TiVo 30 second commercial skip or jump

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Using the code in this recipe, you can make the advance button on your TiVo remote your most favorite button on any remote. Once enabled, pressing this button will cause your TiVo to jump forward 30 seconds, the typical length of a commercial. Also, when viewing in fast forward or reverse, this button will cause the playback to skip to the next tick mark.


You should enter the 30 second skip code while viewing a pre-recorded program (if you enter the code elsewhere, the keypresses may do things you don’t want). You do not need to be in backdoor mode for this code to work.

While watching a recording, press:

    Select Play Select 3 0 Select
 

9 Comments -


  1. lilphut said on December 11, 2008

    This also works on the logitech harmony remotes too. Thanks!

  2. Jane said on December 18, 2008

    I had the same problem but I managed to fix it.

  3. jimbob said on February 15, 2009

    I have two Humax tivo dvrs working from one remote. The 30-sec skip feature does not work on either machine. Am I doing something wrong?

  4. Anonymous said on March 29, 2009

    I recently purchased a TiVo HD XL recorder (Model TCD658000) and cannot, for the life of me, program it to have the 30 second skip. I have followed instructions very carefully, including doing the programming while viewing a previously recorded program but I do not hear the 3 bongs eveyone references after performing the required steps in the programming process. When I press the advance button after programming, I am sent to the end of the recording. Did they change the software for this model? Any suggestions? Any help would be appreciated since the 30 second skip was one of the features that convinced me to buy a TiVo.

  5. David said on April 6, 2009

    I heard the hack only lasts until you reset or reboot the unit. Enter the hack again and it will work

  6. tv io geek said on April 18, 2009

    I have a new unit too (Tivo HD), and at first thought that this mod didn’t work. I would enter the code sequence, but didn’t hear the 3 bongs indicating it had succeeded.

    Then I remembered a similar experience with entering a code on an entirely different remote, and recalled needing to wait about a second in between pressing each button. When I repeated the steps on the Tivo remote, pausing ~1 second between each button, I heard the 3 bongs.

    So it really does work with the latest units and remotes – just have patience with the timing of the button presses when entering the code, until you hear the 3 bongs.

  7. SunJao said on April 21, 2009

    I too recently purchased a TiVo HD XL and have not been able to program the 30 second skip. This is my 5th TiVo so I know the routine. I tried to enter it slowly also.

  8. Anonymous said on April 25, 2009

    Disqus:

    I finally figured how to program the new TiVo HD XL.. Don’t use the remote
    that comes with the new unit to program the 30 second skip. Use a remote
    that comes from an older version TiVo. Once the HD XL is programmed using
    the old remote you can then use the new one to do the 30 second skip. Go
    figure….

  9. Vito Palmieri said on December 19, 2009

    Thanks, Tivo hd xl remote does need a slow sequence. It worked fine, although I never heard the three bongs.

 

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