Panasonic remote my dvd player worked fine first of all but about a week ago i tryed to use my remote but the display just said dvd3 and then nothing changed. pleese can you help me.

You can try to reset the unit to factory defaults (you may require the user manual for this) or you can try to reprogram the remote to match the 'MODE3' or 'DVD3' display on the unit itself.

While the unit is on, point the remote at it, press and hold both the [3] button and [ENTER/OK] button - TOGETHER for 5 to 10 seconds, then release. Should work. Failing that, refer to the user manual for resetting the unit to factory defaults (if possible without the remote) - this manual should be available from the Panasonic website as a pdf. - free.

Try the above suggested step with the remote first. Hope this helps a tiny bit.

You can try changing the command mode of the (genuine Panasonic) remote itself, press and hold [ ENTER/OK ] and the number [ 3 ] button together for 5 - 10 seconds, then release. Then try the remote with the unit. If it still shows DVD 3 on its display, no matter which button is pressed, reset the main unit to factory default as outlined in the user manual (assuming this model recorder has a tuner, there would be channel buttons on the front - try pressing and holding [ CH/UP ] and [ CH/DOWN ] together - for 5 - 10 seconds, until 'SETUP' appears, then release). This may or may not restore your DVD unit to the default (DVD 1) command mode. (Don't forget to reset the remote back to DVD 1 if you do reset the main unit - press and hold [ ENTER/OK ] + the number [ 1 ] button together as above).

Your new remote may be set to DVD 1 by default while your unit is DVD 3 = different remote command modes.

my 15 month old boy was playing with the remote and by not until later did I realize he had messed the settings up.. I also get the DVD3 display and have tried everything.. did you ever get yours up?

I finally got it fixed . I press the number one and enter key for about 5 seconds on the remote while I had the DVD player on and TV the
I press 1 again for 5 seconds and then press menu key till the menu
display on TV screen then I was able to change the settings back from DVD1 to DVD3. The DVD player now works fine

Try pressing button number 1 and enter on the r/control

PRESS 3 AND ENTER ON YOUR REMOTE OR VICE VERSA

You could try Changing the Remote Control code for your DVD recorder. If you have more than one Panasonic device, there's an option to give each device its own Remote Control code. The Default is DVD1. So for FixMick, it sounds like someone may have changed the Remote Control code on your machine to DVD3. For Dador, someone may have changed the Code to DVD1. So you'll need to change the Code on either the device or the Remote to make them match up (see page 19 of the DMR-EH65 Users Manual ... you can download it from the Panasonic website)

Sorry FixMick. I don't know why your display isn't working.

Press ENTER and the number shown on the unit (1, 2 or 3 - in your case, then, 3) together on the remote control for at least two seconds to restore control.

Dear FixYa
Thank you for your support. I have solved the problem on my DVD Recorder by reading other peoples solutions to this problem. My DVD display was showing DVD3 and all buttons would not work. So on the handset I pressed the ENTER/OK button and no. 3 button together for a few seconds, this cleared DVD3. I was so pleased that this worked. croneruk, 6/10/2008

I had the Exact same problem, after finding nothing on the net I called Panasonic customer-Support and they gave me the information which led to the solution:
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If your DVD screen reads 'remote DVD2':
Press and hold simultaneously the "2" & "Enter" buttons (for more than 20 seconds)

If the screen said remote DVD3 then you would hold "3" & "Enter"
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What I found happens when this command is accepted, the DVD screen changes to display the channel & counter
e.g. "A2 0:00.26"

If the screen changes back to "Remote DVD2" this means that the signal from the remote control has been interrupted (you stopped pressing, or the batteries have become weak.)

Providing the batteries have power, try again remembering to hold the "Enter" and number displayed after DVD.

The first time I did this it seemed to take forever (more than 30secs.), but other times it's been accepted in 6 secs.