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#1 ·
[Strike]Please post any questions, comments, or discussion about the Remote FAQ here.[/strike]

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- Craig

[Moderator edit: This thread now lives on even tho the FAQ has aged. So while the FAQ has been removed, please continue to ask questions about DIRECTV remotes. Someone will answer.] (tom)
 
#427 ·
azjimbo

Try resetting the remote.
Press and hold the mute and select buttons for 3 or 4 seconds until the light blinks 2 times,
then press 9 8 1.
Wait until the lights stop flashing and then reprogram for your TV.
 
#430 ·
azjimbo said:
OK just took a break and tried again... No joy. Won't turn the TV on or off but all other controls seem fine...
If it is working the volume and mute can you live with that ? I have to use my Yamaha remote to turn the AV on and off and that is just once a day.

Sorry that it did not work out.

You might want to try one of the older ones. It works in IR for your receiver even tho it is an RF capable remote.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-DirecTV-Remote-Control-RC65RX-Brand-New-Room-Decals-Battery-Included-/261268904152?pt=US_Remote_Controls&hash=item3cd4d718d8
 
#431 ·
I've had the Genie for 3 days now and have had to reset the receiver twice and 1 out of 4 RC71 remotes actually works. I've tried resetting the remotes and now when I try to reprogram the tv code back in it won't allow me too. I get to the screen where it asks 'RF or IR' and then nowhere to input the code for the tv. Am I missing something? On one of the remotes I can operate the tv functions but not the directv receiver. Been a customer since '97 and have no real issues until now. Anyone having the same issues ??
 
#433 ·
Jimmie57 - Can I live with it sure, it's not life or death, just annoying.

I just still find it weird that I've tried two brand new remotes with the same results... Program it and everything works. After a couple or three on and off cycles, it loses the code to turn the TV on, but it still turns the TV off. Oh well...

I did go ahead and order one of those "old" remotes, maybe that will fix everything for me.

Thanks for the link to the remote and the assistance.
 
#434 ·
azjimbo said:
Jimmie57 - Can I live with it sure, it's not life or death, just annoying.

I just still find it weird that I've tried two brand new remotes with the same results... Program it and everything works. After a couple or three on and off cycles, it loses the code to turn the TV on, but it still turns the TV off. Oh well...

I did go ahead and order one of those "old" remotes, maybe that will fix everything for me.

Thanks for the link to the remote and the assistance.
The RC71 is really new and I am certain they will work on the problems that people are reporting.

I like the feel and extra buttons on the RC65X remote.
 
#436 ·
Let me begin with my setup, Genie HR34 (installed about two months ago), one client and then I re-added my old HR24-500 yesterday. I am using RC65X and RC65R remotes, both with the same issue.

Last night, the Genie became locked up while watching TV. I wasn't in the room, so I don't know what buttons were hit, but it got stuck on a Please Wait menu at the bottom. We could still watch TV, but no commands would work. I did a RBR and after that most buttons on the remote controls would not work. I can watch TV fine, however I cannot change channels. The only buttons on the remote that work are PWR, Guide, List, Menu & Format. Once I exit one of those modes, and the info is still displayed at the top of the screen, I can use the numerical buttons or the channel UP/DWN to change the channels. However, when watching TV only the previous five buttons work. The numerical buttons don't work in the Guide either.

The client and HR24 have no problems with the remotes. Batteries are not an issue either. Anyone have ideas?
 
#437 ·
VelvetUn said:
Let me begin with my setup, Genie HR34 (installed about two months ago), one client and then I re-added my old HR24-500 yesterday. I am using RC65X and RC65R remotes, both with the same issue.

Last night, the Genie became locked up while watching TV. I wasn't in the room, so I don't know what buttons were hit, but it got stuck on a Please Wait menu at the bottom. We could still watch TV, but no commands would work. I did a RBR and after that most buttons on the remote controls would not work. I can watch TV fine, however I cannot change channels. The only buttons on the remote that work are PWR, Guide, List, Menu & Format. Once I exit one of those modes, and the info is still displayed at the top of the screen, I can use the numerical buttons or the channel UP/DWN to change the channels. However, when watching TV only the previous five buttons work. The numerical buttons don't work in the Guide either.

The client and HR24 have no problems with the remotes. Batteries are not an issue either. Anyone have ideas?
Sounds to me like the problem is with the Genie. I would reset it again.
 
#438 ·
jimmie57 said:
Sounds to me like the problem is with the Genie. I would reset it again.
I tried to use the remote to restart through the menu and it didn't work. So I tried something unusual, getting off the couch, and used the box to navigate. Once I hit the down arrow on the Genie, all of the remote commands I had tried this morning and last night started working. So once it ran through changing the channel 50 times, the remote now works.
 
#439 ·
VelvetUn said:
I tried to use the remote to restart through the menu and it didn't work. So I tried something unusual, getting off the couch, and used the box to navigate. Once I hit the down arrow on the Genie, all of the remote commands I had tried this morning and last night started working. So once it ran through changing the channel 50 times, the remote now works.
Wow, thanks for the update.
I will have to remember that info for sure.
 
#442 ·
So I thought I'd update on what I've been through... As a refresher, I had a HR 44 Genie installed last month and when programming the "new" RC71 remote, it would work on my primary TV a few times then forget the "turn TV on" code. Everything else would work fine, it just wouldn't turn the TV on (it would turn the TV off though). I tried resetting the remote and programming it in both IR and RF modes, with the same results. I finally got DTV to send me a new remote figuring it had to be a firmware issue. Nope, same results. I then purchased a RC65 remote to try.

Amazingly, it gets even weirder (for me anyway).

After programming the RC65, again everything worked as it should for a little while. Now, if I have the selector switch set to DirecTV and press the DTV & TV power on button, the Genie comes on, but not the TV. Once they are on, if I hit the power off button, it will turn everything off (including the TV). However, if I slide the selector switch over to "TV" it does turn the TV on!

Again, annoying but workable - sheesh, I've pretty much resigned myself that it's the TV, not the remote (though I've never had this happen before, and the bedroom TV is even older but the RC71 works fine in there)
 
#444 ·
My RC71 and C41 keep loosing connection. For some reason the RC71 doesn't stay programmed to the C41 I have and I have to get out the old remote to turn on the box then redo the MUTE & Select on the RC71.. Any suggestions how to get this issue to not occur? Btw I have an HR44-500 and two C41's but only one C41 unprograms itself.
 
#448 ·
vpr632 said:
Didn't work :(
Press mute and select and hold for the light to flash 2 times,
program in 981 and wait until the lights quit flashing.
This will reset the remote to factory settings. You can then reprogram the remote.
See if this helps.
 
#449 ·
Press mute and select and hold for the light to flash 2 times,
program in 981 and wait until the lights quit flashing.
This will reset the remote to factory settings. You can then reprogram the remote.
See if this helps.


Not luck with this either. It worked for a bit.
 
#450 ·
vpr632 said:
My RC71 and C41 keep loosing connection. For some reason the RC71 doesn't stay programmed to the C41 I have and I have to get out the old remote to turn on the box then redo the MUTE & Select on the RC71.. Any suggestions how to get this issue to not occur?

Btw I have an HR44-500 and two C41's but only one C41 unprograms itself.
If you switch the remotes to the C41s does the problem go with the remote or stay with the C41 ?
 
#451 ·
vpr632 said:
My RC71 and C41 keep loosing connection. For some reason the RC71 doesn't stay programmed to the C41 I have and I have to get out the old remote to turn on the box then redo the MUTE & Select on the RC71.. Any suggestions how to get this issue to not occur? Btw I have an HR44-500 and two C41's but only one C41 unprograms itself.
Next time it does this,
try pressing the mute and Enter button for a few seconds. From what I read this is supposed to Pair the remote to the receiver.
 
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