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Friday, February 19th, 2021

Trying to program am new RC66RX remote. IR/RF option grayed out

I need to use an external antenna to view local television stations that are not in my DirecTV package.  I purchased a RC66RX remote since it has the TV input option.  The Genie remote does not have that feature.  I have everything working the way I wanted, but the wireless Genie Mini only responds to IR.  If I place the Genie Mini behind the TV, it will not respond to the remote.  The IR/RF option in the remote setup is grayed out.  Any suggestions?

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ACE - Expert

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14.1K Messages

5 years ago

The genie uses a different RF protocol, you have to use an RC73 remote.

ACE - Expert

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5 years ago

On the RC7X remotes you press and hold the enter button until the light flashes twice then release and press again to cycle through the TV inputs

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