Keystroke Macro Application?

On my laptop, I use keystroke macros to make it quick and easy to type things such as my email or other commonly typed phrases. There must be something like that for the iPod, yes?

Looking through your macro I think you are using the Alt key to select the apps pull down menus and then an option within that menu.  I do use the alt key successfully but not in the same way you are attempting to.  My use is programmed into Heat as a keyboard shortcuts.  If you look at the View Menu the Alt 1, alt 2 etc are programed int to heat.  I do not think that generic use of alt would work but I've never tried.
[APPLICATION:=CALL LOGGING]
[DELAY] 1500
[CONTROL] N
[DELAY] 2500
[DATA FIELD:CALLING#]
[TAB]
[DELAY] 1000
[ALT] 1
What is your end goal to accomplish?  You want to look up the customer ID but for what purpose?  If it is to populate the Heat caller subset  info we do it a bit differently.  As you can see I grab the calling # from CAD and populate the extension in the Heat callerid subset.  Then tab away from that field.  With Heats validation rules setup the CallerID (LoginID), First Name, Last, email etc are all populated/validated agaist the extension.  The Alt 1 simply move the active field to the call description.
Not sure if that will help or not.

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    How easy is it to change the output port?  Is it a quick software change?  My thinking is that if I hooked up a TV to HDMI, another to component, and maybe one to SD - how clunky is it to switch the output so that someone could watch TV1,2 or 3 (one at a time, of course).  I'm also assuming that the audio ports will all work simultaneously so that one could send the video to HDMI, for example, and the audio to a receiver.  So I think its only the video that is limited to a single output.
    Does either DVR have an Over the Air digital antenna input? 
    Is the remote control RF or IR?  Does it have the all important 30 second Forward skip button and 10 second Back skip button?
    How long is the guide, a week, 2 weeks, etc?
    I couldn't find much in either the manuals or the verizon website about the Interactive Media Guide.  Is the VOD included in search functions?  Are there TIVO like "season passes" and the ability to find and record new episodes of a show, etc.? 
    Are there any good reviews of the DVRs, the Interactive Media Guide, or something with more detail than Verizon's sketchy descriptions or the lousy 7200 manual?
    I realize a lot of my DVR questions could be answered by proper documentation on the 7216 and the Interactive Media guide, so if someone has a link to detailed info on these items, it would be much appreciated.
    Thanks for any help you can provide.  I've spent a lot of time and effort getting my Dish system all figured out and the way I like it, but the quality issues and cost have me exploring options.

    Does FIOS internet usage affect FIOS TV signal quality? (I have 20/5 service).  Negative.  The FiOS signal itself is only affected by physical damage and or equipment failure on our network equipment.  Now if you you are talking inside of your house signal(there is a difference).  VOD on FiOS is a strictly data service and is very bandwidth intensive due to the large size of the file itself.  That is why we recommend you only watch one HDVOD at a time as the MOCA network in your house can't really handle two running at the same time with 100% QoS. So if I understand you correctly, VOD could be affected by heavy home network useage (or simultaneous VOD requests) but DVR recordings or live TVnot, or just less likely? That is correct.  VOD services can be affected by heavy home data network useage.  The live TV and subsequent recordings made of the liveTV to a DVR will not be affected by heavy home network useage. 
    Are there any futher plans for external hard drives and/or the HD DVR's to talk with each other?  My manager has informed we are actively researching a solution to this problem.  When or if anything will come of the research has yet to be seen. 
    How hard is it to switch outputs on the DVR (I'm assuming it is a software menu change)?  Could it be programmed into a learning remote (keystroke macro) so that you hit one button for TV1, another for TV2, etc.?  Last time i checked this was IMG 1.3.  At that time all of the outputs were consistently on.  There is no switching the output like there is switching a tuner on a TiVO.  When i tested this in my video lab i hooked up a QIP6416 via HDMI and Component.  Each output would show the same channel on either input ont the TV.  Each output will only display whatever channel you have the STB currently tuned to.  If this is not what you mean feel free to correct me. That is what I mean, my current config is one DVR hooked to SD TV1 via cable, HD TV2 via HDMI, and HD TV3 via component - and all three get signal simultaneously.  I was told by a FIOS tech that only one output is "hot" at a time on the FIOS DVR.  I understand that you can't watch channel X on TV1 and channel Y on TV2 simultaneously, but I'm wondering if you can watch channel X on TV1,2, etc.  I went and tested on our QIP6416 model and unfortunatly you cannot only one output is 'hot" at this stage of IMG releases. From the looks of it the outputs are in a heirarchy hdmi ->component->s-video->composite->RF. 
    Can the IR remotes be programmed to run just DVR1 or just DVR2 if you put two in the same room (i.e. different code set for remote 1 and remote 2)? I note about 4 different remotes shown on the FIOS website, does the HD DVR have RF capability or will only IR remotes work with it?  No the FiOS remotes are pre-programmed to work on every single FiOS STB.  You could take your FiOS remote to another FiOS user's home and control their STB.  Makes for some interesting fun. But it is all IR, right?  The DVR's won't accept an RF remote signal?  It is all IR. 
    Can channels be locked out on the guide so you don't see them, both adult and ones that you just aren't interested in? If you can lock them out of the guide, does that mean they won't show up in searches as well?  There is currently no way to remove channels from the normal guide.  We used to support this feature with our old guide produced by microsoft but the feature was left out of IMG.  We have given the option for customers to setup multiple channel lists in guide format under the favorites option.  You can set the guide button to pull up the first of those lists instead of the guide itself.  You can lock the channels out but the titles will still be readable by anyone looking. 
    The "Welcome kit" PDF talks about being able to resolve timer conflicts for series, but I assume you can also assign priority to one time events and/or access a general recording schedule where you can manually resolve conflicts as well.  Is that correct?  Does the recording automatically pad sporting events with extra time on the end or do you have to set that up manually with each sporting event?  Yes our recording schedule does will recognize recording conflicts.  There will be a marker on the program in the guide informing you of a recording problem.  There is also a section in the menu of the dvr that will show you the entire recording schedule with any conflicts.  Yes you can set priority to whatever you want.  No we do not pad for sporting events.  That is something you will have do manually.  Unfortunatly i do not see this changing anytime soon as it appears to be a limitation of our current guide data producer. 
    No OTA tuner in any FIOS DVR, correct?  Correct.
    The VOD descriptions say movies are "rented for 24 hours", but on the VOD list it shows a lot of older movies for free on top of the TV series,sporting events, etc..  Are these all just previews or is there a good inventory of free movies?  In all honesty the free VOD movie selections are pretty limited and most of them are independent flicks or trailers.  As soon as our HD on demand library is at an acceptable volume i believe we will be working in improving this aspect of VOD.  The subscription based movie packages is where it is at though.  The movie packages have pretty sizeable libraries that you get access to for free with the packages.  Personally, i am partial to the Showtime on demand library(lots of good series).  Please keep in mind though that our VOD library will change very frequently.  VOD content is provided to us by the network that wishes to put it up.  They can also will us to take it down as well.  
    I'll probably think of a few more, but that's it for now.
    TheSanchez
    Verizon Telecom
    Verizon Content Management Center
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