When there are other devices hooked up to your Dish Network TV such as a DVD player or game console, you can change the inputs on your remote to switch between them. This is a straightforward affair, and it only takes a few steps.
Things You'll Need:
- Dish Network remote
- TVs connected to a Dish Network satellite receiver/DVR
- Lights are switched on, music is playing, and devices are connected to the TV using HDMI, composite video, etc. (DVD player, game console, streaming device, etc.)
Follow These Steps:
- The Dish remote has an Input/TV button somewhere. Usually around the tip of the remote control, the precise location may change depending on the manufacturer and type of the device. It can be a button labeled "Input," "TV/Input," or "Source," or something else entirely. Press this single button.
When you hit the Input button on the TV screen, find a label of the TV input you are searching for. Among the most often used input names are Component, Composite, HDMI 1, HDMI 2, HDMI 3, etc. This explains why you may see the many devices linked to those inputs. - Pressing the Input button will help you choose the desired input; holding it will highlight among others the chosen input. For instance: Hold it down to highlight HDMI 1, press it once again to highlight HDMI 2, once more for component input, and so on until the name of the input source you want to pick shows on the TV set's screen.
- This implies that should you have selected an input source, you should find that image on your TV a few seconds later. For example, the image on the screen will show the menu or content of your Blu-ray player if you pick HDMI 1 input from which it is hooked.
- Pressing the "Select" or "Ok" button found in the center of the Dish remote will allow you to manually choose the new input source should it not display on the screen. This verifies the choice.
- Pressing the input button till you choose the Dish receiver input once again will help you to return your Dish satellite TV programming after changing inputs. Since the Dish box immediately connects to the TV connection, many configurations name this source only as "TV".
Additional Tips:
- Since it is somewhat confusing, make sure that you are well aware of the devices you have connected to the TV inputs before switching them around. Stress and list each one.
- Using labeled HDMI ports such as HDMI, 1 and HDMI 2 instead of just HDMI makes it easier to remember which port was connected to what at a later time.
- Some remotes have DVD or Aux as separate buttons on the remote as opposed to a general Input button on the remote, press those buttons first.
- You cannot view the Dish guide, menus, or any content on the screen if you are showing other inputs – switch back to the TV/Dish input after using it.
- If the input does not switch on its own after the selection is made, then the CEC HDMI control functionality may be turned off in your television settings. Do this to allow for the switch between input modes with ease.
- If the older TVs do not support HDMI connection, then there are other available video inputs such as Component, Compositor, S-Video, and other analog video inputs to connect these devices.
- Some Streaming Sticks and Devices have their input keys on the Dish remotes for going directly to applications such as Netflix YouTube, etc.
Overall, this means that if you have a Dish remote with an Input, TV, Source button or one similar to it, you press the button numerous times to switch through the various inputs and once you determine the one with the content that you want to watch, you point it at that input so that the content from that particular input is shown on the television screen. Swapping between your Dish programming, Blu-ray player, gaming console, and streaming apps only requires input changing in between. Before the concert, make sure that you are familiar with the labels of the television input so you can tell which device corresponds to the source. Thus, by investing a few minutes in setting up and understanding your links, input selection through Dish remote is handy.
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