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The Recover Button
Chapter 10
THE RECOVER BUTTON
Use RECOVER if you have a snowy, all blue, or black screen on your TV and cannot get
the picture back from your satellite receiver. When you press the RECOVER button as
described, the remote control sends commands to your TV to change channels or video
inputs to get back to watching satellite programming. This procedure works only if you
have accidentally changed the TV channel or video input. It does not recover lost satellite
TV signal (See Troubleshooting on page 120 for more information).
Note 1: The remote must be programmed to control the TV (and VCR, if applicable) in
order for the RECOVER feature to work as described.
Note 2: The RECOVER feature will first try to tune your TV to channel 3, then to channel
4, and then change to other video inputs with each press of the RECOVER button. You
may need to press the RECOVER button up to 30 times to recover your satellite TV video.
If RECOVER has been programmed to use a specific channel, then RECOVER will tune
the TV to this specific channel first (for example, to channel 60).
Programming the Recover Button
When your remote control is shipped from the factory, the RECOVER button is set up to
restore satellite TV viewing by tuning your TV (or VCR) to channel 3 or 4, and other
input(s). To use RECOVER with your VCR, you may need to program RECOVER with the
specific three-digit number channel that you use to watch satellite TV programming. (For
two-digit number channels, use a zero first. For example, enter channel 60 as 060.) The
following instructions describe how to program the RECOVER button to tune your TV (or
VCR) back to a selected TV channel.
Using the Recover Button
The following setup is required to use RECOVER:
• The remote control must be set up to control the TV and, if installed, also the VCR.
• If a VCR is installed, then it must be connected to the system as shown on page 110.