Dish Network 512 manual Types of Remote Controls

Chapter 2

Receiver Description and Installation

satellite receiver and as many as three other devices. These devices can be your TV, a VCR or DVD player, and a third device (an audio system or a second TV).

Types of Remote Controls

Remote Control (IR silver or IR

green) uses infrared, line-of-sight signals to control the receiver.

IR light signals travel relatively short distances (40 feet or less), and cannot go through walls or other solid objects. You must point the remote control directly at the device, with no objects blocking the line of sight.

This remote also uses IR signals to control other devices that the remote is programmed to control. You must point the remote control directly at these devices, with no objects blocking the lines of sight to them.

This remote control may be identified by a blank silver key or the green number 1 at the bottom of the remote.

OPTIONAL ACCESSORY: Remote Control (IR/UHF-Pro) uses UHF Pro radio-frequency signals to control the receiver from a remote location or through walls or other obstructions.

UHF Pro signals travel longer distances and can pass through walls, the floor, and other solid objects. To use the UHF Pro remote, for example to control the receiver from another room, you must first attach the UHF remote-control antenna to the receiver back-panel connector (see page 23).

The UHF Pro remote uses IR signals to control other devices that the remote is programmed to control. You must point the remote control directly at these devices, with no objects blocking the lines of sight to them.

This remote control may be identified by the UHF Pro logo on the key at the bottom of the remote.

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