Dish Network EZ Remote User Manual

CONTENTS OF THIS GUIDE

About the DISH Network EZ Remote Control................... 1

Buttons and Features Overview........................................ 1

Installing Batteries.............................................................. 2

Receiver Upgrade ................................................................3

SettingUp toSwitchtheTVto

Watch Satellite Programming......................................... 3

Connecting Your Satellite Receiver and TV ............... 4

Setting Up the Remote to Control Your TV ................ 5

Setting Up on Your Remote Control .................... 6

SettingUp toSwitchtheTVtoa

Preferred Off-Air Channel .............................................. 10

Connecting an Off-Air Antenna to Your

Satellite Receiver.................................................... 10

Setting Up on the Remote Control...................... 11

SettingUp toPassSatellite

Programming Through Your VCR to Your TV.............. 12

Connecting Your Satellite Receiver, VCR,

and TV .................................................................... 13

Setting Up the Remote to Control Your VCR ........... 14

Setting Up on Your Remote Control .................. 15

Using When a VCR is Installed................................... 18

Other Remote Control Instructions.................................. 19

How to Scan for TV Codes ....................................... 19

How to Scan for VCR Codes.................................... 20

How to Check the TV Codes .................................... 21

How to Check the VCR Codes ................................. 21

How to Remove TV Codes ....................................... 22

How to Remove VCR Codes.................................... 22

How to Use the Remote Control ....................................... 23

Pointing the Remote Control .................................... 23

Using the Remote Control for

Satellite TV Programming....................................... 23

Using the Remote Control for

Off-Air TV Programming .........................................28

TV and VCR Codes ........................................................... 30

TV Codes.................................................................. 30

VCR Codes............................................................... 37

Limited Warranty ............................................................... 43

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Turn on/off the satellite receiver Turn on/off the TV

Watch satellite TV programming

Dish Home

Access the menus

Channel up

Access programs by Themes

Get information about satellite a program

Cancel an action

Recall the last channel

POWER

SAT TV

CHANNEL CONTROL

SELECT

INFO

CANCEL

123

456

789

RECALL

GUIDE

VOL

MUTE

Watch off-air TV programming

Access the program guide

Browse without changing channels

Channel down

Turn up/down the TV volume

Enter channel and other numbers

Mute the TV sound

Figure 1. The EZ Remote

See How to Use the Re mote C ontrol for more details on each button.

ABOUT THE DISH NETWORK EZ REMOTE CONTROL

The DISH Network EZ Remote Control makes operating your DISH Network satellite receiver easy and convenient. This r emote 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 programmingand programming from an off-air antenna with the press of one button.

BUTTONS AND FEATURES OVERVIEW

Figure 1 on page iv briefly describes each button on the DISH Network EZ R emote Control. M ost of thesebuttons work the same way a s the buttons on other DISH Network remote controls. See the User’s Guide for your DISH Network satellite r eceiver for a description of how your satellite receiver works with these buttons.

There are some added buttons on this remote control to make operation with your TV easier. These buttons are:

SATELLITE CHANNEL CONTROL - Press to switch

your TV to watch programming from your satellite receiver.

OFF-AIR CHANNEL CONTROL - Press to switch your

TV to watch programming from your off-air antenna.

TV POWER- Press to turn your TV on or off.

To use these added buttons and other features to c ontrol 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 c able. After completing your setup, see How to Use the Remote Control on page 23 for more details on each button.

INSTALLING BATTERIES

Before you can use the remote control, you must install four AAA batteries. Use batteries of the same grade, for example, alkaline or carbon zinc, and do not mix different grades. Alkaline batteries provide longer battery life.

1. Press down on the arrow on the battery cover and slide off the cover.

2. Insert the new batteries, making sure that the ends marked “+” are installed as shown inside the battery compartment.

3. Replace the battery cover by sliding the cover back into place.

OPEN

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 re ceiver may need to get an upgrade from the satellite. To receive this upgrade, turn off your satellite receiver for 20 minutes. After completing the upgrade,try using the remote control again to make sure it works.

Note: Check the inside front cover of this guide to see if

the remote control is compatible with your satellite receiver.

Note: If you are installing the satellite receiver for the first

time, you must use the remote control that came with your receiver to guide the receiver through the installation procedures, which includes getting the upgrade from the satellite.

SETTING UPTOSWITCH THE TV TO WATCH SATELLITE PROGRAMMING

The following instructions show you how to set up your system and DISH Network EZ Remote Control so that when you press the TV gives you satellite programming e very time.

The first thing you will do is make the right connections between the TV and satellite receiver. After that, you will set up your remote control to work with your TV and then set up .

CONNECTING YOUR SATELLITE RECEIVER AND TV

1. Connect a coaxial cable between the TV Set Out on the satellite receiver a nd 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-Vide o cables), the feature to switch your TV to satellite programming using will not work.

2. Set on the back of the receiver to

Note: If you prefer Channel 4, instructions are

CH3.

provided later to change this setting.

Note: If your satellite receiver does not have a ,

see your satellite receiver’s User ’s Guide for how to set

TV Set Out on the satellite receiver to

Channel 3.

Step 1

Figure 2. Connect the Satellite Recei ver and TV

Step 2

SETTING UPTHEREMOTE TO CONTROL YOUR TV

1. Find the brand name of your TV in the TV code tables starting on page 30. You will be referring to this location for codes in the instructions below.

2. Turn on your TV.

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3. Press and hold until both lights turn

on (it takes about five seconds).

4. Release . light will flash.

5. Press . Notice light turns on and stays on.

6. Enter one of the three-digit codes for your TV from the TV code tables while light is on.

Note: You have about 20 seconds to begin entering

the TV code.

7. Press the If light flashes three times, the code is valid

MUTE button and watch light.

and you can go to step 8. If light does not flash

at all, the code may not have been entered correctly. So, startover from step 3 and try the code again.

8. Press and your TV should shut off. If your TV

shuts off, go to step 9. If not, pick another code for your TV brand from the TV Codes table and go back to step 3. If you have tried all of the codes and none work, go to How to Scan for TV and VCR Codeson page 19.

9. Turn your TV back on by pressing a gain and

try the other buttons be low to make sure they work.

• Press the 0 through 9 buttons to change channels

on your TV.

• Press and to change channels on

your TV.

• Pre ss to change the TV volume.

VOLVOL

If these buttons work, go on to the next section to set up . If not, pick another code for your TV brandfromtheTVCodestableandgobackto step 3.

SETTING UPONYOUR 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).

3. Press and your satellite receiver should turn on and your TV should tune to Channel 3.

4. Press the receiver

MENU button. If you see the satellite

Menu screen,gotostep5.Ifnot,goto

step 15.

5. If you want to keep your satellite programming on TV Channel 3, check the box below and go to step

28.

6. If you prefer to have your satelliteprogramming on TVChannel4,goontostep7.

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.

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8. Press and hold until both lights turn

on (it takes about five seconds).

9. Release . light will flash.

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10.Enter

11.Press

12. light will flash three times.

0-4. MUTE while watching light.

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If the light does not flash at all, repeat this procedure starting with step 8.

13.Press while watching your TV. If your TV tunes to Channel 4, go to step 14. If not, go to step 7.

14.Press the receiver

MENU button. If you see the satellite

Menu screen, check the box below and go

to step 28.

15. Answer the questions in Table 1. The information you provide is what you will use to teach your remote control to change the channel on your TV correctly.

Table 1: How I Change My TV Channels

Column 1: How do you change your TV to Channel 3 using the number buttons?

“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, circlethe “3” to the right in Column 2 and go to step 16.

“Ihave to entera zero before the channel numbers.”

If you press 0, 3 on your remote control to change the TV to Channel3, circle the “0, 3” to the right in Column 2 and go to step 16.

“I have to press Enter after I press the channel numbers.”

If you press 0, 3, Enter on your remote control to change the TV to Channel 3, circle the “0, 3, SELECT”to the rightinColumn 2 and go to step 16.

Column 2: Circle the number sequence you use to change your TV to Channel 3

0, 3

0, 3, Select

“I enter a special number sequence not found above.”

In the space to the right, enter your special number sequence you use to change your TV to Channel 3 (max. four entries) Then circlethis sequence you wrote and go to step 16.

16.Write the number(s) you circled into the blank in step 19.

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17.Press and hold until both lights turn

on (it takes about five seconds).

18.Release . light will flash.

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19.Press

(Fill in this blank with the exact sequence you circled in Table 1)

20.Press the MUTE button while watching light.

21.If the light flashes three times, go to step 22. If light does not flash at all, go back to step

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17.

22.Press . If your TV tunes to Channel 3, go to step 23. If not, go back to step 15.

23.If you wa nt to keep your satellite programming on TV Channel 3, check the box below and go to step 28.

24.If you prefer to have your satellite programming on TV Channel 4, check the box below and go to step 25.

25.In the blank below, write down the numbers you circled in Table 1, except replace “

26.Cross out “0-4” on step 10 (page 7) and in the blank next to the crossed-out text write what you wrote in step 25.

27.Repeat steps 7 through 14 on page 7, including the changes you made to step 10.

28.You have completed setting up the button and TV control features of the remote control.

3”with“4.”

SETTING UPTOSWITCH THE TV TO A PREFERRED OFF-AIR CHANNEL

If you watch local programming from an off-air antenna, follow these instructions to se t 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 m ust f irst complete Setting Up to Switch TV to Watch Satellite Programming on page 3.

ONNECTING AN OFF-AIR ANTENNA TO YOUR

SATELLITE RECEIVER

1. Connect a coaxial cable between your off-air antenna and the receiver (see Figure 3).

TV Antenna/Cable In on the satellite

Off-Air Ant enna

Step 1

This was set up in Setting Up

to Watch Satellite Programming on

page 3.

Figure 3. Off-Air Antenna Connections

SETTING UPONTHEREMOTE 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 9 is blank and was not used to set up ,gotostep8.Otherwise,gotostep3.

3. In the blank below, write down the number sequencefromstep19onpage9.

If the number you wrote in step 1 is a 2-digit number:

4. In the blank below, write the number sequence from step 3, except replace “

3”or“0-3” with your

2-digit number from step 1 (for example, if you wrote “ channel is Channel 25, write “

If the number you wrote in step 1 is a 1-digit number:

0-3-SELECT” in step 3 and your preferred

2-5-SELECT”).

In the blank below, write the number sequence from step 3, except replace “

3” with your 1-digit

number from step 1 (for example, if you wrote “

SELECT

Channel 7, write “

”instep3andyourpreferredchannelis

0-7-SELECT”).

0-3-

6. Write the number sequence you wrote in either step4orstep5intotheblankinstep11onpage12.

7. Go to step 9.

8. In the blank provided in step 11, write the number recorded in step 1. If that number has one digit, write “

9. Press and hold untilboth lights turn

0” before the number.

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on (it takes about five seconds).

10.Release . light flashes.

11.Press .

12.Press the

MUTE button while watching the

light.

13.If the light flashes three times, go to step 14. If

doesnotflashatall,gobacktostep9.

14.Press tomake sure your TV tunes to the off-air TV channel you wanted.

SETTING UPTOPASS SATELLITE PROGRAMMING THROUGH YOUR VCR TO YOUR TV

If you want to install a VCR between your satellite receiver and your TV, follow these instructions to set up your system and your remote control to switch your system to watch satelliteprogramming through your VCR when you press .

Note: The remote control setup for the VCR is only to

allow the to pass satellite programming through your VCR. This remote control does not provide any buttons to control standard V CR functions.

The first thing you will do is make the right connections between your satellite receiver, VCR, and TV. After that, you will set up your remote control. Before you can do these instructions, you must first complete Setting Up to Switch the TV to Watch Satellite Programming on page 3.

CONNECTING YOUR SATELLITE RECEIVER, 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 differe nt way (for

example, using yellow, red, and white audio/video RCA-type or S-Vide o cables), the feature to switch your VCR to pass satellite programming using will not work.

2. Look at the boxes you c hecked on page 6, 9, and 11. If you checked a box next to “

3,” write “3”

in the blank below. If you checked a box next to

4,” write “4” in the blank below.

“ Channel

3. Make sure that the switches on the back of both your satellite receiver and your VCR are set to the channel you wrote down in step 2.

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

the channel you wrote in step 2.

4. Connect a coaxial cable between the coaxial TV output connection on the VCR and the tuner input to the TV.

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