[nfbcs] navigating a set top box and hard drive

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Marvin.
We recently got a DVR included with our cable box, and it might be
similar.  My husband can still see well enough to make out the menus, so
he looked at them and I wrote down what he saw.  After that, I can do it
by myself, because the menus do not change--the entry point is always the
same.  So I know I have to arrow down twice, then hit select.  I can
record, play, and delete.  I haven't tried setting up something like
recording the same show every week, but the instructions seem simple.  So,
if the set-top box is similar, you can do it, with some initial help and
some good notes.

I heard yesterday that the FCC is thinking about making it so that a
customer would buy a set-top box, then subscribe only to the channels he
wants, instead of paying the cable company for hundreds of channels he
never watches.  Interesting, but I wonder if that kind of thing will be
accessible?
Tracy


> hi.
> my parents are purchasing a new 42 inch tv for their lunge.
> and we have a lg tv with a bonwitz set top box and hard disk drive and dvd
> player.
> that they are going to give me, and will be putting in a spare room
> downstairs.
> now, on the remote for the set top box, how to navigate all the digital
> channels.
> just remember the numbers.
> and also if i record say star gate on a thursday, can i do this without
> sighted asssistance?
> i do have sighted asssistance, via my mum.
> i know that ocean software in singapore is developing an accessible
> talking
> remote device for set top boxes.
> wonder if it will do hard drives as well.
> any one had experience in using one of these.
> any tips, tricks, techniques would be appreciated.
> Marvin.
>
>
>
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