Skip to bottom of TV guide or fast scrolling

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#1

I have been using two Apple tvs for several years and I have always had a love/hate relationship with the apple tv remotes. The older black touch style seems to not like quick skipping.

I have now been using a firestick max and I really prefer the simple directional buttons on the Amazon remote. The only really annoyance I have is that the guide always goes to channel 0 and it takes a good 20 seconds to hold the down button to get to the bottom of the guide (TVE channels). I realize there is no page up/down buttons on the remote but is there a reason we cannot press up on channel 0 to get to the bottom of the guide? or perhaps is there an existing trick that I have not found?

#2

@maddox had the best idea last year... simply have the guide circle back to the start when you get to the end or vice versa.

#3

Presently not. However, Page Up/Down (or Channel Up/Down) on remotes that have them do page through the guide quickly; additionally, those button do cycle through so when the last channel is selected, Page Down will bring you to the top of the guide.

#4

It up cycled to the bottom then you wouldn't be able to get up to the filter

#5

The way I get to the filter is from the guide go left to the menu and then right to the guide again this seems to always take you to the filter.
I prefer this way because you can get to the filter regardless of where you are in the guide.

#6

I've never even considered this workflow.

Perhaps it's because I want my guide to always so all channels, so I disable categories/collections on that screen. But if this is indeed the case that you describe, perhaps there are additional UX issues to consider ...

(However, I still stand with Aman's reasoning about reaching the upper tab bar via an Up keypress.)

#7

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