If you're like most people, you have several remotes strewn across your living room, each one controlling a different device — a remote for your cable box, one for your TV, another for your TV's ...

With a simple code, you can change the five-minute skip ahead button on the XR2 remote to skip ahead 30 seconds. Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services.

While cord-cutting has definitely had a major impact on the number of households with cable TV, there are still plenty of folks enjoying their favorite channels with coaxial and a set-top box. Cable ...