Recommended SKIP settings

[prl]

I have the latest firmware on my DPP2 and have changed the skip settings, but my changes have not taken effect. The standard 15 seconds for right and left and 10% for up and down is still happening.

Any ideas?

There are two lots of settings, one for Beyonwiz recordings, and one for all other media. Did you change the right settings?

[paulsinclair]

I hadn't noticed that the PVR settings went past the bottom of the screen.

[tonymy01]

I use:
right +20secs, left -8secs, up +150secs, down=who cares (some relatively large backwards skip I rarely use in any kind of standard "advert" skipping way anyway).

So the reason for the asynchronous back vs forward (for the tiny left/right skips) is simple:
1. I learnt the virtues of a "binary skip" strategy with a TAP on the 5K (reducing skip amounts as you toggle back/forward to "home in" on a spot). The Wiz I compromised with a "2 step binary skip." so:
2. Effectively, if I overshoot with the 150secs (2.5mins), I hit back once with the -8secs, still see the show?... ok hit back again.
3. If I undershoot with 2.5mins (i.e. am still in the middle of an advert), I will go forward another +20secs, and the good thing about -8secs instead of -10secs for example is if you hit back -8secs (because your +20secs overshot you into the show instead), if you still see show, at least the second time you hit the -8secs, you won't be at the identical place to where you first hit the +20secs (where you decided you needed to skip forward in the first place due to possibly being at the beginning of a long promo or advert and then finding it was a 10sec promo or something).

This strategy is typically only 1 to 3 button presses to get me through most adverts on most stations.

[prl]

...
This seems to work very well (98% of the time), except if I need to skip to the end or the start of a long file (2% of the time), which takes forever. If we could get the number keys configurable, it would be perfect.

Long-press LEFT or RIGHT. Number keys then take you to tens of percentages through the file; then OK.

[MrQuade]

Long-press LEFT or RIGHT. Number keys then take you to tens of percentages through the file; then OK.

Eight and a half years is never too late for good advice!

[prl]

I don't know how that post happened. I was sure I was following a "new post" link when I posted so I didn't look at the date, and the fact that it's in the DP series section where the advice I gave doesn't apply .