The black box does have a display, it's just masked so that you can't see it unless it's on.
. It's not a workaround they have different functions. Pressing zero boots the box so does the power button, both are equally valid. Lots of shortcuts available to the more astute owners. In the epg tapping in a channel number jumps directly to the channel data. In replay mode tapping in the point in the recording you want to jump to works.
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