I found this here.

I told Tyler this wouldn’t happen because they wanted to be sure you saw the commercials in the old “30 second slip” method of jumping through advertisements, but I guess they caved.

You can now activate the 30 Second SKIP feature and get rid of the the 30 Second SLIP.

If you don’t know what that means:

SLIP means you see a 30-second window in about 2 seconds of a fast-forward, seeing everything.

SKIP means it just jumps 30-second in a blink.

How do you activate this new feature?

  1. Make sure you have the upgrade of course
  2. Go to Menu > Search for Shows > Keyword
  3. Enter in “30SKIP” in the search area and hit “Continue”
  4. That’s it. Now go to a recording, and hit play and try the old SLIP button out.
  5. If you want to go back, do the same thing as above but put “30SLIP” instead.

Now, let me warn you. We switched to SKIP and man, it’s tough to get used to again. The old TIVO had it and we really missed it when we switched to DTV’s DVR. But we adjusted and moved on.

The benefit of SLIP is seeing if you pass the end of the commercials and need to bounce back. With SKIP, it’s a bit harder.