Dish Network 6.4 - Manual (Page 14)

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If you program the remote to control other equipment, refer to the
following for remote control operation instructions:
• TVs, page S-8 (at the beginning of this guide).
• VCRs and DVD players, page S-9.
• DISH Network satellite receivers, page S-7.
• Stereo equipment uses only these buttons: SELECT (to change
inputs), MUTE, VOLUME, and POWER.
H OW THE R EMOTE C OMMUNICATES
Depending on how the remote is set up, the remote control may use
UHF radio signals, IR signals, or both to control the receiver. However,
only IR signals are used to control other equipment.
• IR signals travel short distances (up to 40 feet) and cannot go
through walls or other solid objects. Point the remote control
directly at the equipment you want to control, with no objects to
block the signal path.
• UHF signals travel longer distances than IR signals and can go
through walls and other solid objects. Because these signals
travel so far, the receiver may respond to signals from other
nearby remote controls. To handle this problem, you may want to
change the remote and receiver addresses (see page 12).
• If you’re set up to use UHF, make sure that the UHF remote
antenna is attached to the receiver’s back panel R
EMOTE
A NTENNA input so it can receive the UHF remote signals.
P ROGRAMMING FOR O THER E QUIPMENT
Page S-4 at the beginning of this guide shows you how to program the
remote to control a TV. The following section uses a different method
to program the remote to control a TV or other equipment (such as a
VCR, DVD player, tuner, amplifier, or a second TV). You can program
the remote by either following the instructions in Programming Using
Equipment Code Tables on page 4, or the Scanning for Equipment
Codes procedure described on page 6.
C OMBINATION E QUIPMENT ( FOR EXAMPLE , TV/VCR)
When programming the remote to control combination equipment,
such as a TV/VCR or a TV/DVD, program the remote control in one
mode, and then repeat the procedure in the other mode. For example, to
program the remote to control a Magnavox TV/VCR using code 887,
follow the instructions to program the remote to control the TV using