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Control Other Devices with the Remote Control

Control Other Devices with the Remote Control

This section describes how to use an IR (or optional IR/UHF Pro) remote control to control a TV, a VCR, or other devices. For information on how to use the remote to control the receiver, see Using the Remote Controls on page 37. You can set up both types of remote controls to control the satellite TV receiver and as many as three other IR-controlled devices each. These devices can be a TV, a VCR or DVD player, and a third device, like an audio amplifier or receiver.

Where the word “remote” is used in the following section, it applies to both types of remote controls.

Remote Control Modes

You can set the remote to four different modes to control the receiver or other devices. When you get the remote it’s already set up to control your receiver. You must set up the remote to control other devices like a TV or VCR/DVD player. See Set Up the Remote to Control Other Devices.

Use the remote control’s device mode buttons, SAT (satellite receiver), TV (for a TV), VCR (for a VCR or a DVD player), and AUX (“auxiliary,” for a second TV, a second VCR, a DVD player, a tuner/pre-amp, or an audio amplifier) to set the remote to the correct mode for controling the device. To change this mode, press the button for the device you want the remote to control. The mode button lights for a couple of seconds to show that you’ve set the remote to that mode.

Limited Mode

You can program your remote control in limited mode to keep from accidentally changing the channel away from satellite programming on your TV or VCR. When you use the remote to control your TV in limited mode, you will only be able to use the POWER, MUTE, and VOLUME buttons. Also, when you use the remote to control your VCR in limited mode, you will only be able to use the power and VCR-function buttons. The section Setting Up the Remote to Control Other Devices lists a step that tells the remote control to go into limited mode.

Set Up the Remotes to Control Other Devices

Over the next few pages we tell you how to use the remote to control a TV, a VCR, a DVD player, a tuner, or an audio amplifier.

To use the remote to control other devices, you must first program it to control these other devices. You can do this by either following the instructions that follow in Set Up the Remote Control, or the Scan for Device Codes procedure described beginning on page 87.

If you are programming the remote to control a combination device, such as a TV/VCR or a VCR/DVD player, then program the remote control in one device mode, and then repeat the procedure in the other mode. For example, to program the remote to control a TV/VCR using code 748: Follow the instructions to program the remote to control the TV using code 748, and then repeat the instructions for the VCR using the same device code for that mode as well.

Tip: The IR remote control is used to control the menus and programming on the nearby TV.

An optional IR/UHF Pro remote control can be used to control the receiver from another room.

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