Two TV2 UHF Remote Controls

[PopcornNMore]

1) Can two TV2 UHF remote controls have the same ID?
2) Can a TV2 UHF remote control go bad?

I spit the modulated output on the VIP722K receiver, so that both our master bedroom and our daughter's bedroom can view and record programming. This works well, because our daughter mostly watches TV after school and we do mostly at night while she is sleeping.

I had purchased an additional UHF (21.0 I believe) remote for use in the master bedroom. Before it arrived our daughter complained about her remote not working well. I replaced the batteries and verified that the UHF antenna on the back of the VIP722K receiver was ok. The remote worked, but I still found myself aiming towards the hallway and rehitting the buttons several times before it responded.

Last night the new UHF remote arrived and I saw the message about selecting the "System" button on the receiver and the "Record" button on the remote. When I did that it told me that the TV2 remote had an ID of 24. I then took it into both bedrooms and it worked perfectly. I then did the same thing with my daughter's remote and the ID was 13. I then took it into both bedrooms and it worked very poorly just as before.

Can I possibly change the ID of my daughter's remote to 24 as well? Could her remote possibly be bad since the new remote works so well?

 

[PopcornNMore]

I found the answer I was looking for below:

CHANGING THE REMOTE AND RECEIVER ADDRESS
One quick way to avoid remote-control conflicts is by changing the
address on your remote control and receiver. If you notice that your
receiver is changing channels or opening menus, but you’re not using
the remote control, a quick change of address should fix the problem.
1 Press SYSTEM INFO on the receiver's front panel. The System
Information screen displays and shows the Primary Remote
Address (for TV1, typically using IR) and the Secondary
Remote Address (for TV2, typically using UHF).
Write down the TV2 remote address shown:
2 Press and hold SAT on your remote control for about three
seconds, until all of the mode buttons light up, and then let go of
SAT.
3 Add one to the address that you wrote down in step 1, and use the
NUMBER PAD to enter that number (between 1 and 28).
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4 Press POUND (#). If you entered the address correctly, the SAT
button will flash three times. Write down the number you entered
in the space provided on the inside back cover of this guide.
5 Press RECORD. Make sure the Secondary Remote Address
you see on the System Information screen is the same as the
one you entered in step 3. If it isn't, the remote control cannot
operate the receiver. Press RECORD a second time.
6 Select Done to close the System Information screen.
Note: This remote control may have features not used by your
receiver.

 

[MattG@DISH]

Glad you were able to figure it out! The codes in the remotes do need to match for both of them to operate the receiver

 

[Jimmerinwi]

If you still have problems with remote reception, you may need to relocate the antenna to the back of one of the bedroom tv's. You'll need a couple of good quality splitters and some short pieces of coax, but it is simple. Also check batteries in the older remote, the UHF seem to use batteries faster than the IR ones.

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