DISH Network EZ Remote Control User Guide POWER SAT TV CHANNEL CONTROL GUIDE CHANNEL T H E M E B R O W S E SELECT CH AN NEL VOL INFO CANCEL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 RECALL MUTE
CONTENTS OF THIS GUIDE About the DISH Network EZ Remote Control................... 3 Buttons and Features Overview ........................................ 3 Installing Batteries.............................................................. 4 Receiver Upgrade ............................................................... 5 Setting Up to Switch the TV to Watch Satellite Programming ......................................... 5 Connecting Your Satellite Receiver and TV ...............
Turn on/off the satellite receiver Watch satellite TV programming Turn on/off the TV Watch off-air TV programming POWER SAT TV CHANNEL CONTROL Dish Home GUIDE Access the menus Channel up Access programs by Themes Access the program guide CHANNEL T H E M E B R O W S E SELECT Browse without changing channels Channel down CH AN NEL Get information about satellite a program Cancel an action Recall the last channel VOL INFO CANCEL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 RECALL MUTE Turn up/down the
ABOUT THE DISH NETWORK EZ REMOTE CONTROL The DISH Network EZ Remote Control makes operating your DISH Network satellite receiver easy and convenient. This remote control includes large, easy-tofind buttons which are most commonly used to control the basic satellite receiver features you need. In addition, the DISH Network EZ Remote Control lets you switch between satellite receiver programming and programming from an off-air antenna with the press of one button.
To use these added buttons and other features to control your TV, follow the step-by-step instructions below to set up your remote control. This setup also requires you to connect your satellite receiver to your TV’s tuner using coaxial cable. After completing your setup, see How to Use the Remote Control on page 25 for more details on each button. INSTALLING BATTERIES Before you can use the remote control, you must install four AAA batteries.
RECEIVER UPGRADE Turn on your TV the way you normally would to watch satellite TV programming. Using your DISH Network EZ Remote Control, press and then try using this remote control to operate some basic satellite receiver features like MENU or GUIDE. If the remote control does not work, your satellite receiver may need to get an upgrade from the satellite. To receive this upgrade, turn off your satellite receiver for 20 minutes.
C ONNECTING YOUR SATELLITE R ECEIVER AND TV 1. Connect a coaxial cable between the TV Set Out on the satellite receiver and the tuner input on the TV (see Figure 2). Note: If you connect your TV a different way (for example, using yellow, red, and white audio/video RCA-type or S-Video cables), the feature to switch your TV to satellite programming using will not work. on the back of the receiver to CH3. Note: If you prefer Channel 4, instructions are provided later to change this setting.
SETTING U P THE REMOTE TO CONTROL YOUR TV 1. Find the brand name of your TV in the TV code tables starting on page 32. You will be referring to this location for codes in the instructions below. 2. Turn on your TV. 3. Press and hold until both SAT on (it takes about five seconds). 4. Release 5. Press TV . TV . Notice TV lights turn light will flash. TV light turns on and stays on. 6. Enter one of the three-digit codes for your TV from the TV code tables while TV light is on.
• Press your TV. and to change channels on Press to change the TV volume. If these buttons work, go on to the next section to set up . If not, pick another code for your TV brand from the TV Codes table and go back to step 3. VOL • SETTING U P ON YOUR REMOTE CONTROL 1. Make sure your TV and satellite receiver are connected and your remote control is set up to control your TV using the instructions in the last two sections. 2. Turn on your TV and tune to a channel other than 3 (for example, 4 or 5).
7. Set the switch on the back of the satellite receiver to CH4. The TV will lose the picture from the satellite receiver, but this is OK. Note: If your satellite receiver does not have a switch, see your satellite receiver’s User’s Guide for how to set TV Set Out on the satellite receiver to channel 4. 8. Press and hold until both SAT on (it takes about five seconds). 9. Release . SAT TV lights turn light will flash. 10.Enter 0-4. 11.Press MUTE while watching 12. SAT light.
Table 1: How I Change My TV Channels Column 1: How do you change your TV to Channel 3 using the number buttons? Column 2: Circle the number sequence you use to change your TV to Channel 3 “I just press the number buttons on my remote to change the channel.” If you only press 3 on your remote control to change the TV to Channel 3, circle the “3” to the right in Column 2 and go to step 16. 3 “I have to enter a zero before the channel numbers.
16.Write the number(s) you circled into the blank in step 19. 17.Press and hold until both SAT on (it takes about five seconds). 18.Release . SAT TV lights turn light will flash. 19.Press (Fill in this blank with the exact sequence you circled in Table 1) 20.Press the MUTE button while watching SAT light. 21.If the SAT light flashes three times, go to step 22. If SAT light does not flash at all, go back to step 17. 22.Press . If your TV tunes to Channel 3, go to step 23.
SETTING UP TO SWITCH THE TV TO A PREFERRED OFF-AIR CHANNEL If you watch local programming from an off-air antenna, follow these instructions to set up to switch your TV to your preferred off-air channel. You will need to connect your off-air antenna to your satellite receiver and then set up your remote control. Before you can do these instructions you must first complete Setting Up to Switch TV to Watch Satellite Programming on page 5. C ONNECTING AN OFF-AIR ANTENNA TO YOUR SATELLITE RECEIVER 1.
SETTING U P ON THE REMOTE CONTROL 1. In the blank below, write down your preferred offair channel that you want your TV to tune to when you press . 2. If step 19 on page 11 is blank and was not used to set up , go to step 8. Otherwise, go to step 3. 3. In the blank below, write down the number sequence from step 19 on page 11. 4.
10.Release . TV light flashes. 11.Press 12.Press the MUTE button while watching the light. . TV 13.If the TV light flashes three times, go to step 14. If TV does not flash at all, go back to step 9. 14.Press to make sure your TV tunes to the off-air TV channel you wanted.
C ONNECTING YOUR SATELLITE R ECEIVER, VCR, AND TV 1. Connect a coaxial cable between the TV Set Out on the satellite receiver and the tuner input to the VCR (see Figure 4). Note: If you connect your VCR a different way (for example, using yellow, red, and white audio/video RCA-type or S-Video cables), the feature to switch your VCR to pass satellite programming using will not work. 2. Look at the boxes you checked on page 8, 9, and 11. If you checked a box next to “ 3,” write “ 3” in the blank below.
Step 3 Step 1 Step 4 Figure 4. Connecting a Satellite Receiver, VCR, and TV SETTING U P THE REMOTE TO CONTROL YOUR VCR 1. Find the brand name of your VCR in the VCR code tables starting on page 39. You will be referring to this location for codes in the instructions below. 2. Turn on your VCR. 3. Press and hold until both SAT on (it takes about five seconds). 4. Release . TV TV lights turn light will flash. 5. Press the RECALL button. stays on. TV light turns on and 6.
8. If TV light flashes three times, the code is valid and you can go to step 9. If TV light does not flash at all, the code may not have been entered correctly. So, start over from step 3 and try the code again. 9. Press while looking at the channel number display on your VCR. If the VCR is trying to change channels to the channel you wrote in step 2 on page 15, go on to the next section to set up for your VCR. If not, pick another code for your VCR brand from the VCR code tables and go back to step 3.
6. Write the number in step 2 from page 15 into the blank in step 10 below. 7. Press and hold the until both SAT turn on (it takes about five seconds). 8. Release and TV lights light will flash. SAT 9. Press the RECALL button. 10.Enter 0- . 11.Press the MUTE button while watching light. SAT 12.If the SAT light flashes three times, go to step 13. If SAT light does not flash, go to step 7 and try again. 13.Press . Make sure your VCR tunes to the channel in step 10. 14.Press the MENU button.
Table 2: How I Change My VCR Channels Column 1: How do you change your VCR to Channel 3 using the number buttons? Column 2: Circle the number sequence you use to change your VCR to Channel 3 “I just press the number buttons on my remote to change the channel.” If you only press 3 on your remote control to change the VCR to Channel 3, circle the “3” to the right in Column 2 and go to step 16. 3 “I have to enter a zero before the channel numbers.
16.If the information in step 2 on page 15 is a “3,” write the numbers you circled in Table 2 into the blank in step 21. 17.If the information in step 2 on page 15 is a “4,” write the numbers you circled in Table 2 into the blank in step 21, except replace the “3” with a “4.” 18.Press and hold until both SAT on (it takes about five seconds). 19.Release . SAT TV lights turn light will flash. 20.Press the RECALL button. 21.Press . 22.Press the MUTE button while watching SAT light. 23.
OTHER REMOTE CONTROL INSTRUCTIONS H OW TO SCAN FOR TV CODES If the code for your TV is not in the TV Codes tables starting on page 32, complete the following instructions to scan for your TV’s code. 1. Make sure your TV is on. 2. Hold until SAT about five seconds). 3. Release 4. Press . . TV TV TV TV lights turn on (it takes light flashes. light stays on. 5. Press or until the TV turns OFF. You will have to do this repeatedly to scan through all codes.
H OW TO SCAN FOR VCR CODES If the code for your VCR is not in the VCR Codes tables starting on page 39, complete the following instructions to scan for your VCR’s code. 1. Make sure your VCR is on. 2. Hold until SAT about five seconds). 3. Release . TV TV lights turn on (it takes light flashes. 4. Press the RECALL button. TV light stays on. 5. Press or until the VCR turns OFF. You will have to do this repeatedly to scan through all codes.
H OW TO C HECK THE TV CODES You can find out what TV code is set up in your remote control when you complete the following instructions. 1. Hold until SAT about five seconds). 2. Release 3. Press TV . . TV TV TV lights turn on (it takes light flashes. stays on. 4. Press the MUTE button twice. TV flashes the number for each digit of the device code, with a pause between the groups of flashes. A quick flash is zero.
H OW TO R EMOVE TV CODES If you decide to change the TV you are using with the remote control, it is a good idea to remove the TV code from the remote. 1. Press and hold until SAT takes about five seconds). 2. Release 3. Press TV . . TV TV TV lights turn on (it light flashes. stays on. 4. Enter 9-9-9-9 with the keypad. 5. Press the MUTE button. 6. The TV light will flash three times. The TV code is now cleared from the remote control’s memory.
HOW TO USE THE REMOTE CONTROL This section describes how to use your DISH Network Remote Control. Figure 1 on page 2 shows the remote control with a brief description of the buttons. POINTING THE REMOTE CONTROL The remote control uses infrared (IR) light signals to control the satellite receiver and TV. IR signals travel about 40 feet or less and cannot go through walls or other solid objects. To operate a device, you must point the remote control at the device, with no objects in the way.
TV TV POWER B UTTON Press the TV POWER button to turn the TV ON or OFF. This button works only if you have completed the instructions in Setting Up the Remote to Control Your TV on page 7. MENU BUTTON Press the MENU button to open the Main Menu. VOL VOLUME BUTTONS Press the VOLUME buttons to raise (+) or to lower (-) the sound volume on the TV. This works only if you have completed the instructions in Setting Up the Remote to Control Your TV on page 7.
CHANNEL B R O W S E T H E M E CH AN NEL UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT BUTTONS • Change channels - Press the UP or DOWN button. • Open the Browse Banner - Press the RIGHT button. • Show Themes - Press the LEFT button. • Move around within the Program Guide, the menus, and Browse Banner - Press the UP, DOWN, LEFT , and RIGHT buttons. SELECT SELECT BUTTON Press this button to select a highlighted program or option in a menu.
CANCEL CANCEL B UTTON • Cancel - Press the CANCEL button to cancel a procedure and go back to the previous menu or to watching a program. • View - Press and hold the CANCEL button until both SAT TV lights turn on. When you release the button, you will return to watching TV. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 N UMBER BUTTONS 0 28 • Change the channel - Use the NUMBER buttons to enter a channel number to change the channel.
DISH BUTTON Press the DISH button to go to Dish Home for receivers that support Dish Home. RECALL RECALL BUTTON • Recall - Press the RECALL button to return to the last satellite receiver channel you watched. Press it again to switch between the last two satellite receiver channels you watched. • * - Press and hold the RECALL button until both SAT TV lights turn on. Release the button send the * key. Note : On DISHPVR receivers, this function will activate the PVR Recorded Events List.
U SING THE REMOTE CONTROL FOR OFF-AIR TV PROGRAMMING OFF-AIR C HANNEL CONTROL BUTTON To use the remote control to get programs from an off-air antenna and operate your TV, you must first press , which will do three things: Turns off the satellite receiver to pass through your off-air antenna to your TV tuner. To watch off-air channels, you must have an off-air antenna connected as instructed in Setting Up to Switch the TV to a Preferred Off-Air Channel on page 12.
CHANNEL UP/DOWN BUTTONS Use the CHANNEL UP/DOWN buttons to change channels on the TV. SELECT SELECT BUTTON The SELECT button works as the ENTER button for a TV. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 N UMBER BUTTONS Use these buttons to enter numbers in a TV menu or directly enter a channel number. RECALL RECALL BUTTON Press the RECALL button to return to the last off-air TV channel you watched. Press it again to switch between the last two off-air TV channels you watched.
TV AND VCR CODES These tables contain the manufacturer codes for programming the remote control to control your TV or VCR. Every attempt has been made to include all codes. If your TV or VCR is not listed or the codes do not work, the remote may not control your device. In some cases codes may operate some but not all buttons shown in this guide.
TV Brand Code Circuit City 695 Citizen 506, 516, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 691, 712 Colortyme 573, 695 Concerto 523 Contec 527, 528, 541, 591, 691 Craig 536, 541, 691, 694 Crown 526, 536 Curtis Mathes 506, 516, 526, 573, 703, 708, 712 CXC 541, 691 Daewoo 505, 524, 526, 529, 530, 531, 532, 698, 712, 719 Daytron 526, 695 Dixi 532, 588, 620 Dumont 695 EchoStar 722 Electorhome 526, 573, 709, 713 Elta 532 Emerson 526, 527, 528, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 573,62
TV Brand Code Fujitsu 534, 694 Funai 534, 541, 691, 694 Futuretech 541, 691, 694 General Electric (GE) 503, 508, 509, 515, 540, 543, 544, 630, 695, 698, 701,714, 715, 716 Genexxa 613 Goldstar 505, 523, 526, 545, 546, 573, 588, 693, 712 Granada 695, 711 Grand 695 Grandiente 711 Grundig 547 Hallmark 695 Harmon Kardon 561 Hinari 534 Hitachi 523, 526, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 585, 597, 626, 702, 718 Infinity 566 JBL 566 JC Penney 503, 505, 506, 516, 526, 531, 54
TV Brand Code Kloss 522, 561, 610, 698 KTV 526, 539, 540, 541, 691, 696, 712 Lloyds 695 Lloytron 526 Loewe 588 Logik 518 Luxman 523 LXI 503, 563, 566, 590, 595, 617, 625, 701 Magnavox 506, 520, 525, 536, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 573, 575, 610, 710, 712, Magnasonic 573 Marantz 506, 566, 573, 588, 712 Matsui 532, 609 Megatron 695 Memorex 518, 532, 590, 695, 720 MGA 504, 505, 506, 571, 573,695 Mitsubishi 504, 505, 570, 571, 572, 597, 623, 695, 705, 707, 712 MTC 505, 506,
TV Brand Code Nordmende 551 Normandic 717 Novabeam 561, 698 Nyon 701 Onwa 541, 691 Optonica 605, 607 Orion 694 Osaki 612 Panasonic 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 566, 574, 685, 687, 689, 697, 698, 700, 706, 714, 716 Philco 505, 506, 525, 536, 564, 565, 568, 573, 610, 712 Philips 566, 588 Pioneer 502, 548, 551, 576, 708 Portland 505, 526, 712 Proscan 503 Proton 513, 519, 526, 536, 585, 624, 695 Pulsar 501 Quasar 508, 509, 577, 698, 700 Radio Shack 526, 541, 607, 612, 691, 698
TV Brand Code Sampo 506, 519, 698 Samwon 620 Samsung 505, 506, 516, 523, 526, 532, 588, 612, 695, 704, 712, 721 Sanyo 542, 589, 590, 591, 592, 609 SBR 588 Schneider 588 Scott 526, 534, 537, 541, 593, 600, 691,696, 701 Sears 503, 523, 534, 542, 563, 589, 590, 594, 595, 596, 598, 599, 601, 602, 603, 604, 617, 695, 703 Seimitsu 695 Sharp 526, 585, 591, 605, 606, 607, 608, 628, 629 Siemens 591 Signature 518 Silver 573 Solavox 612 Sony 500, 578, 609, 619, 622, 690 Soundesign 525,
TV Brand Code Sylvania 506, 525, 536, 564, 565, 566, 568, 573, 575, 600, 610, 611, 712 Symphonic 632, 692, 694 Tandy 605, 613 Tatung 509, 698 Technics 508 Techwood 523, 573 Teknika 504, 505, 516, 518, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 534, 536, 541, 614, 615, 686, 691, 712 Teleavia 551 Telefunken 551 Teletech 532 Tera 513 Thomas 695 Thompson 709 Thomson 551, 616 TMK 523, 573, 695 Toshiba 516, 590, 596, 617, 618, 631, 688 Tosonic 528 Totevision 526 Toyomenko 695 Universal 543
TV Brand Code Video Concepts 570, 691 Vidtech 505, 695, 712 Viking 522 Wards 505, 506, 515, 518, 534, 536, 543, 564, 565, 567, 568, 607, 619, 712, 714, 715 Yamaha 505, 506, 712 York 695 Zenith 501, 518, 693 Zonda 620 VCR C ODES VCR Brand Code Aiwa 588 Akai 513, 514, 515, 516, 518, 519, 520 Alba 546 Amstrad 588 ASA 565 Audio Dynamics 594, 600, 668 Broksonic 665, 689 Bush 589 Candle 592 Canon 553, 554, 669 Capehart 543, 546 118866 39
VCR Brand Code Carver 664 CCE 677 Citizen 591, 592 Colt 677 Craig 591, 608, 677 Croslex 553 Curtis Mathes 554, 592, 653, 669 Daewoo 534, 545, 546, 547, 665, 666 Daytron 546 DBX 594, 600, 668 Dimensia 653 Dumont 549 Dynatech 588, 666 Emerson 505, 506, 509, 588, 590, 654, 655, 660, 665, 666, 670, 672, 683, 689 Finlandia 549 Finlux 549, 565, 588 Fisher 549, 584, 588, 608, 674, 676 Fuji 685 Funai 666 Garrard 666 General Electric (GE) 550, 552, 554, 591, 653, 669 Golds
VCR Brand Code Gradiente 666 Granada 549, 581 Grundig 565 Harley Davidson 666 Harmon Kardon 530 Harwood 677 Hinari 589 Hitachi 553, 588, 595, 596, 681, 688 Instant Replay 553 ITT 518 JC Penney 530, 554, 591, 594, 600, 668, 669, 675, 681 Jenson 560 JVC 592, 594, 600, 662, 668 Kenwood 581, 592, 594, 600, 662, 668 KLH 677 Lloyd 588, 666 Logik 589, 677 Luxor 518 Magnavox 553, 554, 556, 565, 611, 663, 664, 669, 682 Marantz 530, 554, 565, 592, 594, 600, 603, 664, 668 MEI
VCR Brand Code Memorex 549, 554, 581, 588, 608, 663, 666 Minolta 681 Mitsubishi 659, 662, 671, 687 MTC 544, 588 Multitech 588, 589, 591, 666, 677 NAD 573 NEC 530, 531, 532, 562, 592, 594, 599, 600, 602, 603, 604, 662, 668, 678 Olympic 553 Orion 506 Panasonic 523, 553, 554, 614, 633, 669 Pentax 592, 681 Perdio 588 Philco 553, 554, 611, 664, 669 Philips 553, 554, 565, 664 Pioneer 553, 573, 600, 662, 668 Portland 546 Proscan 553, 653 Protec 677 Pulsar 663 Quartz 581 Qu
VCR Brand Code Realistic 549, 554, 581, 584, 588, 666, 669, 676 Ricoh 502, 686 Runco 663 Saisho 506 Salora 581 Samsung 534, 591, 661 Sanky 663 Sansui 532, 544, 600, 621, 662, 668 Sanyo 549, 581, 582, 608 SBR 565 Schneider 589 Scott 590, 654, 665, 673, 683, 689 Sears 549, 581, 584, 608, 676, 681 Sentra 546 Shintom 589, 667, 677 Singer 677, 686 Sony 500, 501, 502, 667, 685 STS 681 Sylvania 553, 554, 556, 588, 611, 664, 669 Symphonic 588, 594, 666 Tandy 588 Tashiko
VCR Brand Code Technics 553, 554 Teknika 554, 588, 666 TMK 506, 660 Toshiba 534, 590, 673, 683 Totevision 591 Vector Research 530, 600, 668 Victor 600, 668 Video Concepts 600, 668 Videosonic 591 Wards 554, 588, 589, 590, 591, 608, 658, 666, 681, 683 XR1000 666, 677 Yamaha 530, 592, 594, 600, 668 Zenith 500, 501, 663, 667, 685, 686 44 118866
LIMITED WARRANTY This warranty extends only to the original user of the DISH Network remote control (“you,” “your”) and is limited to the purchase price of the remote control. EchoStar Communications Corporation and its affiliated companies (“we,” “our,” “us”) warrant this remote control against defects in materials or workmanship as follows.
PERFORMED PROPERLY. THIS WARRANTY SHALL BE VOID IF ANY FACTORY-APPLIED IDENTIFICATION MARK, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SERIAL OR CONDITIONAL ACCESS NUMBERS, HAS BEEN ALTERED OR REMOVED. THIS WARRANTY SHALL ALSO BE VOID IF THE DEVICE HAS BEEN OPENED BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON (with the exception of opening the battery cover). This warranty gives you specific legal rights which may vary from state to state.
POST R ECEIPT E XCHANGE PROGRAM You may choose to ship the equipment to us at your cost. To provide faster service, upon receipt of your equipment you will be shipped a replacement. Your original equipment will not be available for return. The equipment you return will be checked to verify whether it is covered under this warranty.
6. Write the RA number in large, clearly visible characters on the outside of the shipping box used to return the equipment. To avoid confusion and misunderstandings, we will return shipments without an RA number clearly visible on the outside of the box to you at your expense. 7. We will: 48 • Check the remote control, including whether it is covered under the warranty. • Replace any remote we find is defective with a new or refurbished remote, if the defective remote is covered under the warranty.
REGULATORY FACTORS WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS You must keep safety in mind while using this device. Keep these and any other instructions for future reference.
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