User Guide
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Operating Other Devices
Chapter 10
The remote control can learn commands in one of two ways:
• You can follow the instructions for using device codes to program a specific mode, and
then learn commands that add new or overwrite existing functions of the remote
control’s buttons in this mode. For this type of learning, any button without a learned
command keeps the previous command (if any) for that device code. To program a
specific mode, use the instructions for Programming Using Device Codes Tables on
page 70 or Programming Using Device Codes Scan on page 71.
or
• Each button on this remote learns a command from the device’s original remote
control. For this type of learning, any button without a learned command keeps the
previous command (if any) for that device code.
Learning can occur only in TV, DVD, or AUX modes. The Mode
buttons (SAT, TV, DVD, and AUX) cannot learn a command. For
each Mode button, the POWER button can be learned to turn the
devices associated with that Mode on and off.
Note: The TV POWER button turns the TV on and off in all Modes. It cannot be
learned.
Note: The remote times out if a button isn’t pressed within 20 seconds. If the remote times
out, then the learning process needs to start over again.
To have the DISH remote control learn specific commands for another device, complete
the following steps.
1 Ensure the DISH remote control is working with the receiver (see Making the Remote
Work with the Receiver on page 64).
2 Place both your DISH remote and the original device’s remote control on a flat, stable
surface. Point the front of the original device’s remote to face the small square (IR
window) on the front, left-hand side of the DISH remote, as shown below. The remotes
should be no more than 3” apart.
3 On the DISH remote, press and hold the Mode button you want to use for the device until
all the mode buttons light up (approximately three seconds), and then release it. The
selected Mode button blinks continuously.
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INFO
VIEW TV
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