Optimize Your Remote Controls - Dish Network Satellite Receiver User Manual

Chapter 2
Receiver Description and Installation
Tip: You can also
use this procedure
to change the
Primary Remote
Address for
Remote Control 1
on a nearby TV, if
necessary.
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Optimize Your Remote Controls

Change the Address
When you receive your system, both remote controls and the receiver have
been set to communicate on address 1. However, because UHF signals travel
long distances and go through walls, a neighbor's UHF Pro remote could
control your receiver by mistake if they are on the same address. To solve
this problem, you can change the address on Remote Control 2 and the
receiver as follows:
1. Turn on the TV.
2. With the receiver off, press CHANNEL UP or CHANNEL DOWN on
the receiver's front panel to display the
TV.
The
System Info
Write down this address:
3. Press and hold the SAT button on Remote Control 2 for about
three seconds, until all of the mode buttons light up, and then
release the SAT button.
4. Use the NUMBER PAD buttons to enter any number between 1 and 16,
but not the one you wrote in step 2.
Write down the number you entered:
5. Press the POUND (#) button. If you entered the address
correctly, the SAT mode will flash three times.
6. Press the RECORD button.
7. Make sure the
Secondary Remote Address
screen is the same as the one you entered in
System Info
step 4. If it isn't, the remote cannot control the receiver. Return
to step 3.
8. Press the SELECT button to close the
Check the Remote Control Address
1. Press and hold the SAT mode button for three seconds, until
all of the mode buttons light up, and then release the
SAT button.
2. Press the POUND (#) button twice. The SAT mode button
will flash the same number of times as the address number
(three flashes means address 3).
System Info
screen shows the
Secondary Remote Address
System Info
screen on a remote
.
you see on the
screen.