Saturday, October 30, 2010

And Now, A Public Service Announcement

Why, hello there! If you're like me, you've chafed under the necessity of pressing the Guide button twice on your remote in order to get the TV Listings screen up on your SARA (Scientific Atlanta Resident App) guide ever since Rogers introduced their ridiculous application-launch screen all those months ago. No one does fuzzy white text on a black background quite like Rogers, and they proved it once again with this "innovation" when they jammed it down our throats way back when. Ever since, I've trained myself to press Guide twice whenever I want to survey what's on TV or set a recording, thereby shortening my natural lifespan through the use of unnecessary keystrokes.

However, there is relief from this nagging irritation! McChicken, during his Movie Night visit last night, schooled me on the remedy, and I'm here to do the same for you! If you go into the Rogers screen that launches on the initial Guide press, arrow down until you find the "Self Service" option - conveniently not visible unless you scroll to it! - then you can select it, select "Change GUIDE Order" and change the Guide button's function back to what it used to be (by picking "TV Listings first"). It's just that easy! Unfortunately, after you make that change, a 2nd Guide press will still take you to the stupid Rogers screen; however, if you use Exit to leave the Listings screen, you won't even encounter that slight annoyance.

Yes, you're welcome!

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