RCA DRC8300N Programming the remote to operate other components, Using the remote’s features

Chapter 2: The Remote Control

Programming the remote to operate other components

This remote is already programmed to operate most RCA, GE, and Proscan components—just press the applicable component button to operate the component (for a satellite receiver, press the SAT button; for an audio component, press AUDIO, etc.).

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

Direct Entry

1.Turn on the component you want to program the DVD/VCR remote to operate (satellite receiver, VCR, etc.).

2.Look up the component, brand, and code number(s) from the list (pages 23-26).

3.Press and hold the appropriate component button on the remote (i.e, SAT for satellite receiver; CABLE for cable box; or AUDIO for an audio component). The AUX button can control many different types of components including VCRs,TVs, audio components, satellite boxes, cable boxes, or DVD players. You must use the Direct Entry method to program the AUX button unless you want to program it to operate a VCR (Automatic Code Search for the AUX button only accesses the VCR codes).

4.Keep holding down the component button, and enter the first code from the code list for your brand. If the indicator light flashes, you’ve entered an invalid code or the button isn’t programmable.

5.Release the component 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 component 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.

Note: This remote may not be compatible with all brands and models of components.

Automatic Code Search

The Automatic Code Search method searches all of the codes for the default component of 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.

Note: You can only use Automatic Code Search to program the AUX button if you want the button to operate a VCR—you must use Direct Entry (above) if you want to program the AUX button to operate other components.

1.Turn on the component.

2.Press and hold the component button (TV, SAT, CABLE, or AUDIO). While you continue pressing the component 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 specific component you’re programming the remote to operate (TV, satellite receiver, cable box, audio component, etc.). 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 component turns off, go to step 4). If, after 5 seconds, the component doesn’t turn off, press PLAY again to tell the remote to search the next set of codes.

Continue pressing and releasing the PLAY button (at 5 second intervals) or each time the indicator light stops blinking. When the indicator light turns off, and stays off, the remote has searched all of the codes—which means this remote can’t be programmed to operate the particular brand/model of component. You’ll have to use the remote that came with the component.

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

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

Using the remote’s features

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 DVD/VCR you must press the DVD/VCR button; to operate the TV, you must press the TV button; to operate a satellite receiver, you must press the SAT button; to operate the cable box, you must press the CABLE button; etc.

To let you know which mode you’re in, the component button that is active lights when you press a button.

Understanding the INPUT button

Another important button is the INPUT button. The INPUT button accesses the programming from a specific component. We call these channels, Video Input Channels, because you are telling the component to send the video (and audio) that corresponds to the Video Input jack you used to connect the component to the DVD/VCR. For example, if you connected a satellite receiver to your DVD/VCR by using the S-VIDEO IN jack, you would need to press DVD/VCR (to tell the remote you want to operate the DVD/VCR) and then press INPUT until the S-Video Input Channel appears (if the satellite receiver is on, you’ll see the program it is tuned to, and S-VID appears in the DVD/VCR’s channel banner to let you know which “channel” the DVD/VCR has accessed.

Low Battery Indicator

When the batteries are low, the indicator light and the component button light flickers.

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