Sage Search - Remote Options?

[mike1961]

Hello - I notice that when searching by title Sage shows a numeric keypad and you have to press the same button several times and the number 1 is the worst of all where you have to press the button 20 times to get a number 1. Isn't there some kind of option in setup where you can just have a normal keyboard on the screen that you scroll through and select the characters? It's certainly more intuitive and although it might be slower. At the least, perhaps a choice? Is there something like that in Setup that I may have missed. It also provides for a more consistent interface considering Germsage has the keyboard with the IMDB.

(edited: when searching by description, Sage displays a keyboard. This interface is not consistent and I would prefer to be able to select one or the other for all the searches when scheduling recordings.)

Thanks,
Mike

[Opus4]

NTE usage is discussed starting on p. 184 of the v4.1 manual. It happens to be at that location because it also covers the NTE configuration options in Detailed Setup -> Customize, where you can customize NTE all you want.

Originally Posted by mike1961

Hello - I notice that when searching by title Sage shows a numeric keypad and you have to press the same button several times and the number 1 is the worst of all where you have to press the button 20 times to get a number 1. Isn't there some kind of option in setup where you can just have a normal keyboard on the screen that you scroll through and select the characters?

Use the Pause command to toggle NTE through the 3 modes it now has: upper case, lower case, off.

There is even an NTE toggle icon in the menu header bar now as a reminder of what the Pause command does & you can click on that icon w/the mouse to toggle the mode.

- Andy

[mike1961]

Absolutely perfect once again.

Thanks,
Mike

[mike1961]

Here's something interesting - last night I wanted to do a search and the title had numbers in but there were only letters I could select. Is there a way to display both letters and numbers? Otherwise, does one have to hit the pause key to type numbers? I'd like a keyboard displayed with both.

Thanks,
Mike

[mike1961]

Another question - it seems that the numeric text input is faster than keyboard; would most of you agree? However, I did put the #1 at the beginning rather than end of the line. Either way, if space allows, I think it would be nice to have an alphanumeric keypad as an alternate.

Thanks,
Mike

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by mike1961

Here's something interesting - last night I wanted to do a search and the title had numbers in but there were only letters I could select. Is there a way to display both letters and numbers? Otherwise, does one have to hit the pause key to type numbers? I'd like a keyboard displayed with both.

Most remotes include a number pad (or NTE wouldn't be much use anyway), so when the alphabet button layout is shown with NTE turned off & you want to enter a number... just press the number on the remote. (Or is that not what you were trying to do?)

- Andy

[mike1961]

Gosh - now why didn't I think of that?

Thanks again,
Mike

Originally Posted by Opus4

Most remotes include a number pad (or NTE wouldn't be much use anyway), so when the alphabet button layout is shown with NTE turned off & you want to enter a number... just press the number on the remote. (Or is that not what you were trying to do?)

- Andy