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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1094811" data-attributes="member: 141969">This is the scenario: I am watching live TV and want to switch to channel 24.&nbsp; But the channel that I am currently watching is a long way from channel 24.&nbsp; So I do not want to press the channel up/down buttons repeatedly, or press the EPG page up/down buttons repeatedly.&nbsp; Instead what I want to do is press the &quot;2&quot; button, and then the &quot;4&quot; button.&nbsp;&nbsp; So I press the &quot;2&quot; button, and I am just about the press the &quot;4&quot; button when MP switches to channel 2.&nbsp; Since my finger is already in motion, I press the &quot;4&quot; button anyway, and MP then switches to channel 4.The problem is the timeout that MP uses to decide whether the button presses are separate or &quot;composite&quot;.&nbsp; I currently use Windows Media Center, and the timeout that WMC uses is around 3 seconds, whereas MP's timeout seems to be about 2 seconds.&nbsp; The optimum timeout will vary by person, but for me 3 seconds is just about right -- I do not get annoyed waiting for the channel to change, but neither do I have to rush to press all of the number buttons before MP's timeout expires.Can this timeout be adjusted?&nbsp; I looked in both of the MP Config Utilities, and the nearest setting seemed to be the ZAP settings, but the Wiki description of them suggests that they do not do what I want (and this is confirmed by setting both of them to 10 seconds; the 2-second timeout between consecutive number buttons is not altered).I am using MP 1.4pre on 32-bit Windows Vista.&nbsp; Thanks for any help.-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1094811, member: 141969"] This is the scenario: I am watching live TV and want to switch to channel 24. But the channel that I am currently watching is a long way from channel 24. So I do not want to press the channel up/down buttons repeatedly, or press the EPG page up/down buttons repeatedly. Instead what I want to do is press the "2" button, and then the "4" button. So I press the "2" button, and I am just about the press the "4" button when MP switches to channel 2. Since my finger is already in motion, I press the "4" button anyway, and MP then switches to channel 4. The problem is the timeout that MP uses to decide whether the button presses are separate or "composite". I currently use Windows Media Center, and the timeout that WMC uses is around 3 seconds, whereas MP's timeout seems to be about 2 seconds. The optimum timeout will vary by person, but for me 3 seconds is just about right -- I do not get annoyed waiting for the channel to change, but neither do I have to rush to press all of the number buttons before MP's timeout expires. Can this timeout be adjusted? I looked in both of the MP Config Utilities, and the nearest setting seemed to be the ZAP settings, but the Wiki description of them suggests that they do not do what I want (and this is confirmed by setting both of them to 10 seconds; the 2-second timeout between consecutive number buttons is not altered). I am using MP 1.4pre on 32-bit Windows Vista. Thanks for any help. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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