Programming Your Recorder Remote To Control Tv Or A/V System - DirecTV Digital Satellite Recorder Troubleshooting Manual

Programming your recorder remote to control TV or A/V System

T/V Power, Volume, and Mute
1. First, you'll need the four-digit code for your television brand. You'll find a list of these codes in
the DIRECTV menus. To see them, press the DIRECTV button to go to DIRECTV Central, then
select Messages & Setup, then Recorder & Phone Setup, then Remote Control Setup, then
Remote Control - TV
2. Next, you will need to prepare the remote control. Point the remote away from your DIRECTV ®
Digital Satellite Recorder and cover the front end with your hand. Press and hold the TV PWR
button and DIRECTV button simultaneously until the red light at the end of the remote control
comes on, remains steady, then stays on when you release the buttons.
3. Enter a code. Use the number buttons on the remote to enter a four-digit code. After you press
the fourth digit of the code, the red light on the end of the remote control will flash three times.
Note: If the light goes out but does not flash, try the same code again. If it doesn't flash a second
time, just go on to the next code in the list.
4. Test the code. Point the remote towards the TV and press the TV PWR button. If pressing the
button turns your TV off, you're finished. If it does not work, repeat steps 2 and 3 using the next
code on the list. If none of the codes work, you can try a code search to find an appropriate code.
(Click the 'Back' button in your browser to see a selection that will provide instructions for
completing a code search.)
A/V Receiver Power, Volume, and Mute
You can also control the power, volume, and mute of an A/V receiver (or just the volume and
mute, if you prefer to control your A/V receiver's power independently). To control an A/V receiver,
repeat steps 1-4 again, but on the DIRECTV screen that lists brand names, choose the brand of
your A/V receiver. In step 2, hold down different buttons on the remote control:
• To control just volume and mute, hold down the MUTE and DIRECTV buttons. (And in step 4,
test the MUTE button.)
• To control power, volume, and mute, hold down the TV PWR and DIRECTV buttons
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