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Move to different page of device with NG
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Post 1 made on Friday February 24, 2006 at 00:49
Ernie Bornn-Gilman
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I am sure I am being lazy here, but I am about to get up and do the dishes, so I will forgive myself.

I am wondering how, in the NG remotes, to shift from one panel to another in a device. With the OG remotes, there were scroll arrows in the top and bottom margins. I don't see anything like this. I have stolen a pretty nice TiVo setup from Mike Burwen, which uses icons to shift from one panel to another, and it takes a couple of seconds for the remote to respond (of course, if the darn panel shifted right away, I wouldn't be bothering to ask this question), so I went looking for a way to shift to another panel and....and I need to go a panel that lists all the panels for that device, then choose one there? What a stinking method!

Whaddaya got that's better?
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Post 2 made on Friday February 24, 2006 at 03:52
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If you don't want to use the scroll-hardkey on the left Pronto-Side, there are "Special Actions" available, you can assign to any button you want:
"Page Up"/"Page Down".

Note: They only work with non-hidden pages.

Greetz
Jochen
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Post 3 made on Friday February 24, 2006 at 13:55
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Whaddaya got that's better?

Hi Ernie, I recently discovered the "back" special action command. Didn't know it existed until a few weeks ago. You can assign it to a hard or soft button. When pressed, it takes you instantly to the previous page you were on.

Mike

BTW, I love your tag line.
OP | Post 4 made on Sunday February 26, 2006 at 03:27
Ernie Bornn-Gilman
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On February 24, 2006 at 03:52, Master J said...
If you don't want to use the scroll-hardkey on
the left Pronto-Side, there are "Special Actions"
available, you can assign to any button you want:
"Page Up"/"Page Down".


Which key is the scroll-hardkey? How can one key move you both up and down, or does it only move you one way? I always have a use for all of those keys, so I assign them. There is home, enter, menu and...and...and I can't remember what I do with the bottom left one.

Mike, I am not looking to go back, but, say, to jump to a device panel from the home panel in a turn-on macro, then be able to scroll within that device to another of its panels. As was done with the little almost invisible arrows at the top and bottom of the Pronto OG type of screen.

On February 24, 2006 at 13:55, mburwen said...

BTW, I love your tag line.

Yeah, I cracked up when I ran across that years ago, and someone else's Bible quote made me want to share it.

I just wish that the tag lines always came up with the posts they were associated with, so our older posts would show our older tag lines. I've had

An expert is a person who has an old worn-out tool for something I haven't figured out how to do yet

and

Favorite bumper sticker, seen on the back of an MG stopped at the side of the freeway, bonnet up:
All parts falling off of this car are of genuine British manufacture
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Post 5 made on Sunday February 26, 2006 at 12:13
Lyndel McGee
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Ernie, if you want to Scroll with Page Up/Down, you have to have the panels in the device NOT be hidden. Page Up/Down only works for panels that are NOT hidden. Page Up/Down also cannot span multiple devices.
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Post 6 made on Sunday February 26, 2006 at 13:57
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On February 26, 2006 at 03:27, Ernie Bornn-Gilman said...

Which key is the scroll-hardkey? How can one
key move you both up and down, or does it only
move you one way?



Greetz
Jochen
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OP | Post 7 made on Sunday February 26, 2006 at 16:41
Ernie Bornn-Gilman
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On February 26, 2006 at 12:13, Lyndel McGee said...
Ernie, if you want to Scroll with Page Up/Down,
you have to have the panels in the device NOT
be hidden. Page Up/Down only works for panels
that are NOT hidden. Page Up/Down also cannot
span multiple devices.

This is exactly what I thought and expected. Jochen's picture tells me exactly what I needed to know.

And, Mike, I know that Backward CAN span multiple devices because it just points back or forward again and doesn't pay any attention to how you got there. What it can't do is span anything with any particular already-laid-out plan...unless you made a macro of page jumps, then instructed the user to hit Back to visit certain pages...hmmm, is there a use for that?

Now, since there is no contrast adjustment at that place, is there a contrast adjustment somewhere else (if you just want to quit answering and force me to look at the manual, I will, eventually)?
A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw
Post 8 made on Sunday February 26, 2006 at 17:02
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On February 26, 2006 at 16:41, Ernie Bornn-Gilman said...
Now, since there is no contrast adjustment at
that place, is there a contrast adjustment somewhere
else (if you just want to quit answering and force
me to look at the manual, I will, eventually)?

Have a look at the manual...
Mabye you'll find the letters "CONTRAST" on my picture above. ;-)

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Jochen
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Post 9 made on Sunday February 26, 2006 at 18:57
Lyndel McGee
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Hold backlight and press scroll up/down to adjust the contrast.
Lyndel McGee
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Post 10 made on Monday February 27, 2006 at 19:08
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On February 26, 2006 at 18:57, Lyndel McGee said...
Hold backlight and press scroll up/down to adjust
the contrast.

Are those buttons really considered scroll up/down? :-P ... I thought they were page up/down. :-)
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