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32 Chapter 3
Using the Remote Control
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Using the Remote Control
Using Direct Entry
1. Turn on the component to be programmed.
2. Look up the brand and code number(s) for the component on the code list
at the end of this section.
3. On your remote control, press and hold the component button you want to
program.
4. While pressing the component button, enter a code from the code list. If
all of the component buttons ash 4 times in unison, then the code you’ve
entered is not the right kind of code for that button (see pages 35 and 36
to see which buttons can be programmed to control the component you
want).
5. Release the component button, point the remote at the component and
then press ON•OFF to see if the component responds to the remote control
commands. If it doesn’t, try pressing the component button and then
ON•OFF (or other buttons on the remote) again.
6. If you get no response, repeat these steps using the next code listed
for your brand, until the component responds to the remote control
commands.
Operating Other Components
Once the remote has been programmed successfully, you are ready to use it to
operate your components.
To Operate the Component:
1. Press the component button (TV, VCR, DVD, DIRECTV, AUX1, or AUX2) to
set the remote to control the component.
2. Press ON•OFF to turn the component on or off.
3. Use the remote control buttons that apply to that component. The
component button on your remote lights up when you press valid buttons
while in that component’s mode.
Note: Your remote’s buttons might operate differently for other
components, especially when you’re using another component’s menu
system.
Modes of Operation
Because this universal remote can control several different components
(DVD player, VCR, cable box, etc.) it uses operational modes triggered by the
component buttons. For example, if you want the remote control to operate
the TV, press the TV button to put the remote into TV mode. If you want the
remote to operate the VCR, press the VCR button.
The button corresponding to the mode the remote is in lights up when you
press any button that works in that mode. For example, if you’re in TV mode
and you press the VOL+ button, the TV button lights up. This tells you that the
command to increase the volume is being sent to the TV (and not the satellite
receiver, for example).
Important:
This remote may not be compatible with all
models of all brands of components. It also may
not operate all functions of the remote that
came with your component.
Note:
The DIRECTV button cannot be programmed.
Tip:
If something unexpected happens (or if
nothing happens) when you press a remote
control button, check which component button
lights up when you press that button. If the
wrong component button lights up, press the
component button the corresponds to the
component you want to control – this puts the
remote control in the right mode. Now that the
remote is in the correct mode, press the button
you were pressing before.
Component buttons