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Thursday, December 11th, 2025

remote to tv

My new remote is programmed to my TV so that isn’t the issue. I would like my new remote to behave as my previous one did. With the old one if I pushed the ON button it would turn off the TV but leave the receiver on. That way no buffer was lost on the receiver. The new one will not turn off the TV if I push the ON button. I have to push the OFF button which turns off both the TV and the receiver. I don’t want the receiver to turn off. I know that I can use the TV remote to do this, but I would like not to have to rely on two remotes. Thank you. 

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ACE - Sage

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46.7K Messages

2 days ago

What remote control  model numbers?

What DirecTV DVR/Receiver model number?

ACE - Expert

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2 days ago

Did you go from the old white universal remote (RC6X series, for HR34 and C31 and earlier) to a Genie/"Peanut" Style remote (RC7X series, for HR44 and C41 and newer), or to the Gemini which uses its own (RC8X)?

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1 day ago

In order for you to be able to recreate the old configuration, you just need to configure the power management of the remote control or for example the device behavior in its settings. as now it cannot turn off only the TV without affecting the receiver.


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