Reference

Troubleshooting Tables

Remote Control

 

 

 

 

 

 

What Is Happening

Possible Reason

What to Do

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You cannot find the remote control.

• N/A

• Use the receiver front panel Control

 

 

 

 

Buttons to control the receiver until

 

 

 

 

you find the remote. If the remote

 

 

 

 

control is permanently lost or too

 

 

 

 

damaged to use, call the Customer

 

 

 

 

Service Center to order a

 

 

 

 

replacement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you press a button on the

• The remote control may be missing

• If the batteries are missing or dead,

 

 

remote control, the receiver does not

batteries, the batteries may be

insert fresh AAA-size batteries.

 

 

do what you expect.

incorrectly placed in the remote, or

If the remote has fresh batteries,

 

 

 

the batteries may be weak or dead.

check whether they are placed

 

 

 

 

according to the label diagram. If not,

 

 

 

 

remove them and place correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you press the remote control

• Other lights are too bright.

• Try other remote control buttons to

 

 

Power button to turn the receiver ON,

 

see if the receiver is responding.

 

 

the receiver front panel Power light

 

 

 

 

does not light up.

 

 

 

 

 

• Remote control is not operating

• Replace the remote batteries with

 

 

 

properly or the batteries are weak or

fresh ones.

 

 

 

dead.

 

 

 

 

• The receiver power cord is not

• Check that the receiver power cord is

 

 

 

plugged into a power outlet, or there

not damaged, and that the plug is

 

 

 

may be a problem with the power.

inserted correctly into the outlet.

 

 

 

• The remote control may not be set to

• Make sure the remote control is set to

 

 

 

the address used by the satellite

the same address used by the

 

 

 

receiver.

satellite receiver. See page page 46

 

 

 

 

for information on changing the

 

 

 

 

remote control address.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menus

 

 

 

 

 

 

What Is Happening

Possible Reason

What to Do

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You were using a menu, and it

• The receiver has a time-out

• Start over again.

 

 

suddenly closed.

feature that closes any menu

 

 

 

 

after several minutes of no

 

 

 

 

activity. This will discard any

 

 

 

 

changes you have made, but

 

 

 

 

otherwise does no harm to the

 

 

 

 

receiver.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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