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Last reply Jul 3, 2015 · posted in DIRECTV General Forum

How to get rid of "on demand" icons

On my HR34 Genie I did not have it connected to the internet. All this time not being connected to the internet I did NOT have those "on demand" plus symbol icons that are in the corner of the channel name when you are in the guide. Well, tonight I decided to just connect to the internet and give it a try. To make a long story short I hated the on demand stuff and all the rest of it so I disconnected from the internet and turned the HR34 off and did a full unplug reset. Well, now everything is back on but now I have those plus symbol on demand icons in the guide, they did not go away after removing internet access and resetting. I like the guide better without them, is there some way I can get them to disappear like they were before I did this stupid test.

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Jimbo

Jun 27, 2015

directv newb said:
On my HR34 Genie I did not have it connected to the internet. All this time not being connected to the internet I did NOT have those "on demand" plus symbol icons that are in the corner of the channel name when you are in the guide. Well, tonight I decided to just connect to the internet and give it a try. To make a long story short I hated the on demand stuff and all the rest of it so I disconnected from the internet and turned the HR34 off and did a full unplug reset. Well, now everything is back on but now I have those plus symbol on demand icons in the guide, they did not go away after removing internet access and resetting. I like the guide better without them, is there some way I can get them to disappear like they were before I did this stupid test.

You do know that the + tells you what channels have the ability to watch the show from the beginning right ?
There is a purpose behind it.

peds48

Jun 27, 2015

Jimbo said:
You do know that the + tells you what channels have the ability to watch the show from the beginning right ?
There is a purpose behind it.

no, the PLUS symbol (+) on the top right of the channel number on the guide denotes VOD, the ? symbol denotes the restart feature

Jimbo

Jun 27, 2015

peds48 said:
no, the PLUS symbol (+) on the top right of the channel number on the guide denotes VOD, the ? symbol denotes the restart feature

I don't recall ever seeing this square before.

Marcingak

Jun 28, 2015

Jimbo said:
I don't recall ever seeing this square before.

It's not a square. It's a U shaped arrow. For programs that can be restarted from the beginning it shows up in the guide right after the program name.

Jimbo

Jun 28, 2015

Marcingak said:
It's not a square. It's a U shaped arrow. For programs that can be restarted from the beginning it shows up in the guide right after the program name.

So the arrow, ok that has been there, don't know what peds48 was talking about then.

peds48

Jun 28, 2015

Jimbo said:
So the arrow, ok that has been there, don't know what peds48 was talking about then.

apparently you are using a browser that does not like Unicode. Those who could read Unicode saw the symbol, others a square or place holder

ejb1980

Jun 28, 2015

Jimbo said:
So the arrow, ok that has been there, don't know what peds48 was talking about then.

Glad I am not the only one.

Marcingak

Jun 28, 2015

ejb1980 said:
Glad I am not the only one.

Jimbo said that the + indicates which channels let you watch shows from the beginning and peds48 corrected him by saying the arrow indicates which shows can be watched from the beginning and the + indicates video on demand.

Aridon

Jun 28, 2015

I pretty much avoid OnDemand and rewind feature entirely simply because of the commericals and lack of skip options. I'll gladly wait a day or so for reruns to record normally.

If they ever cripple DVR's for normal viewing I'll cancel and torrent everything.

Jimbo

Jun 28, 2015

peds48 said:
apparently you are using a browser that does not like Unicode. Those who could read Unicode saw the symbol, others a square or place holder

Interesting ... Using Chrome, would think that THAT is pretty up to date though.

Jimbo

Jun 28, 2015

Aridon said:
I pretty much avoid OnDemand and rewind feature entirely simply because of the commericals and lack of skip options. I'll gladly wait a day or so for reruns to record normally.

If they ever cripple DVR's for normal viewing I'll cancel and torrent everything.

I use my SKIP button great for skipping commercials, works great ...

ejb1980

Jun 28, 2015

Jimbo said:
I use my SKIP button great for skipping commercials, works great ...

30 SKIP should be the default. If you have Directv, and I go to your house, when I leave, you will notice that 30SKIP is enabled and the unnecessary 30 slip will be gone.

Jimbo said:
Interesting ... Using Chrome, would think that THAT is pretty up to date though.

peds is probably using an i-phone. Iphone users refuse to accept that their little symbols don't work for others. I have Chrome and the satguys app, and it's a square on both!

Aridon

Jun 28, 2015

Jimbo said:
I use my SKIP button great for skipping commercials, works great ...

Unfortunately that is disabled in most of the on demand I've tried. Which was my point. Hopefully that trend doesn't make its way to the linear show recordings.

Jimbo

Jun 28, 2015

Aridon said:
Unfortunately that is disabled in most of the on demand I've tried. Which was my point. Hopefully that trend doesn't make its way to the linear show recordings.

The inability for FF when using On Demand is a HUGE reason why I rarely ever do OD.
Also the fact that the episodes are not all there for a series.
What good is OD if your not able to watch a series in sequence ...

Zashel

Jun 28, 2015

Jimbo said:
Interesting ... Using Chrome, would think that THAT is pretty up to date though.

using firefox here and i saw it fine. *shrug*

directv newb

Jun 29, 2015

Jimbo said:
The inability for FF when using On Demand is a HUGE reason why I rarely ever do OD.
Also the fact that the episodes are not all there for a series.
What good is OD if your not able to watch a series in sequence ...

When I go into the on demand and see a show now that I want to watch I don't watch it, I hit the "record it" selection instead. The show takes a little while to download but you can then skip the commercials. I downloaded 5 shows last night before I went to bed and they were in my list this morning.

Jimbo

Jun 29, 2015

directv newb said:
When I go into the on demand and see a show now that I want to watch I don't watch it, I hit the "record it" selection instead. The show takes a little while to download but you can then skip the commercials. I downloaded 5 shows last night before I went to bed and they were in my list this morning.

And able to skip commercials ... ?

If so, then Recording it fir4st will allow you to use the Skip button ... were hoping.

directv newb

Jun 29, 2015

Jimbo said:
And able to skip commercials ... ?

If so, then Recording it fir4st will allow you to use the Skip button ... were hoping.

Yes, all the shows I recorded thru "on demand" were in my list and I can just skip right through the commercials like normal. It's actually really nice, the only thing is it takes a little time to download each show from the on demand menus so it is nice to do a lot of shows before bed then they are all in your "list" in the morning

Jimbo

Jun 30, 2015

directv newb said:
Yes, all the shows I recorded thru "on demand" were in my list and I can just skip right through the commercials like normal. It's actually really nice, the only thing is it takes a little time to download each show from the on demand menus so it is nice to do a lot of shows before bed then they are all in your "list" in the morning

Does the show still say " Fast Forward feature may be disabled" at the beginning of these shows ?
I will typically download and then watch later and see the message .... when I see the message I never try it so maybe it has been working all along.

directv newb

Jun 30, 2015

Jimbo said:
Does the show still say " Fast Forward feature may be disabled" at the beginning of these shows ?
I will typically download and then watch later and see the message .... when I see the message I never try it so maybe it has been working all along.

No, It does not ever have that message that I have seen when downloading them to my list.

Jimbo

Jun 30, 2015

directv newb said:
No, It does not ever have that message that I have seen when downloading them to my list.

Hmmm, ill have to give it a try again and see what happens.

peds48

Jul 2, 2015

Marcingak said:
Jimbo said that the + indicates which channels let you watch shows from the beginning and peds48 corrected him by saying the arrow indicates which shows can be watched from the beginning and the + indicates video on demand.

Right on!

peds48

Jul 2, 2015

ejb1980 said:
peds is probably using an i-phone. Iphone users refuse to accept that their little symbols don't work for others. I have Chrome and the satguys app, and it's a square on both!

Close but no cigar! Using an iMac. No my fault that a POC Windows machine offers no support for Unicode!!!

http://gschoppe.com/uncategorized/fixing-unicode-support-in-google-chrome/

peds48

Jul 2, 2015

Zashel said:
using firefox here and i saw it fine. *shrug*

Correct. FF comes with its own support for Unicode. See link above to learn more.

directv newb

Jul 3, 2015

Jimbo said:
Hmmm, ill have to give it a try again and see what happens.

I down loaded a show last night from the USA network I think (Mr. Robot) a new show, I did get the "fast forwarding may be disabled" message on this show. It's funny I wanted to see the show real bad so I watched it and there were no commercials, just 2 ads for the show (Mr. Robot) that I was already watching, but you could NOT skip ahead. So, I guess it is different for different shows.

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Jimbo said:
Howard ...
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Tony as the director.

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Howard Simmons said:
Tony as the director.

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Jimbo said:
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No. Bring in someone new.

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Jimbo

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Howard Simmons said:
No. Bring in someone new. Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.

I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...

Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)

Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.

Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.

It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.

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BTW, I noticed right after I posted this that someone else had already mentioned it....sorry for the duplicate thread. Still looking forward to seeing the movie.

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