[Fish_and_Chips]

So I've got a back button on Sony TV (Bravia KDL-42W653A), it works on menus to take you back to your last selection obviously. But how come there's no option on the remote to take you back to the last channel you were on?

Even the cheapest TV's have this option.

[skinj]

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Originally Posted by Fish_and_Chips

Even the cheapest TV's have this option.

Some, have this option, many don't.
It's down to what Sony believe is a button that will used by the majority for a large part of the time. As a dealer, I can't ever remember anyone asking if there is a "last channel" button on the remote. Eject buttons for DVD/Blu-Ray players was asked for this week (god knows why as it's not like the disc can magically get from the box to the machine without the user getting off their arse anyway!).
There is also the issue of the amount of usable space on the remote. They have to prioritise.

[anthony david]

If it is the same as my 32W705B it is the small button to the right of the PROG +/- button.

(Remote control, RM-ED059).

[Fish_and_Chips]

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Originally Posted by anthony david

If it is the same as my 32W705B it is the small button to the right of the PROG +/- button.

(Remote control, RM-ED059).

On my remote that's the media button, weird cos every other flat screen I've ever had, bedroom one or main living room one has had the ability to go back to the last channel you were watching.🤔

[gomezz]

Does not the Back button take you back to the previous channel?

[Fish_and_Chips]

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Originally Posted by gomezz

Does not the Back button take you back to the previous channel?

It's got return on the actual button, but next to it there is some text saying back. That only seems to work on the TV's menus.

It's as if the button has 2 functions but only one works.

[koantemplation]

On some TVs the back button only works when the On Screen Display is up.

[gomezz]

My Humax Foxsat does that. I wonder why? Is to avoid confusion from accidently pressing Return?

[SnrDev]

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Originally Posted by skinj

Eject buttons for DVD/Blu-Ray players was asked for this week (god knows why as it's not like the disc can magically get from the box to the machine without the user getting off their arse anyway!).

Maybe, but most DVD players take so long to eject the disc that it's better if you can press the eject button and by the time you get there it may be out. And on my current player the eject button is on the top surface so not so easy to reach in the confined space of the shelving unit it sits on above the network streamer.

[Fish_and_Chips]

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Originally Posted by SnrDev

Maybe, but most DVD players take so long to eject the disc that it's better if you can press the eject button and by the time you get there it may be out. And on my current player the eject button is on the top surface so not so easy to reach in the confined space of the shelving unit it sits on above the network streamer.

Back in the day I'm sure front loading VCRs had an eject option on the remote.

[Nigel Goodwin]

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Originally Posted by Fish_and_Chips

Back in the day I'm sure front loading VCRs had an eject option on the remote.

Some might have, but most probably didn't - some DVD players don't have one even now.

[CyberSimian]

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Originally Posted by Fish_and_Chips

So I've got a back button on Sony TV (Bravia KDL-42W653A), it works on menus to take you back to your last selection obviously. But how come there's no option on the remote to take you back to the last channel you were on?

I also have a Sony TV, and my Sony remote control also lacks a button that performs the "previous channel" function. However, in my case the TV itself does support this capability.

I normally use a One-for-All URC-7140 universal remote control, and when set up for the Sony TV, the "previous channel" button on the remote does cause the Sony TV to return to the previous channel. Of course, there are lots of dedicated buttons on the Sony remote that are missing from the One-for-All remote, but then I never use those buttons anyway.

-- from CyberSimian in the UK

[koantemplation]

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Originally Posted by gomezz

My Humax Foxsat does that. I wonder why? Is to avoid confusion from accidently pressing Return?

Yes my Humax does it too. Not sure why though.

[Nigel Goodwin]

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Originally Posted by CyberSimian

I also have a Sony TV, and my Sony remote control also lacks a button that performs the "previous channel" function. However, in my case the TV itself does support this capability.

Some Sony remote's have such a button, some don't - but it's always struck me as a completely useless feature - if it's there it's usually just below the navigation buttons.

[gomezz]

Why useless? The best devices use the Return button to take you back to the previous selection / Menu level and the Exit button to take you all the way out. Very handy to have both.

[Nigel Goodwin]

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Originally Posted by gomezz

Why useless? The best devices use the Return button to take you back to the previous selection / Menu level and the Exit button to take you all the way out. Very handy to have both.

That's not what the thread is about, it's about a button to take you back to the last channel.

[gomezz]

Yes. Another useful advantage of having this button. Can you hand on heart say you have never had a brief look at what is happening on another channel then gone back to watching the channel you were already on? In fact as a TV salesman being able to quickly A/B compare two channels must be in your armoury of techniques, for example, to show the difference between the SD and HD versions of a channel.

[Nigel Goodwin]

[quote=gomezz;80448723]Yes. Another useful advantage of having this button. Can you hand on heart say you have never had a brief look at what is happening on another channel then gone back to watching the channel you were already on?

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Never used it, never wanted to - I only even found out that it's on some Sony remotes when I had occasion to try pressing every button on one

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In fact as a TV salesman being able to quickly A/B compare two channels must be in your armoury of techniques, for example, to show the difference between the SD and HD versions of a channel.

I'm not, and never have been, a salesman

But to do as you suggest, I'd simply enter (00)1 or 101, not use a useless 'last channel' button, even assuming it was there.

[anthony david]

I have an HX and an EX series TV, neither of which has a back button on the remote. However the function does seem to be on the TVs themselves. Both the following remotes will operate the back button system, toggling happily backwards and forwards between the relevant two channels.

RM-ED059, From a fairly new 32W705B.

RM-ED009, From a very old 20S3020.

[rjb101]

[quote=Nigel Goodwin;80450726][quote=gomezz;80448723]Yes. Another useful advantage of having this button. Can you hand on heart say you have never had a brief look at what is happening on another channel then gone back to watching the channel you were already on?

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Never used it, never wanted to - I only even found out that it's on some Sony remotes when I had occasion to try pressing every button on one



I'm not, and never have been, a salesman

But to do as you suggest, I'd simply enter (00)1 or 101, not use a useless 'last channel' button, even assuming it was there.

So three button pushes is better than one now, I pine for a back button on the sky remote..

[Fish_and_Chips]

So just upgraded the TV to a Sony KDL-55W805C, and guess what the remote has a back button. Beautiful picture by the way but you do have to mess about a bit with the settings to get the picture you're happy with.