button on the identical looking remote
does this (the button is actually called back because everything has to
be shortened !) if this button is pushed twice on the remote it will do
this flick between current and previous channel, I keep checking to see
if our version has been updated but it has not.

http://www.foxtel.com.au/FOXTELIQ/

Chris