DISHPlayer 500 Personal TV Remote Control
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Table of Contents Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 1 Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2 Installing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2 Main Features of the Personal TV Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3 Using the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4 Personal TV Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Important Safety Instructions For your protection, you must remember certain safety issues while using this devise. Please keep these and any additional instructions for future reference. Installation Observe Warnings: Carefully follow all warnings on the device and in the operating instructions. Heat: DO NOT place the device near heat sources such as radiators, stoves, heat registers, or other appliances that produce heat. Care and Use Cleaning: DO NOT use liquid, abrasive, solvent, or aerosol cleaners.
Main Features of the Personal TV Remote Control Turn TV on/off Cycle through video inputs on your TV Display PIP (Picture-inPicture window) while using the Web CODESET Set remote to control your TV/VCR Switch between TV and Web viewing Go to current Home (TV or Web) Return to previous screen Display TV Listings and cycle through Favorites Turn TV sound on/off Control TV volume Display Personal TV screen Replay; skip back 7 seconds Rewind program Turn satellite receiver on/off Display TV program or Web page
Using the Remote Control The table below describes the remote functions. The remote control uses infrared (IR) light to communicate with the DISHPlayer receiver. You should stay within 30 feet of the receiver when using the remote, and point it directly at the front panel of the receiver.
Remote Control Action TV/VIDEO Cycles through TV video inputs TV/VCR SAT MODE On the side of the remote, switches receiver control between TV/VCR and Satellite Receiver ENTER Moves PIP (Picture-In-Picture) while on the Web CODESET Set code to control your TV and VCR Replay Jumps back in the current or recorded program 7 seconds Skip Skips the recorded or paused program ahead 30 seconds Pause Pauses program. Press this button again to resume play.
Personal TV Service WebTV’s Personal TV service is the wave of the future. It gives you the capability never to miss a program and to watch it at your convenience. With Personal TV you can: • Schedule programs to record on your Personal TV service or your VCR • Play and replay recorded programs • Receive Instant News from your TV Listings Personal TV also lets you pause live TV programs. When you’ve paused a program you can then fast forward and rewind through the program as you are watching it.
uled to be recorded in the future. This is also where you choose recorded programs to watch. Reading Personal TV Listing Green listings are recorded programs. Blue listings are recordings or reminders that are scheduled to occur in the future. The highlighted program is described at the top of the screen.
To Instantly Record a Program on Personal TV While watching the program: • Press the Record button on the remote control ( ). A record icon will display for a few seconds, then disappear to indicate the program is being recorded. Or 1. Press the Info button on the remote control or optional keyboard. 2. Select the Record option on the Program Info screen. 3. Select Record on Personal TV on the Personal TV screen and select Continue. The next screen will verify that Recording is scheduled. 4.
4. Select Record. The Record screen appears. Note: The Record on VCR option will only appear if your DISHPlayer has been set up to control your VCR. 5. Make sure the Record on Personal TV red indicator light is turned on, then select Continue. The Recording Scheduled screen appears. 6. Select Done. The TV Listing screen appears with a red dot next to the program. This indicates that the program is scheduled to be recorded on Personal TV.
To Record a Program Daily or Weekly 1. Select TV Listings from TV Home. 2. Select how you want to view the TV Listings (by today, time, date, search, category, etc.). 3. Select the program you want to record daily or weekly from the list. The Program Info screen for that program will appear. 4. Select Record. The Record screen appears. 5. Select Record daily or weekly then select Continue. The Recording Scheduled screen appears. 6. Select Done.
on VCR option will not be displayed on the Personal TV Record screen. For more information on recording using your VCR see the User Guide that came with your DISHPlayer. Note: You cannot change channels while recording. If you try to change channels, a warning panel will appear at the bottom of the screen asking you if you want to stop recording. If you choose Stop Recording, the receiver will stop the VCR from recording at that point. Remember, stay in full screen mode when recording using a VCR.
5. Select Record. The Record screen appears. Record on VCR Option The Record on VCR option will only appear if you configured your DISHPlayer to work with your VCR. See the User Guide that came with your DISHPlayer. 6. Select Record on VCR and select Continue. The Recording Scheduled screen appears. 7. Select Done. The TV Listing screen appears with a red dot inset with a V next to the program to indicate that the program is scheduled to be recorded on your VCR.
gram Info screen displays information about the recorded program. 2. Select Play. The receiver will automatically change to Channel 1 and the program will begin playback. If you stop the program, press Play on your remote control to resume watching where you left off. Playback Finished When the recorded program is finished playing, the Playback Finished screen will appear. Select Erase to permanently erase the program or select Personal TV to go back to your Personal TV listings.
TV Options Panel Press the Option button on the remote control or keyboard. The Options panel will appear at the bottom of the screen. From this menu, you have three options: • Select Search Listings to search TV Listings for a program. • Select Go Live to stop watching the recorded program and start watching live TV. • Select Go Interactive to follow an Interactive TV Link (this button will only be selectable if the program has interactive content associated with it).
Rewinding and Fast Forwarding Through a Recorded Program You can rewind or fast forward through a recorded program as you are watching it. Rewinding and fast forwarding will occur at different rates depending on the number of times you press the button. To Rewind a Recorded Program Press the Rewind button on the remote control ( ). Rewinding The recording will rewind until you press Play or until it reaches the beginning of the recording. Pressing the Rewind again increases the rewind speed.
Replaying or Skipping Ahead Through a Recorded Program The Instant Replay or Skipping Ahead button is useful to jump around the program more rapidly. To Replay Part of a Recorded Program Press the Instant Replay button on the remote control ( ). Instant Replay Instant Replay skips back about 7 seconds each time you press the button. To Skip Part of a Recorded Program Press the Skip button on the remote control ( ). Skipping Ahead Skipping jumps ahead 30 seconds in the recorded program.
To Save a Personal TV Recording to a Video Tape 1. Put a tape in your VCR and make sure the VCR power is on. 2. From your Personal TV listing screen, select the program that you want to copy to a video tape. The Program Info screen will appear. 3. Manually set your VCR to start recording. 4. Select Play on the Program Info screen. The VCR will record the program as it plays back from your Personal TV service. 5. When the program is over, manually stop the VCR. The program has been copied on the video tape.
Recording Conflicts If two programs are scheduled to record at the same time, the program that will be recorded will have a red dot next to it and the program that will not be recorded will have an X inset in its red dot. A red dot inset with an X in the TV Listings screen indicates a recording event that will not be recorded due to a schedule conflict. Schedule Conflicts You can only record one program at a time from your DISHPlayer, either on your Personal TV service or on your VCR.
Your Personal TV listing screen will display the record conflicts. The Personal TV listing screen displays conflicting recording events. The program listing with a conflict box will not be recorded. Removing a Scheduled Event To remove a scheduled recording or reminder from your Personal TV listing, choose the program from your Personal TV listing. Choose Don’t Record (or Don’t Remind for reminders). The cancelled event will be removed from the Personal TV listing screen.
Pausing a Program Press the Pause button on the remote control ( ). How Enhanced TV Pause Works When you tune to a channel, your receiver automatically starts recording the program you are watching. Pausing stops the playback, not the recording. Press the Pause button again to resume playing where you left off. The program stops and pause indicator appears on the right side of the screen. Resume Watching a Program Press the Play button on the remote control ( ).
board. The Options panel appears. • Options Panel The Options panel displays the title of the program, the status (i.e. delayed), length of the program, and time remaining. Or Press the Channel button (+ or -) on your remote control or keyboard and select Go Live. Viewing Live TV Live programming means you are watching the channel in real time, with no delay. This removes the delay. You will now see the TV program as it is currently being broadcast.
To Rewind a Delayed Program Press the Rewind button on the remote control ( ). Rewinding The delayed program will rewind until you press Play or until it reaches the point at which you enabled delay. Pressing Rewind again increases the rewind speed. To Replay Part of a Delayed Program Press the Instant Replay button on the remote control ( ). Instant Replay Instant Replay skips back about 7 seconds each time you press the button.
To Fast Forward Through a Delayed Program Press the Fast Forward button on the remote control ( ). Note: You can only fast forward if you are watching a program when it is delayed. Fast Forward Fast forward advances the recording until you press Play. If you fast forward all the way to the end of the delay, you will be returned to Live TV. Pressing Fast Forward again increases the speed. To Skip Ahead in a Delayed Program Press the Skip Ahead button on the remote control ( ).
To Use Instant News 1. Use the Channel button or numbers on your remote control or keyboard to get to Channel 201. The Instant News screen appears. 2. Select a desired news category from the list at the bottom of the screen or simply page through the headlines by selecting the arrows at the top of the screen. 3. If you have subscribed to WebTV Plus service, you can select the CONNECT FOR MORE option to read the entire story or get the complete report.
Personal TV and the Original Remote Control/Wireless Keyboard Before you use your new Personal TV Remote, the Arrow and Go/ Enter buttons on your original remote and wireless keyboard combine cursor movement/selection with Personal TV functions. However, once you use the new remote, the Personal TV functions will not be available on the original remote and the Arrow and Go/Enter buttons will only function as cursor movement/selection.
After Using the New Personal TV Remote Original Remote & Wireless Keyboard will no longer be able to control Personal TV functions 26
Controlling Your VCR with the Remote Control Several of the buttons on the remote can be used to operate your VCR. In order for the remote to control your VCR, it must be set up to work with your VCR. See “Programming the Remote Control” on page 28 to do this. Below is a diagram of the functions you can use with your VCR: Pause video Record on video Rewind video Stop Fast Forward video Play video Note: To operate these functions on your VCR, make sure that the TV/ VCR SAT mode switch is set to TV/VCR.
Programming the Remote Control This section explains how to program your remote to control your television and VCR. This will allow you to adjust the volume, turn the television on and off, change channels, and control your VCR. Programming for Television Operation The remote control is already preprogrammed to control the DISHPlayer receiver. To program the remote to control your television, do the following: 1. Find the three-digit code for your TV manufacturer in the Televisions table on page 8.
for your VCR model. Press ENTER. Leave the TV/VCR SAT mode switch set to TV/VCR to operate the VCR. 7. For quick reference, write the number from step 1 down in the table on the inside of the back cover of this manual. The remote control is now programmed to control your VCR. 5. 6. To verify that the remote control operates your VCR Place a video tape in your VCR and press the Play button ( ) on the remote control (make sure the TV/VCR SAT mode switch is set to TV/VCR).
Remote Control Codes These tables contain the manufacturer codes for programming the remote to control your television and VCR. Every attempt has been made to include all manufacturer codes. If your manufacturer is not listed or the codes do not work, the remote may not control your television or VCR.
Sony Sylvania Symphonic Toshiba Vidtech Wards Zenith 270 210, 110, 112 144 130, 265 180, 110, 112 110, 112, 240 290, 291 VCRs Admiral Aiwa Akai Audio Dynamic Bell & Howell Broksonic Canon CCE Citizen Craig Curtis Mathes Daewoo DBX Dimensia Emerson Fisher Funai GE Go Video Goldstar Gradiente Hitachi 735 727, 732 729, 714, 715, 716 739, 711 705 720, 726 723, 725 743 706 705, 729, 706 745, 724, 727 743, 760, 724, 775 739, 710, 711 745 743, 726, 719, 703, 725, 741, 720 705, 708, 709, 707 727, 726, 720, 734
Quasar 721, 722, 723, 724 Radio Shack 733, 724, 705, 736, 709, 740, 727 RCA 733, 745, 700, 723, 724, 731, 746, 760, 702 Realistic 724, 705, 736, 709, 740, 727 Samsung 737, 702, 704, 733 Sansui 739, 726, 720, 752 Sanyo 705, 709, 705 Scott 760, 702, 704, 709, 738, 740, 747, 748, 726 Sears 705, 706, 707, 708, 700 Sharp 735, 736, 767 Shintom 717 Signature 727, 735 2000 Singer 717 Sony 728, 729, 730 SV2000 727 Sylvania 731, 723, 724, 727 Tashiro 706 Tatung 739, 710, 711 Teac 739, 710, 727, 711 Technics 721, 722
FCC Compliance This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference. 2. This device must accept any interference that may cause undesired operation. Radio Interference This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Limited Warranty This warranty extends only to the original user of the DISH NetworkTM 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.
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CODES PROGRAMMED INTO REMOTE Television Code: VCR Code:
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