Can you watch on demand programs with the Slingbox? After doing more research my understanding is that when controlling a DVR Slingbox mirrors what is on the TV screen to your device and when you tap a button it sends an IR signal to your cable box. If this is correct you could not control a DVR since there is no way to read the menus when they are just a mirror of your TV screen. I assume on demand would work in the same way if I'm correct which is why I was curious if you could access that.
On Tuesday, July 22, 2014 1:13:59 PM UTC-4, barrya wrote: > > Hi Jared. I don’t see why not as I can hear all of the DVR labels. I did, > however, relabel many of the buttons. > > I have a Motorola V1200 receiver but do not use the DVR features as they > are locked because I don’t want to pay the $10.00 a month to have it > activated. But I have noticed that it does read the buttons. > > The big stumbling block for me was that I could not figure out the power > button for the receiver as the icon label made no sense. It is under the > Remote Control bar. I almost took the Sling Box back but once I found out > where it was and Labelled it I was then able to power up the receiver. > > Don’t waste your time on an iPad, Kindle Fire or computer because the > program lists do not read. But the iPhone does provide both the channel and > descriptions. I was also able to set up my favourites and delete channels I > did not want. To bring up the controls when a video is playing you double > tap the top of the landscape screen. > > I am currently at the Seeing Eye and listen to CBC National news in real > time every night without any difficulty. Had I had it when we were in > Florida I would have been able to follow the Canadian Olympic hockey games > although I still watched a few. > > When I want to stop a program playing I lock the screen. The two finger > double-tap doesn’t work. I have my slingPlayer set to start at the guide > rather than connecting to a specific channel. > > Feel free to email me off list. I will be returning home next Thursday. > > Barry > Abbott > > On Jul 19, 2014, at 2:02 PM, Jared <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > While discussing my probable future tevo purchis with someone they told me > that you can use a Slingbox in conjunction with your cable companys DVR to > record and play shows. I saw a brief review of the Slingbox on this list > but it did not mention weather controling a cable company's DVR was > accessible. If anyone knows weather this is accessible on an iPhone I would > appreciate it. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone > list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you > have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you > feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives > for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
