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    ® DIRECTV ® Universal Remote Control User’ s Guide DirecTV-M2081A.qxd 12/22/2004 3:44 PM Page 1[...]

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    T ABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Features and Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Key Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Installing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Controlling DIRECTV ® Receiver . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    INTRODUCTION Congrat ulation s! Y o u now ha ve an ex clusi ve DIRECTV® U niv ersal Remot e Contr ol tha t will contr ol fo ur com ponents, including a D IRECT V Receiver , T V , and two s tereo or video com ponents (e.g 2nd TV , DVD , o r ster eo). Mo reo ver , its sophisticate d technolog y al lo ws you to consolid a te the clutter of yo ur orig[...]

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    FEA TURES AND FUNCTIONS Key Charts Slide the 4-position switch under AV 1 , A V2 or TV to sele ct the comp o- ne nt you want to c ontrol . A green LED under the swit ch pos iti on will co n- firm the co mpo nen t bein g co n tro lled. Press TV INPUT to sele ct the av ailable in puts o n yo ur T V . (No te: A ddi tional p rogra m- m i n g i s r e q [...]

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    FEA TURES AND FUNCTIONS Key Charts (continued) Us e t h e s e k e y s t o c o n - tro l y o ur D VR, V CR, DVD , or CD/DVD p lay- er . T o re cord a prog ram , pr ess the recor d key twice . Us e GUIDE to disp lay the DIRECTV program guide. Press ACTIVE to access special feat ures, servic- es, DIRECTV NEWS™ and info . Press LIST to display yo ur [...]

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    FEA TURES AND FUNCTIONS Key Charts (Continued) Press BACK to retur n to the pr evious ly disp lay ed screen. Press MENU to display the men u. Us e INFO to disp lay the curr en t ch ann el a nd pr ogram informa tion when wa tching li ve TV or in the guide. Press t he YELLOW key to cycle through the a vail- able alternate a udio tracks. These color e[...]

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    FEA TURES AND FUNCTIONS Key Charts (Continued) Press MUTE to tur n the soun d off or bac k on. Press PREV to retur n to the last channel view ed. Pres s the number keys to directly select a chan- nel (e.g. 207). Press DASH to sep ara te the main and s ub-chan- nel numbers. 7 DirecTV-M2081A.qxd 12/22/2004 3:45 PM Page 7[...]

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    INST ALLING BA TTERIES 1. On the bac k of the r emo te c on tro l, pu sh do wn on the door (as sho wn), slide the bat tery cover off, and r emo ve the us ed batteries . 2. Obtain two (2) new AA alkaline ba tt eries. Ma tch their + and - marks t o the + and - marks in the ba ttery case, then insert them. 3. Slide the cov er back on un til batt er y [...]

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    CONTROLLING DIRECTV RECEIVER The DIRECTV Uni versal Remo te Con trol is des igned to give yo u access to fea tures a nd functions fo und on yo ur original remo te con trol. T o use it with your b rand o f DIRECTV Receiver , you will need to program the r emot e contr ol b y per- formin g the follo wing st eps. Programming DIRECTV Remote 1. Locate t[...]

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    ABOUT DIRECTV CONTROL Setup Codes for DIRECTV Receivers DIRECTV Model D-10 00001, 00002 H ughes Network S ys tems (most models) 00749 H ughes Netwo rk Sy stems models GAEB0, GAEB0A, GCEB0, GCEB0A, HBH-SA, and H AH-SA 01749 GE models GRD33G2A and GRD33G3A, GRD122GW 00566 Hitachi model HDS210R 00819 Mitsub ishi HD models SRHD400 and SRHD500 00749 Pan[...]

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    PROGRAMMING TO CONTROL YOUR TV Now th at you h ave succ essfu lly progr amme d t he ne w DIRECTV remote t o operat e your D IRECT V Receiv er , you will wan t to pr ogram this r emot e to con trol y our TV . 1. T urn the TV on. NOTE: Please r ead ste ps 2-5 com pletel y befor e proce eding. H ighligh t or write down the codes a nd com ponen t you w[...]

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    PROGRAMMING OTHER COMPONENT CONTROLS The AV 1 and AV 2 swi tc h pos iti on ca n be u sed to pr ogr am a V CR, DVD , STEREO , 2nd DIRECT V Receiver o r 2nd T V with the follo wing ins truct io ns. 1. T urn on the com ponen t (e.g. DVD Pla yer) y ou wis h to prog ram. 2. Locate the 5-digit code fo r yo ur com ponen t (see pages 13-22). 3. Mo ve the s[...]

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    MANUF ACTURER CODES Setup Codes for TVs Admiral 10093, 10463 Ad vent 10761, 10817, 10815, 10783, 10842 Aiko 10092 Akai 10812, 10702, 10030, 10672 Alaro n 10179 Albatr on 10843, 10700 Ambassador 10177 America Action 10180 Ampr o 10751 Anam 10180 AOC 10030, 10019 A pex Digital 10748, 10765, 10767 A udiov ox 10451, 10180, 10092, 10623 Belcor 10019 Bel[...]

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    MANUF ACTURER CODES Setup Codes for TVs (continued) Hallmark 10178 Harley Da vidson 10179 Harma n/Kardo n 10054 Harvar d 10180 Ha verm y 10093 Hello Ki tty 10451 Himits u 10180 Hisen se 10748 Hitachi 11145, 10145, 10016, 10151, 10056 H yundai 10849 Infinity 10054 In teq 10017 JBL 10054 JCB 10000 Jensen 10761, 10817, 10815 JV C 10053 KEC 10180 Ken w[...]

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    MANUF ACTURER CODES Setup Codes for TVs (continued) Prima 10761, 10783, 10817, 10815 Princeton 10700, 10717 Prism 10051 Proscan 11447, 10047, 11347 Pro ton 10178, 10466 Pulsar 10017, 10019 Quasar 10250, 10051, 10650 RadioShack 10047, 10154, 10180, 10030, 10178, 10019, 10056 RCA 11447, 10047, 10019, 10679, 11247, 11547, 10090, 11147, 11047, 11347 Re[...]

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    MANUF ACTURER CODES Setup Codes for TVs (continued) W ards 10054, 10030, 10178, 10019, 10179, 10016, 10021, 10056, 10866 W aycon 10156 Whit e W estinghouse 10463, 10623 Y amaha 10030, 10019 Zenith 10017, 10463, 10178, 10016, 10092 Setup Codes for VCRs: ABS 21972 Admiral 20048, 20209 Adv entura 20000 Aiko 20278 Aiwa 20037, 20000 Akai 20041 Alienw ar[...]

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    MANUF ACTURER CODES Setup Codes for VCRs (continued) Hewlett P ackar d 21972 HI-Q 20047 Hitachi 20000, 20042, 20041 Ho war d Comp uters 21972 HP 21972 H ughes Netwo rk Sy stems 20042 iBUYPO WER 21972 Jensen 20041 JV C 20067, 20041 KEC 20037, 20278 Ken wood 20067, 20041, 20038 KLH 20072 Kodak 20035, 20037 Lloy d's 20000 Logik 20072 LXI 20037 Ma[...]

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    MANUF ACTURER CODES Setup Codes for VCRs (continued) Quasar 20035, 20162, 21035 RadioShack 20000 Radix 20037 Randex 20037 RCA 20060, 20240, 20042, 20149, 21035, 20880, 20807, 21060 Realistic 20035, 20037, 20048, 20047, 20000, 20104 ReplayTV 20616, 20614 Runco 20039 Samsun g 20240, 20045, 21014 Sanky 20048, 20039 Sansui 20000, 20067, 20209, 20041, 2[...]

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    MANUF ACTURER CODES Setup Codes for DVD Players Ad vent 21016 Akai 20899 Allegro 20869 A pex Digital 20672, 20717, 20794, 20830, 21061, 20755, 20797, 21056, 20796, 21020, 21100 A udiov ox 21072, 21071 Axion 21072, 21071 Blau punk t 20717 Blue P arade 20571 Br oksonic 20868, 20695 CineV ision 20876, 20869 Coby 21086 Curtis Ma thes 21087 CyberH ome 2[...]

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    MANUF ACTURER CODES Setup Codes for DVD Players (continued) Rotel 20623 Row a 20823 Samsun g 20490, 20573, 20820, 21075, 20899 Sansui 20695 San yo 20873, 20695, 20670 Sharp 20630 Shinsonic 20533, 20839 Sonic Blue 20869 Sony 20533, 20864, 21033, 22043, 22020 Superscan 20821 Sylv ania 20821, 20675 Sym phonic 20675 T echnics 20490 Theta Digital 20571 [...]

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    MANUF ACTURER CODES Setup Codes for Stereo Receivers (continued) Harma n/Kardo n 30110, 30189, 30891 Hewlett P ackar d 31181 Hitachi 31801 Ini tial 31426 In tegra 31298, 30135 JBL 30110, 31306 JV C 30074, 31495, 31374 Ken wood 31313, 31570, 31569, 30027, 30186, 30042, 30239 KLH 31412, 31390, 31428 Koss 31366 Lasonic 31798 Lenoxx 31437 Linn 30189 Li[...]

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    MANUF ACTURER CODES Setup Codes for Stereo Receivers (continued) Soundesign 30670 Ster eophonics 31023 Sunfire 31313 T eac 30463, 31528, 31390, 31074 T echnics 31308, 31518, 30039, 30309 Thoren s 31189 V entur er 31390 V ictor 30074 W ards 30158, 30189, 30080, 30014 Y amaha 30176, 30186, 31375, 31331, 31176 Y orx 30195 Zenith 31293, 30857, 31869 Se[...]

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    SEARCHING FOR YOUR CODE IN A V1 OR A V2 MODE I f y o u w e r e u na b l e t o fi n d th e c od e f o r y o ur b r a n d o f TV o r com ponent, then y ou can try a code search. This pr ocess may ta ke up to 30 minutes. 1. T ur n on t he T V or comp onent . 2. Mo ve the s lide switch to the AV 1 , AV 2 or TV pos itio n. 3. Pres s and hold the MUTE an[...]

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    5. Repeat step 4 f our mo re times fo r the rema ining digits. Pr ess number 2 fo r the second digit, 3 f or the thir d digit, 4 for the f ourth digit a nd 5 for the final digi t. CHANGING VOLUME LOCK Depending on ho w yo u set up yo ur remo te, the VOL and MUTE may co ntr ol the vol ume only on y our TV or other com po- nents, r egardless o f whic[...]

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    RESTORE F ACTORY DEF AULT SETTINGS T o reset all the functions of the r emot e con trol to the facto r y defaul ts (the original, ou t of the bo x setting), fo llow these step s. 1. Pres s and hold the MUTE and SELECT keys at the s ame time until the gr een light f lashes twice and then r elease both key s 2. U s ing the number key s, enter in 9-8-[...]

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    TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM: Light at t op of r emot e does not blink when y ou pr ess a key . SOL U TI ON: T r y replacin g the bat teries (see page 8). PROBLEM: Light a t the top o f the remo te blinks when y ou pr ess a key , but the home en tertainment com- pon en t doe s no t r es po nd. SOL U TI ON: Make s ure y ou ar e aiming the D IRECTV® U ni[...]

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    REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT POLICY If the D IRECT V U niversal Remot e Contr ol does not function pr operly , DIRECT V will, at o ur sole discr etion, r epair or replace the D IRECT V U niversal Remot e Contr ol, pr ovided that: a. Y ou are a cus tomer o f DIRECTV and your acco unt is in good standing; an d b . The prob lem with the DIRECTV Uni versal Re[...]

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    ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION This pr oduct does not have a n y user-serviceable parts. Opening the case, excep t for the ba ttery cov er , may cause per- manent da mage to yo ur DIRECTV U niver sal Remote Con trol. Fo r help via the In ternet, vis it us at: DIRECTV .com Or ask for t echnical support at: 1-800-531-5000 Cop yright 2004 by D IRECTV , Inc. [...]

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    This equipmen t has been verified to com ply with the limits for a clas s B com puting device, p urs uant t o FCC Rules. I n or der to main tain com pliance with FCC r egulatio ns, shielded cables mu st be used with this equipmen t. Operation with non-a ppro ved equip ment o r unshielded cables is likel y to res ult in interf erence to radio a nd T[...]