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    61 Setting Up Your Remote Control What you’ll find in this chapter: • I MPROVING R ECEIVER C ONTROL • O PERATING O THER D EVICES • T HE R ECOVER B UTTON • S ENDING D ISCRETE P OWER O N AND O FF Remote Control Setup[...]

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    62 Improving Receiver Control Chapter 10 I MPROVING R ECEIVER C ONTROL These instructions help you improve your remote contro l settings to best operate your satellite receiver. Changing the Remote Control Address Because UHF signals travel long distances and go through walls, a ne ighbor’s remote may control your rece iver by mistake. To prevent[...]

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    Remote Control Setup 63 Improving Receiver Control 1 Press and hold the SAT mode button for three second s, until all of th e mode buttons light up, and then let go of the SAT button. 2 Press POUND (#) twice. The SAT mode button will flash the same number of times as the address number (for exa mple, three flashes means addre ss 3). Confirming Remo[...]

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    64 Improving Receiver Control Chapter 10 Adjusting the Remote Antenna Be sure to set the remote control antenna on the back of the receiver straight up to improve its operat i on . Th e remot e con tr ol an t enna should be angled away so the tip is separated fr om the elec tronics by a co uple of inches , if possible. If your UHF Pro Remote Cont r[...]

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    Remote Control Setup 65 Improving Receiver Control Installing a UHF Attenuator Unwanted UH F signals may in terfere with s ignals from t he remote con trol to the rec eiver. To prevent su ch in te rfer ence, yo u can insta ll a n F-con nector attenu ator be tween 6dB and 15dB. Attenuators are available fr om many c onsumer electronics par ts stores[...]

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    66 Operating Other Devices Chapter 10 O PERATING O THER D EVICES To use the remote control to operate other devices (such as a TV, VCR, DVD pla yer, tuner, amplifier, or DI SH Network satellite receiver), you must first program it to operate these other de vice s. You can do this by eit her fo llowin g the ins tru ct ion s in Setting Up Using Devic[...]

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    Remote Control Setup 67 Operating Ot her Devices Setting Up Using Device Code Ta bles Set up the remote to control other devices using th e device codes li sted on page 112. In the instructions below, the column on the left contains the instructions and the column on the right provides additional informatio n. Instructions Additi onal Information 1[...]

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    68 Operating Other Devices Chapter 10 Setting Up Using Device Codes Scan If the code for your device is not listed in the tables starting on page 112, use this procedure to scan the re mote control’s memory for the device code. In the instructions below, the column on the left contains the instructions and the column on the right provides additio[...]

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    Remote Control Setup 69 Operating Ot her Devices Checking the Device Codes You can find out what device code you’ve set for each remote control m ode (TV, VCR, and AUX) . Instructions Additional Information 5 Press the UP or DO WN ARROW repeatedly until the device tur ns off. As you press the UP or DOWN ARROW, the remote tries each code in the me[...]

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    70 Operating Other Devices Chapter 10 Instructions Additional Information 2 Press the POUND (#) button twice. Watch the mode light to determine your code. The mode butt on flashes the number for each digit of the device code, with a pause betw een the groups of f lashes. A quic k flash is for zero. For example, if the code is 570, the mode button f[...]

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    Remote Control Setup 71 Operating Ot her Devices Controlling a Tuner or Amplifier Use the following remote control buttons to co ntrol a tuner or amplifier. When the re mote control is set up as described on page s 66 and 71, press the AUX mode butto n to set the remote to AUX m ode. The AUX mode button will stay lit for two seconds to show you’v[...]

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    72 Operating Other Devices Chapter 10 2 Press the POUND (#) button. 3 Press the PLUS side of the VOLUME butto n. 4 Press 0. 5 Press POUND (#). The AUX bu tton flashes three times. To confirm the VOLUME buttons ar e ope ratin g the tu ne r/amp lifier’s volume cont rol, press SAT and then try adjusting the volum e. Your tuner/amplifier’s volume s[...]

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    Remote Control Setup 73 The Recover Button 1 Turn on the other receiver and display the Syst em Info screen as described in that user’s guide. Write down the remote control addr ess: 2 Press and hold AUX u ntil all the other mo de buttons light u p, and then let go of the button. AUX flashes. 3 Press the 3 button . 4 Use the NUMBER PAD to enter t[...]

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    74 Sending Discrete Power On and Off Chapter 10 Note : Press any remote control button other than RECOVER to end this procedure. S ENDING D ISCRETE P OWER O N AND O FF Discrete power ON and power OFF IR commands are used when programmi ng macro commands into universal remo tes. Using an ON-only or O FF-only comm and is more effective than a toggle [...]