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Wow every post is years old. Does anyone post here? I am trying to ask a question about customizing the guide but when I type that into the subject the topic is locked. How stupid. Any way I had to...
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You can set the Program Guide to only display your Dad's favorite channels.
Press the Contour button > Settings (gear icon) > Preferences > General > Default Guide View > Favorites
You can save a channel as a Favorite.
Press the Guide button > find a favorite channel > Left Arrow until the network/channel is highlighted onscreen > Press OK > choose Favorite > press the Up Arrow to return the Program Guide > find another favorite channel
But can I lock the setting so only the favorite channels will work when he uses the channels up and down button or does he always have choose guide then favorites. He has dementia and that is too complicated for him. He needs just only the few channels he watches available to him. Like on my box I could delete every channel but say 10 if I wanted and only those 10 will be in the guide and will be the only ones when you channel up and down. The only way to get to other channels is to manually enter the numbers or undelete them from the guide.
You didn't say which Contour receiver you have so this may not apply to you. But, if you have a Contour 1, you may select favorite channels and then go into settings and change the default guide view to "List Favorite Channels View".
Settings > Guide Options > Default Guide View > List Favorite Channels View
You can also skip channels you don't want to appear in the guide. This will take a few minutes, but you would only need to do it once. You may access a skipped channel later by un-checking the skipped channel or by manually entering the channel number.
Settings > Channels > Set Skipped Channels
That sounds like it would work but I think he has the Contour 2. Just got it in November. It’s the same box as the X1 from what I’m told. I’ll have to check. I’m not up on the cable boxes as I haven’t used one for about 20 years
