yjohnson

yjohnson

i need to know about the remote to the converter box to work with my sylvania tv

DTVuser2009

if your converter came with the option of having a universal remote packaged with it the instructions should be in the manual for the converter box on how to program it.

If it is one of the few converters without that option, well, sorry.

HTNut

What kind of brand and model number is the converter box and what brand and model number is your TV?

DTVuser2009

Some boxes cannot control the TV. if yours does control it, it's limited. most only turn the TV on or off, nothing more. and there will be buttons on your box's remote saying something like 'TV Power,' or laid out where half the remote is TV, half is box. the RCA DTA800 and 801 boxes have that layout.

If you have a Dish Network DTVPAL+ it won't control the TV at all with its packaged remote, although i have heard stories that if you had a few old Dish Network Satellite remotes lying around they do control TV, VCR, DVD, etc and are fully-functional universal remotes.

I'm not sure on universal remotes being compatible with converters.

satindoll

i have a lasonic converter box and the remote have stop working what should I do can I buy a universal remote contol to operate the converter box

Jay

Hi satindoll and welcome to the forum. Have you tried removing the batteries and putting them back in the remote (doublecheck that they're facing the right way too)? If that doesn't work, do you have an extra couple of batteries laying around to replace the old ones?