RCA X3000 manual Programming the remote to operate other components, Know the mode

Chapter 2: The Remote Control

Programming the remote to operate other components

There are two ways to program this remote control to operate other brands of satellite receivers or cable boxes: Direct Entry and Automatic Code Search (both methods are described below).

Direct Entry

1.Turn on the component (VCR, DVD player, cable box or satellite receiver).

2.Look up the brand and code number(s) from the list on page 53.

3.Press and hold the AUX button on the remote.

4.Keep holding down the AUX button, and enter the first code from the code list for your brand.

5.Release the AUX button.

6.Point the remote toward the component and press the ON•OFF button to see if it turns off. If it doesn’t, press the AUX button and then press ON•OFF. If you get no response, follow steps 1-5 again, but enter the next code from the code list for your brand of component.

•If you try all the codes for your brand and none work, try the Automatic Code Search method. If Automatic Code Search doesn’t work, the remote is not compatible with your component.

Note: This remote may not be compatible with all brands and models of components. It may also not operate all the functions of your component.

Automatic Code Search

The Automatic Code Search method searches all of the codes for a specific component button. If you want to stop the automatic code search without programming the remote, press CLEAR until the indicator on the remote turns off.

1.Turn on the component (VCR, DVD player, cable box or satellite receiver.

2.Press and hold the AUX button. While you continue pressing the AUX button, press and hold the ON•OFF until the indicator light on the remote turns on— then release both buttons.

3.Point the remote at the component, in this example a DVD player. Press and release PLAY, then wait 5 seconds or until the indicator on the remote stops flashing.

At this point the remote is searching for the correct code (you’ll know it’s found the correct code when the DVD player turns off, go to step 4). If, after 5 seconds, the DVD player doesn’t turn off, press PLAY again to tell the remote to search the next set of codes.

Continue pressing PLAY until the DVD player turns off or you have searched through all of the codes. The indicator flashes when all the codes have been searched, the indicator turns off, and the remote exits Automatic Code Search. If the component does not turn off after trying all the codes, the remote can’t be programmed to operate your brand —you’ll have to use the remote that came with your component.

4.When the DVD player turns off, the remote has found the proper code. Press and release REVERSE, then wait 2 seconds. Repeat this step until the DVD player turns back ON.

5.To finish, press and hold STOP until the indicator on the remote turns off.

Using the remote to operate other components

Know the mode

Once you’ve programmed the remote to operate other components, you need a basic understanding of how the remote control works. The codes in the remote control that make a component act a specific way are mode dependent— if you want to change settings in your TV’s menu, you must press the TV button before you press the MENU button so the remote control knows that you want to access the TV’s menu system.

To summarize, to operate the Lyra you must press the LYRA button; to operate the TV, you must press the TV button; to operate a satellite receiver or cable box, you must press the AUX button.

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