Philips VRA456AT - Manual (Page 27)

Setting the Remote Control to Operate a Cable BoxIDBS 27
Your VCR remote control may operate your Cable Box/DBS.
Follow these steps to set the remote control code.
I
Turn on your Cable Box/DBS.
Point the remote control at your Cable Box/DBS. Press
the CBL/DBS button, then press the POWER button. If
your Cable Box/DBS turns off, turn on the power again and try
the CH(annel)
A/T button. If the remote control operates the
Cable Box/DBS, you’re finished. If your Cable Box/DBS does not
turn off, or if the CH(annel) A/T button doesn’t work, go to step
2 .
2
Find the brand of your Cable Box/DBS on the list below
and remember the two-digit number beside it.
CABLE BOX/DBS CODES
ARCHER .. ............01,05, 17 REGAL.............. . .10, 18, 19,23
CABLETENNA.................. 01,17 REGENCY ... .....................19
CABLEVIEW . 15, 16, 17,21,25 REMBRANDT ......... 01, 16, 17
CITIZEN . . . . 15, 16, 17,21,25 SAMSUNG .. ......... 05, 16,24
CURTIS........... .................. 02,08 SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA .02,08
DIAMOND . . .................. 01, 17 SIGMA .............. ................07,20
EASTERN . . . ....................... 19 SLMARX ...05,16,17,24,25
GC BRAND . 15, 16, 17,21,25 SPRUCER . . . , ................13, 14
GEMINI . . .. . . . .................15 STARGATE .. . .05, 15, 16, 17,
GENERAL INSTRUMENTS . .. . 21,24,25
................ 01,04,06, II, 12, 15 TELEVIEW .. . ......... 05, 16,24
HAMLIN ... . . .10, 18, 19,23 TOCOM . . . . ......... 01,04, 16
JASCO............ ....................... 15 UNIKA................................ 01, 17
JERROLD UNIVERSAL . . . . . . .16, 17,25
................ 01,04,06, 11, 12, 15 VIDEOWAY . . ......... 03,09,22
NOVAVISION ................ 02,08 ZENITH . . . . ......... 03,09,22
OAK................................... 07,20
PANASONIC
................ 13, 14 MAGNAVOX DBS ... .42,43
PULSAR . . . . 15, 16, 17,21,25 RCA DBS ... . .....................40
RCA................. .................. 13, 14 SONY DBS .. . .....................41 ’
3
While you press and hold the CBL/DBS button, press two
Number buttons to enter the two-digit code for your
Cable Box/DBS. For example, if you have a Zenith Cable Box,
press Number buttons 0, 3. Then, still pressing the CBL/DBS
button, press the STOP ▼ button. The Cable Box/DBS might
turn off automatically.
4
Repeat step I. If the remote control still does not work your
Cable Box/DBS, repeat steps 2-3 using a different code for your
brand, if available.
Find the code for your
Cable Box/DBS.
Helpful Hints
If you had to program the remote
control to operate your Cable
Box/DBS, whenever you replace the
batteries in the remote control, you
must program the remote control
again.
The remote control may only oper­
ate some features of your Cable
Box/DBS.
Some Cable Boxes/DBSs can only be
turned on at the Cable Box/DBS.
There is no guarantee that the
remote control will operate your
Cable Box/DBS.