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jeff_wisnia

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Jan 27, 2011, 6:19:55 PM1/27/11
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I know how to add channels to a "Favorites" list, but I haven't been
able to figure out how to remove one or more of them.

I'm using a recently aquired Comcast HD cable box and it's remote.

Thanks guys,

Jeff
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leonard hofstadter

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Jan 27, 2011, 6:34:35 PM1/27/11
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jeff_wisnia wrote:
> I know how to add channels to a "Favorites" list, but I haven't been
> able to figure out how to remove one or more of them.
>
> I'm using a recently aquired Comcast HD cable box and it's remote.
>
> Thanks guys,
>
> Jeff


go to channel you want to delete
hit your info button twice
hit fav button, should bring up screen to delete this channel from
favorites

this is one way, there may be others?

Adam H. Kerman

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Jan 28, 2011, 9:43:07 AM1/28/11
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leonard hofstadter <len...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>jeff_wisnia wrote:

>>I know how to add channels to a "Favorites" list, but I haven't been
>>able to figure out how to remove one or more of them.

>>I'm using a recently aquired Comcast HD cable box and it's remote.

>>Thanks guys,

>go to channel you want to delete


>hit your info button twice
>hit fav button, should bring up screen to delete this channel from
>favorites

>this is one way, there may be others?

That way doesn't work at all. You get an error message saying, This
channel was already added to favorites.

Menu > Menu > Setup > Favorites Lists Setup > choose a list >
favorite button on remote > left or right arrow key to sort by
channel number > input three-digit channel number > favorite button
on remote to delete channel > cursor down to checkmark to confirm

Yes, in 30 easy steps, it's possible to do.

leonard hofstadter

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Jan 28, 2011, 10:22:37 AM1/28/11
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Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> leonard hofstadter <len...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> jeff_wisnia wrote:
>
>>> I know how to add channels to a "Favorites" list, but I haven't been
>>> able to figure out how to remove one or more of them.
>
>>> I'm using a recently aquired Comcast HD cable box and it's remote.
>
>>> Thanks guys,
>
>> go to channel you want to delete
>> hit your info button twice
>> hit fav button, should bring up screen to delete this channel from
>> favorites
>
>> this is one way, there may be others?
>
> That way doesn't work at all.


maybe for you, it works exactly that way for me


the screen popup says:

"This channel is a favorite"

X Delete from this Favorite List
ADD Add to another Favorite List
(/) Don't do anything

Adam H. Kerman

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Jan 28, 2011, 10:54:11 AM1/28/11
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>>>>Thanks guys,

>the screen popup says:

Then Comcast likes you better than it likes me. I have to go through the
Setup feature and perform all those additional steps.

leonard hofstadter

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Jan 28, 2011, 11:32:20 AM1/28/11
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hmmm <shrug> ????

I like your way too, now I can go through and do them all at once, yay
:-)

Kay T.

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Jan 28, 2011, 11:43:27 AM1/28/11
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:43:07 +0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<a...@chinet.com> wrote:

>leonard hofstadter <len...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>jeff_wisnia wrote:
>
>>>I know how to add channels to a "Favorites" list, but I haven't been
>>>able to figure out how to remove one or more of them.
>
>>>I'm using a recently aquired Comcast HD cable box and it's remote.
>
>>>Thanks guys,
>
>>go to channel you want to delete
>>hit your info button twice
>>hit fav button, should bring up screen to delete this channel from
>>favorites
>
>>this is one way, there may be others?
>
>That way doesn't work at all. You get an error message saying, This
>channel was already added to favorites.
>

Works for me...in fact, obviously it was so easy even a woman could do
it.
What's your problem?

Adam H. Kerman

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Jan 28, 2011, 12:08:19 PM1/28/11
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>>>>Thanks guys,

You're a woman? Who knew?

jeff_wisnia

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Jan 28, 2011, 3:20:41 PM1/28/11
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jeff_wisnia wrote:
> I know how to add channels to a "Favorites" list, but I haven't been
> able to figure out how to remove one or more of them.
>
> I'm using a recently aquired Comcast HD cable box and it's remote.
>
> Thanks guys,
>
> Jeff

Thanks guys!

jeff_wisnia

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Jan 28, 2011, 9:07:27 PM1/28/11
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Well, the first way didn't work for me either.

But your multistep way worked just fine thanks.

personaobscura

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Jan 29, 2011, 12:02:25 AM1/29/11
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:08:19 +0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com>
wrote:

Well, that's a pretty broad category. It includes Gisele Bundchen through
Bella Abzug.

Yeah - get *that* image out of your head...

Jay Lenno

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Jan 29, 2011, 12:31:51 AM1/29/11
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On 1/29/2011 12:02 AM, personaobscura wrote:

>
> Well, that's a pretty broad category. It includes Gisele Bundchen through
> Bella Abzug.

Yah, Gisele is clearly in the "pretty broad" category but Bella? Really?
I'd put Bella in the "amazing broad" category.

Seth Goodman

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Jan 29, 2011, 2:42:16 AM1/29/11
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In article <ihuklr$ar1$2...@news.albasani.net>, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

> leonard hofstadter <len...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >jeff_wisnia wrote:
>
> >>I know how to add channels to a "Favorites" list, but I haven't been
> >>able to figure out how to remove one or more of them.
>
> >>I'm using a recently aquired Comcast HD cable box and it's remote.
>
> >>Thanks guys,
>
> >go to channel you want to delete
> >hit your info button twice
> >hit fav button, should bring up screen to delete this channel from
> >favorites
>
> >this is one way, there may be others?
>
> That way doesn't work at all. You get an error message saying, This
> channel was already added to favorites.

In order to have the option to delete a favorite, you must have arrived
at the channel by pressing the "Favorites" button on your remote.

If you arrived at the channel by direct entry or the channel up/down
button, you will *not* see the option to delete an existing favorite.


--
Seth Goodman

Barry Margolin

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Jan 29, 2011, 11:32:24 AM1/29/11
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In article <MPG.27ad8ec02...@news.astraweb.com>,
Seth Goodman <seth...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Could it be that some of you have different cable boxes (Comcast uses a
couple of different vendors) or different versions of the guide software?

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Barry Margolin, bar...@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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Allodoxaphobia

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Jan 29, 2011, 12:21:36 PM1/29/11
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:32:24 -0500, Barry Margolin wrote:
>
> Could it be that some of you have different cable boxes (Comcast uses a
> couple of different vendors) or different versions of the guide software?

Ya think?!

maluc...@gmail.com

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Jul 22, 2015, 11:34:21 AM7/22/15
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Press Guide then Fav. Select channel to remove. Click right arrow a few times to a future program, press OK, press Rt arrow to "heart" and press, select "Delete from this favorites list".
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