22 Setting the Remote to Operate a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System

Your VCR remote control may operate your Cable Box or Direct Broadcast System (DBS). If the remote control doesn’t operate your Cable Box or DBS now, follow the steps below.

1

Turn on the Cable Box/DBS. Then, point the remote con- trol at your Cable Box/DBS and press the CBL/DBS button. Then, press the POWER button. If your Cable Box/DBS turns off, try the other Cable Box/DBS buttons (see pages 23-24). If your Cable Box/DBS doesn’t turn off, or if the other buttons don’t work, go to step 2.

2

1&6 2Find

your code.

POWER

VCR/TV

EJECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR

TV

CBL/DBS

4

 

PLAY

 

REW

 

F.FWD

 

 

STOP

 

 

MENU

STATUS/EXIT

CLEAR

 

Find the brand of your Cable Box or DBS on the lists below and remember the two-digit number beside it.

CABLE BOX CODES

ARCHER..01, 05, 06, 44

MAGNAVOX..............26

SAMSUNG.............05, 06,

CABLETENNA.....01,

44

MATSUSHITA

 

 

40, 42

CABLEVIEW

........04,

30,

.......................16, 17, 97

SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA

 

42, 44, 52

MOVIETIME

42, 44

...............................08, 09

CENTURY

44

NOVAVISION........08, 09

SIGNAL........................26

CITIZEN

04, 30,

NSC/NEC...................40

SL MARX.........06, 40, 42,

 

42, 44, 52

OAK......................11, 46

 

44, 52

CURTIS

08, 09

OAK SIGMA.........11, 46

SPRUCER

16, 17, 97

DIAMOND

01, 44

PANASONIC..16, 17, 97

STANDARD COMPONENTS

EAGLE

26, 40,

62

PHILIPS.........07, 23, 50

...............................42, 44

EASTERN/REGENCY

PIONEER

05, 06

STARGATE......04, 06, 30,

...................................

28

PULSAR.........04, 30, 42,

 

40, 42, 44, 52

GC BRAND

04, 30,

 

44, 52

TELEVIEW.......06, 40, 42

5

1

2

3

4

5

6

 

7

8

9

 

ENTER

 

ALT. CH

 

 

0

 

 

SPEED

TIME SEARCH PAUSE/STILL

 

REC/OTR

MEMORY

SLOW

CH

VOL

MUTE3

42, 44, 52

QUEST

05, 06

TOCOM......01, 33, 34, 42

GEMINI/JASCO

..........04

RCA................16, 17, 97

UNIKA....................01, 44

GENERAL ELECTRIC

REALISTIC

44

UNIVERSAL.....42, 44, 52

.............................

01, 57

RECOTON.................44

VIDEOWAY......07, 23, 50

GENERAL INSTRUMENT

REGAL.....14, 15, 28, 41

VIEWSTAR......26, 40, 62

.....01, 02, 03, 04, 34, 83

REMBRANDT

 

ZENITH............07, 23, 50

HAMLIN....14, 15, 28, 41

.........................01, 42, 44

 

JERROLD.......01, 02, 03,

 

 

 

04, 34, 83

 

 

 

DIRECT BROADCAST SYSTEM CODES

MAGNAVOX

94,95 RCA.........................97 SONY.......................98

3

Press the MUTE button.

4

Within 30 seconds, press the CBL/DBS button.

5

Within 30 seconds, press the Number buttons to enter the two-digit code for your Cable Box or DBS. For example, if you have a Zenith Cable Box, press Number buttons 0,7.

6

Repeat step 1. If the remote control works your Cable Box or DBS, you’re finished. If the remote control still doesn’t work your Cable Box or DBS, repeat steps 3-5, using a different code for your brand, if available.

There is no guarantee

that the remote

will work your

Cable Box or DBS.

Helpful Hints

The remote control may only operate some features of your Cable Box/DBS. For example, the remote control may turn off the Cable Box/DBS power, but it may not change channels at the Cable Box/DBS.

If you can not change the channels at the Cable Box by using the Number buttons, press the ENTER button after you press the Number buttons. It may change channels at the Cable Box.

When you replace the batteries in the remote control, you will have to program the remote control again.

Remember to point the remote con- trol toward the Cable Box/DBS dur- ing steps 1-6.

Some Cable Boxes can only be turned on at the Cable Box.

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