Welcome to the tricks page! This page will contain info about tricks that you can do with WebTV!
Power-off Tricks
DO ALL THESE FOLLOWING POWER OFF CODES WHILE YOUR WEBTV IS OFF
Dialing options: Press options twice then press 217 either on your keyboard or remote. The lights will flash on your WebTV to let you know it worked. Now turn on your WebTV. You will get the dialing option screen so you can change things around and then connect to WebTV.
Tech info screen: Press options twice then 411 either on your keyboard or remote. The lights will flash on your WebTV to let you know it worked. Now turn on your WebTV. You will see a screen that shows you the version of the WebTV browser you have among other things.
Obscure dialing options: Press options twice then 77437 either on your keyboard or remote. The lights will flash on your WebTV to let you know it worked. Now turn on your WebTV. You will see a screen called Obscure dialing options. There you can change it so your WebTV won't dial 1 for long distance calls there by making it so your WebTV won't dial long distance calls but if you only have a long distance number to use, don't use this. Also you can enter a 800 number there to use. You will have to contact WebTV about that one.
Force upgrade: Press options then 07081969 either on your keyboard or remote. The lights will flash on your WebTV and if you have you TV the screen will go black for a second. Now turn on your WebTV and it will start downloading the upgrade that is out at that time. This is a good way to get a upgrade when it is being released a few at a time. As soon as you hear a upgrade is being released use this trick, it just might get you the upgrade a lot faster.
