Display Favorites guide when turning tv on

[MCP17]

I used to automatically get my favorites channels list on pressing Guide after turning my tv on.  Now it’s always giving me ALL channels and I need to change it to Favorites each time.  How to fix this irritant?

[nbs.]

Mine always go the last channel I was on 

If i was in favourites it goes back to favorites 

How about posting some info?

Buzz model? Firmware and software?

Edited 11 hours ago by nbs.

[MCP17]

BuzzTV B5 / Fireware V20241010 / Software ?

 

your power options is probably set to Live TV which would go to your last channel.  What I mean is after turning my tv on, no matter where it goes first, when I click on Guide, I get all channels.  I want to see only My Favorites.

[Emporium]

Software you can see when you are in LiveTV and press menu, it should be on bottom of the menu.  5.0.xxx

Do you have your box set for shutdown, suspend, or do you use HDMI-CEC to turn on/off with TV ?  I personally prefer shutdown.  May take an extra minute to boot up, but it is a clean boot each and every time.

What nbs says is exactly what I have on all my buzz boxes also.  IF I am watching a channel which is in my favorites.. Then I shutdown.  Then turn box back on again, it will be on that same channel, and if I hit guide, I will see the guide for favorites.  

Let's try this as a test.  Turn on TV.  Turn on the B5.  Go to  a channel in your favorites.  Press CH+ a d few times to go through some of your channels which are in your favorites.  Check if Guide brings up favorites.  If so, select a channel and change to a channel.  OK, not you know that guide is on your favorites, and CH+/CH- cycles through your favorites.  Now, hit the power button on the B5 box alone to turn it off (leave the TV on) .  Once it is off, go ahead and power it back on.  Do you see the buzz animated logo, or does it power up immediately ?  OK, go into LiveTV.  Then hit the Guide button (or technically you can just hit the guide button from the home screen).  Are you on favorites or all ?  I tried it on 3 of my boxes and I am always on favorites (since that was the last group I was in).

 

 

 

 

[dishuser]

27 minutes ago, MCP17 said:

BuzzTV B5 / Fireware V20241010 / Software ?

 

your power options is probably set to Live TV which would go to your last channel.  What I mean is after turning my tv on, no matter where it goes first, when I click on Guide, I get all channels.  I want to see only My Favorites.

when I turn it on it goes to last channel(a favourite)

when I press guide I only get guide for my favourites

[Ryu]

45 minutes ago, MCP17 said:

BuzzTV B5 / Fireware V20241010 / Software ?

 

your power options is probably set to Live TV which would go to your last channel.  What I mean is after turning my tv on, no matter where it goes first, when I click on Guide, I get all channels.  I want to see only My Favorites.

before turning off your tv make sure your last channel is playing from your favorite list. then next time you turn on your tv it should display guide from your favorites. just like dishuser have posted above.

Edited 10 hours ago by Ryu

[MCP17]

29 minutes ago, Emporium said:

Software you can see when you are in LiveTV and press menu, it should be on bottom of the menu.  5.0.xxx

Do you have your box set for shutdown, suspend, or do you use HDMI-CEC to turn on/off with TV ?  I personally prefer shutdown.  May take an extra minute to boot up, but it is a clean boot each and every time.

What nbs says is exactly what I have on all my buzz boxes also.  IF I am watching a channel which is in my favorites.. Then I shutdown.  Then turn box back on again, it will be on that same channel, and if I hit guide, I will see the guide for favorites.  

Let's try this as a test.  Turn on TV.  Turn on the B5.  Go to  a channel in your favorites.  Press CH+ a d few times to go through some of your channels which are in your favorites.  Check if Guide brings up favorites.  If so, select a channel and change to a channel.  OK, not you know that guide is on your favorites, and CH+/CH- cycles through your favorites.  Now, hit the power button on the B5 box alone to turn it off (leave the TV on) .  Once it is off, go ahead and power it back on.  Do you see the buzz animated logo, or does it power up immediately ?  OK, go into LiveTV.  Then hit the Guide button (or technically you can just hit the guide button from the home screen).  Are you on favorites or all ?  I tried it on 3 of my boxes and I am always on favorites (since that was the last group I was in).

 

 

 

 

Thanks for this detailed info, found the software info:  5.0.946

Going to do your suggested test on my 2 boxes, will report back in few hours (have to go out).

[MCP17]

1 minute ago, MCP17 said:

Thanks for this detailed info, found the software info:  5.0.946

Going to do your suggested test on my 2 boxes, will report back in few hours (have to go out).

Set at ‘Suspend’.

BINGO! Followed your steps on my 2 boxes and it worked, thank you!

[dishuser]

5 minutes ago, MCP17 said:

Set at ‘Suspend’.

BINGO! Followed your steps on my 2 boxes and it worked, thank you!

we don't use suspend

[MCP17]

BuzzTV B5 / Fireware V20241010 / Software ?

1 minute ago, dishuser said:

we don't use suspend

I see.  If it starts to act up again, I will use shut down.  Thanks!

 

2 minutes ago, dishuser said:

we don't use suspend

your power options is probably set to Live TV which would go to your last channel.  What I mean is after turning my tv on, no matter where it goes first, when I click on Guide, I get all channels.  I want to see only My Favorites.

[dishuser]

18 minutes ago, MCP17 said:

BuzzTV B5 / Fireware V20241010 / Software ?

I see.  If it starts to act up again, I will use shut down.  Thanks!

 

your power options is probably set to Live TV which would go to your last channel.  What I mean is after turning my tv on, no matter where it goes first, when I click on Guide, I get all channels.  I want to see only My Favorites.

whether I use start live tv on boot or not it goes to last channel watched

I have several favourite lists and it doesn't affect it

but if I was in sports category before shutdown that would be the list I get in guide on startup

[Emporium]

What do you mean your power options are set to LiveTV ?  I don't get it.

BTW: What type of TV do you have ?  The Remote of some 3rd tier TVs, uses the same IR codes as the Buzz (example: VIZIO TVs).  So some users with VIZIO TVs, when they use their remote on their TVs, it actually changes the Channels on the buzz box even if the input is not set to the buzztv   So when they switch to the buzztv, the box is at some random channel.

 

 

[nbs.]

Power options set to live tv is where it needs to be

[MCP17]

[MCP17]

25 minutes ago, Emporium said:

What do you mean your power options are set to LiveTV ?  I don't get it.

BTW: What type of TV do you have ?  The Remote of some 3rd tier TVs, uses the same IR codes as the Buzz (example: VIZIO TVs).  So some users with VIZIO TVs, when they use their remote on their TVs, it actually changes the Channels on the buzz box even if the input is not set to the buzztv   So when they switch to the buzztv, the box is at some random channel.

 

 

Power options under BuzzTV Utilities is set to Live TV (full screen), so when turning tv back on, it displays my last watched channel. 
I have a recent LG and an old one. 

[dishuser]

26 minutes ago, nbs. said:

Power options set to live tv is where it needs to be

mine isn't

I just use start live tv on boot

[Emporium]

37 minutes ago, dishuser said:

mine isn't

I just use start live tv on boot

This is the way I have been doing it for years (and on my older boxes).

Honestly didn't even realize it was added in the utilities   oops. 

 

[dishuser]

2 minutes ago, Emporium said:

This is the way I have been doing it for years (and on my older boxes).

Honestly didn't even realize it was added in the utilities   oops. 

 

I knew about it but find it easier to do it when watching live tv

[nbs.]

Live tv starts on all of them when start live tv on boot is selected but of you want full screen live tv should be selected

4 minutes ago, Emporium said:

This is the way I have been doing it for years (and on my older boxes).

Honestly didn't even realize it was added in the utilities   oops. 

 

Same here