As a generality, regardless of the remote platform. I setup groups of stations, such as "News", "Movies", "Sports", "Kids", etc. The exact approach depends on the number of buttons or screen real estate available. The goal is to have quick access to stations in each group.

I find that a given individual often has a relatively short list of stations that will probably fit on one screen. If this is the case, then the groups become "Jane's" or "John's" stations.

For day to day operation, one does not need to adjust any cable box settings. Rather than jumping to a cable box control page, the "Watch TV" button jumps to a favorites page.