[Matt Devo]

Hello all, I'm new to this forum and to libreelec on chromeboxes but not to Kodi. I recently got hold of an Asus chromebox and used the E-Z script to get started and I have to admit, it was a very slick process so I'd like to thank Matt and everyone else involved for making that available.

YW

First is power management. While I was happy to leave the rpi2 running constantly, I'm less keen with the chromebox as I'm sure it'll be using quite a lot more power (though I'm not sure precisely how much more). So, I've been powering it off at night and back up again the next evening. However, I've noticed that the EPG is blank after boot and takes some time to come back. So, is there anything that can be done about that? Can the EPG data be cached somehow? Can the chromebox be put into a 'sleep' state on a schedule and then come back to life when someone hits the remote? I've had a poke about on the settings and while there are a couple of power management settings, its not clear to me what they actually do so if anyone could help me understand those that would be fantastic!

You can set 'Shutdown function' to 'Standby' under Settings/System/Power Saving. Then the MCE powertoggle command will put the box in standby. I'm not sure about EPG data caching, that's a better question for the PVR subforum as it's not Chromebox specific.

Secondly, remote controls. I have an MCE clone remote and ir adapter (usb) and these are working fine but the remote itself is not programmable and so won't control the volume on the TV. I do have a couple of 'All-For-One' Simple 4's (urc6440's) and I've tried using these to learn the commands from the MCE remote but for some reason, they seem to duplicate down presses on the directional pad with the result being that if I hit the down key, they send about a dozen signals to the chromebox and the cursor shoots way down the page. Curiously, this only seems to affect the down key which is very frustrating else these remotes could have met my requirement. Anyway, my question is if there is any guidance on which programmable remotes would work with my MCE ir sensor and give the best WAF.

It's hard to beat a Harmony Hub based remote for ease of use, but might be overkill for just a Chromebox + TV. But again as this isn't Chromebox specific, might be better answered in the main hardware forum.

When watching live TV, to get the channel list or guide, I have to hit a button that brings up the progress bar and navigate over to the channel list or guide icons. I assume there must be a key press that would bring those right up without needing the navigation that could be mapped to a key on a remote. I've not been able to find much on the wiki about that, can anyone help?

the guide button should do that, but if not you can remap it using the built-in keymapper addon. This might be skin-dependent though.