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JerryR
11-05-04, 08:50 AM
I use one of my Dish UHF remotes in the bedroom with a Panasonic tv. I've programmed the Panasonic code into the remote so it will turn the tv on and off. Is the Dish remote capable of "learning" a code from the Panasonic remote? I'd like to "teach" it the sleep timer code.
Bill R
11-05-04, 08:58 AM
Sorry, no, the DISH remote can not learn other remotes' codes.
JerryR
11-05-04, 09:00 AM
Sorry, no, the DISH remote can not learn other remotes' codes.
Thanks Bill. I was afraid that was the answer since I could find nothing about it in the manual.
Jason Nipp
11-05-04, 10:22 AM
Sorry, no, the DISH remote can not learn other remotes' codes....Yet...It is rumored that E* sees the consumer desire for this....the better question is would they be able to get it to work as advertised... :rolleyes:

Jason
garypen
11-05-04, 11:22 AM
Their remotes, other than the absence of learning capability, are the one thing Dish does right. They have excellent range. Good ergonomics. And, a large number of built-in codes. All they need to add is learning. (Oh yeah. Not transmitting IR in SAT mode on the newest models is breathtakingly stupid.)
JerryR
11-05-04, 11:27 AM
Their remotes, other than the absence of learning capability, are the one thing Dish does right. They have excellent range. Good ergonomics. And, a large number of built-in codes. All they need to add is learning. (Oh yeah. Not transmitting IR in SAT mode on the newest models is breathtakingly stupid.)
I would agree with you. I am very pleased with their remotes. More importantly, my significant other (who is far less impressed with expensive electronics and technology than am I) is very happy with them. :D
gpflepsen
11-05-04, 11:41 AM
I wish their remotes were programmable with their own Dish code in the AUX mode. Why is this not so?
BFG
11-05-04, 11:48 AM
If it's any consolation the 811 can "teach" ;)
Bobby94928
11-05-04, 12:15 PM
It only teaches because the idiots forgot that UHF only from the remote doesn't work with Universal learning remotes. Teaching was an afterthought.
Earl Zuberbelt
11-05-04, 03:49 PM
I use one of my Dish UHF remotes in the bedroom with a Panasonic tv. I've programmed the Panasonic code into the remote so it will turn the tv on and off. Is the Dish remote capable of "learning" a code from the Panasonic remote? I'd like to "teach" it the sleep timer code.

Mine is potty-trained and can sit-up and roll-over.
garypen
11-05-04, 06:15 PM
If it's any consolation the 811 can "teach" ;)those that can't do....