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Media Center Quick Tip – 30 Sec Skip, Replay for DVDs

If you’ve become accustomed to Media Center’s 30 second-skip and instant replay features for TV, you can add that feature to DVD playback, too. By default, the skip buttons jump between chapters when you watch a DVD. But you can change that by configuring the behavior of your remote buttons. This works with any Media Center remote since it changes how Media Center responds to the remote commands, rather than changing the signals the buttons send.

Instructions

Select Settings under Tasks

Media Center Tasks

 

Select DVD

Settings


Select Remote Control Options

DVD settings


Set your preferred button behaviors

  • Under When I press Skip and Replay, select Skip forward and backward.
  • Under When I press Channel Up and Channel Down, select Skip chapters.
  • Finally, select Save.

Remote Control Options

If you change your remote options as above, your skip forward and back buttons will now function for DVD playback as they do for TV viewing—as 30 second skip and instant replay. To jump between chapters, use your Channel Up and Down buttons now. If only we could get Total Media Theater on board….

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  • Media Center Quick Tip - 30 Sec Skip, Replay for DVDs

    Richard is a product experience consultant with a life-long interest in consumer electronics. He has been immersed in smart home tech for decades now and hosts The DMZ's home automation podcast, Home: On and co-hosts Entertainment 2.0 with Josh Pollard. Richard looks at products through an experience lens, always seeking the right mix of utility and delight.

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Richard Gunther

Richard is a product experience consultant with a life-long interest in consumer electronics. He has been immersed in smart home tech for decades now and hosts The DMZ's home automation podcast, Home: On and co-hosts Entertainment 2.0 with Josh Pollard. Richard looks at products through an experience lens, always seeking the right mix of utility and delight.