Our factory remote seems to have stopped working. Some functions like channel, volume, input, mute, still work but power and menu did not. Now all of a sudden nothing is working. We replaced batteries and it did not help. I seems like the code in the factory remote is messed up. Is there a restore default setting for the remote?

Universal remotes offer limited functionality such as volume changes and channel changes, muting. Often, there is no working input function with those remotes and you have to get the original one for that to work. Ouch.

This solution is provided by one of our experts premtech


Child Lock

Combos--Should have original remote. Press and hold the power button for 6 to 10 seconds


Combo Model T25208, V-Chip Forgotten Password
If you forget your password, simultaneously press VOLUME down on the TV/VCR front panel and the 0 number button on the remote for a few seconds. This resets the password and you can enter a new one.

Combo Model 13TVR62, V-Chip Forgotten Password
If you forget your password, press STOP/EJECT on the TV/VCR front panel and MENU on the remote simultaneously. This resets the password, but not the limits you’ve set.
Televisions with Parental Lock Feature


If you forgot your password for this feature, press the following buttons on the remote, one at a time. (Note: You must be in the password entry screen) Press, Mute, Display,Clear and Reset, this unlocks parental controls and you can now re-enter a new password.
OR TRY THIS..
Press and hold Menu on the TV AND volume down on the remote for 3 seconds. Nothing will appear on the screen, and the Parental Controls will unlock, and you can re-enter a new password with the LOCK PARENTAL CONTROLS

CTC169AU
Channels that have been locked can be viewed only when the PARENTAL CTRL function is set to OFF. This can only be done with the remote control-it can not be changed with the buttons on the front of the TV.

Therefore, after you turn on PARENTAL CTRL, you simply hide the remote control so that your children can not watch the locked channels. The locked-out channels will remain unviewable even if the TV is unplugged or the channels are autoprogrammed again. The only way to view locked channels is to use the supplied remote control to set the PARENTAL CTRL function to OFF.

The PARENTAL CTRL and the CHAN CTRL functions work hand-in-hand. The instructions below will first tell you how to turn parental control on or off with the PARENTAL CTRL function and then how to lock desired channels with the CHAN CTRL function.
1. Repeatedly press MENU to select SETUP MENU, and then press + or - to display setup functions. Repeatedly press MENU to select the PARENTAL CTRL function. . When this function is set to ON, PARENTAL CTRL is activated and any channels you locked with the CHAN CTRL function will not be viewable. . When this function is set to OFF, PARENTAL CTRL is deactivated and all channels are viewable.

2. To lock channels, press the MENU button to select the CHAN CTRL function. Select a channel you want to lock by pressing CHANNEL up or down. Then press +. The CHAN CTRL setting will change from NORMAL to LOCKED when that channel is locked. To return the channel to NORMAL, press the - button. Repeat step 2 for each channel you want to lock. If the PARENTAL CTRL function is set to ON while you are locking out channels, each channel will go blank as you lock it. When the PARENTAL CTRL function is set to ON and a channel which has been locked out is tuned, the TV will display the words PARENTAL CONTROL to let your kids know you have locked it.

CTC185's
If the front panel function buttons don't work, (menu, ch up/dn etc.) but the functions work normal with the remote, enter the "Channel" menu with the remote and turn "Parental Control" off.

CTC203's
In the event you have forgotten your password, perform the following procedure:
Press and hold for 3 seconds the TV button on the remote while pressing the menu button on the TV.
This procedure will turn off the parental lock and erase the previous password .

Another Possibility To Try For Various Models: If TV's in the Parental mode and askes for a password that's forgotten, Press menu on the TV, select Parental Lock #4 on menu, then with the remote press Mute, Display, Clear, and Reset buttons in sequence.

TX808 Chassis
If Parental Controls have been set and you don't know the password, do this:
Press and hold the volume down and the channel up buttons at the same time for 5 seconds.
Now you can reset the password to 0000, and using that password you can now access the V-Chip menus.

TV's (Made by Daewoo or possibly Apex, ie. GE model 24GP653)
The factory default pass code of 6688 is also the override code, in case the owner forgets their pass code. If that doesn't work, another place in the owners manual says to push Function and Mute on the remote at the same time. Function is the top right button.

what kind of tv is it. Need the brand in order to get the right code.

Here is the code for your TV 0154 along with the advanced codes.
Advanced Codes for TV_0154TVs ------------------ <TV Group>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0154 244 ACM 165 Fine Tune Up 251 SAP 167 Surround Mute
244 Auto Chroma 244 MTC 231 Speaker In 168 Surround Vol dwn
251 Bilngual 234 PIP Location 233 Speaker Out 164 Surround Vol up
169 Fine Tune Do 228 PIP Select 247 Stereo 129 Component 2 (discrete)


TELEVISION. Uses with:
TUNER/CD/TAPE/PHONO/AMP..CDs................AUX2 088
TELEVISION...............TVs..................TV 154
VCR......................VCRs................VCR 047
VCR......................VCRs................VCR 104

On some models,
100|AM/PM|1-- may be 100/Enter;
Func|Sel may be Digicon;
Level Up|R may be Control Right, Level Up/Minute or Menu Up;
Level Dn|L may be Control Left, Level Dn/Hour or Menu Down;
Review|Qck View may be CH Recall or Quick View;
SetTime Fast may be Stereo Matrix;
SetTime Slow may be Time/Day, Set Up, Clear or Menu;
TV/Video/AV may be TV/AV, Video Mode, Input or A/V;
Wide|TV|Loud may be Stereo Matrix, Surround or Mode;
MTC|OBC|Auto may be ACM or Auto Chroma.

181 0...............0 185 1...............1
120 ENTER...........1-- 120 ENTER...........100
183 2...............2 187 3...............3
180 4...............4 184 5...............5
182 6...............6 186 7...............7
053 8...............8 057 9...............9
185 1...............A 123 A/B.............A/V
120 ENTER...........AM/PM 059 CHANNEL DOWN....AM/PM
183 2...............B 187 3...............C
249 RECALL..........CH Recall 059 CHANNEL DOWN....Channel Down
055 CHANNEL UP......Channel Up 122 PROGRAM.........Clear
250 STOP............Control Left 246 PLAY............Control Right
250 STOP............Cursor Down 059 CHANNEL DOWN....Cursor Left
055 CHANNEL UP......Cursor Right 246 PLAY............Cursor Up
180 4...............D 055 CHANNEL UP......Day
184 5...............E 120 ENTER...........Enter
182 6...............F 121 SHIFT STOP......Fine Tune Dwn
117 SHIFT PLAY......Fine Tune Up 248 PAUSE...........Function
186 7...............G 053 8...............H
250 STOP............Hour 057 9...............I
123 A/B.............Input 181 0...............J
059 CHANNEL DOWN....K 250 STOP............Level Down
246 PLAY............Level Up 122 PROGRAM.........Menu
250 STOP............Menu Down 246 PLAY............Menu Up
246 PLAY............Minute 116 SHIFT PAUSE.....Mode
245 MUTE............Mute 230 SHIFT FFD.......PIP Freeze
235 FAST FORWAARD...PIP On/Off 232 SHIFT REW.......PIP Replace
119 POWER...........Power 052 DISPLAY.........Recall
249 RECALL..........Review 248 PAUSE...........Select
122 PROGRAM.........Set Up 118 REWIND..........SetTime Fast
122 PROGRAM.........SetTime Slow 056 SLEEP...........Sleep
116 SHIFT PAUSE.....Stereo Matrix 118 REWIND..........Stereo Matrix
116 SHIFT PAUSE.....Surround 122 PROGRAM.........Time/Day
056 SLEEP...........Timer 181 0...............Timer Set
056 SLEEP...........Timer Start 116 SHIFT PAUSE.....TV
123 A/B.............TV/AV 123 A/B.............Video Mode
058 VOLUME DOWN.....Volume Down 054 VOLUME UP.......Volume Up
116 SHIFT PAUSE.....Wide
Hope this helps. Let me know if I can help you with anything else.
JimmyC

That's a problem with universal remote controls. Often they don't control every function of the TV. They just don't have the buttons needed to control everything the original remote did. You'll have the most basic controls - power, channel and volume up and down - and maybe a menu button. But you'll frequently find other things don't work, like switching inputs. There isn't anything you can do except try all the codes for your TV brand and see what each button does. You might find that the buttons have different functions depending on which code you've entered. You might also look for another brand of universal remote that has more functions available.

I had the same problem, had a universal DirecTV remote that was able to control the volume/mute, power and channels (both TV and DirecTV), but the input button didn't work. There was no av/tv button on the front of the tv, and the autoregistration of channels didn't pickup the gamecube on the AV channel. What solved it was simply to press "00". I couldn't believe it, but it was that simple. Hope this helps you like it helped me, since the tv was not going to be of much use since we were using the RCA inputs, not the coax. Didn't want to try to conver the RCA to coax either.

Somewhere in it's lifetime, a user has set the 'user preference' to 'mute' while this channel was active. I don't know your specific set, but most TV's need a remote to work 'mute'.
Second hand set?
[A] check all buttons on TV for a crossed-out speaker symbol, or
[B] buy a universal remote and select pin for your set. Then,
Try these:
ZENITH - 000,001,004,023,038,058,059,064,073,121,135,136,153

Did you try all the codes listed. Some work certain functions such as power but not volume. Did the installer leave a phone number where he could be reached other than directv toll free number? Did you receive the same remote as the original. Directv has two remote that are identical in appearance but one is rf capable and the other is infared. The RF remote has backlit keys and is compatible with just about any device.

Child Lock

Combos--Should have original remote. Press and hold the power button for 6 to 10 seconds


Combo Model T25208, V-Chip Forgotten Password
If you forget your password, simultaneously press VOLUME down on the TV/VCR front panel and the 0 number button on the remote for a few seconds. This resets the password and you can enter a new one.

Combo Model 13TVR62, V-Chip Forgotten Password
If you forget your password, press STOP/EJECT on the TV/VCR front panel and MENU on the remote simultaneously. This resets the password, but not the limits you’ve set.
Televisions with Parental Lock Feature


If you forgot your password for this feature, press the following buttons on the remote, one at a time. (Note: You must be in the password entry screen) Press, Mute, Display,Clear and Reset, this unlocks parental controls and you can now re-enter a new password.
OR TRY THIS..
Press and hold Menu on the TV AND volume down on the remote for 3 seconds. Nothing will appear on the screen, and the Parental Controls will unlock, and you can re-enter a new password with the LOCK PARENTAL CONTROLS

CTC169AU
Channels that have been locked can be viewed only when the PARENTAL CTRL function is set to OFF. This can only be done with the remote control-it can not be changed with the buttons on the front of the TV.

Therefore, after you turn on PARENTAL CTRL, you simply hide the remote control so that your children can not watch the locked channels. The locked-out channels will remain unviewable even if the TV is unplugged or the channels are autoprogrammed again. The only way to view locked channels is to use the supplied remote control to set the PARENTAL CTRL function to OFF.

The PARENTAL CTRL and the CHAN CTRL functions work hand-in-hand. The instructions below will first tell you how to turn parental control on or off with the PARENTAL CTRL function and then how to lock desired channels with the CHAN CTRL function.
1. Repeatedly press MENU to select SETUP MENU, and then press + or - to display setup functions. Repeatedly press MENU to select the PARENTAL CTRL function. . When this function is set to ON, PARENTAL CTRL is activated and any channels you locked with the CHAN CTRL function will not be viewable. . When this function is set to OFF, PARENTAL CTRL is deactivated and all channels are viewable.

2. To lock channels, press the MENU button to select the CHAN CTRL function. Select a channel you want to lock by pressing CHANNEL up or down. Then press +. The CHAN CTRL setting will change from NORMAL to LOCKED when that channel is locked. To return the channel to NORMAL, press the - button. Repeat step 2 for each channel you want to lock. If the PARENTAL CTRL function is set to ON while you are locking out channels, each channel will go blank as you lock it. When the PARENTAL CTRL function is set to ON and a channel which has been locked out is tuned, the TV will display the words PARENTAL CONTROL to let your kids know you have locked it.

CTC185's
If the front panel function buttons don't work, (menu, ch up/dn etc.) but the functions work normal with the remote, enter the "Channel" menu with the remote and turn "Parental Control" off.

CTC203's
In the event you have forgotten your password, perform the following procedure:
Press and hold for 3 seconds the TV button on the remote while pressing the menu button on the TV.
This procedure will turn off the parental lock and erase the previous password .

Another Possibility To Try For Various Models: If TV's in the Parental mode and askes for a password that's forgotten, Press menu on the TV, select Parental Lock #4 on menu, then with the remote press Mute, Display, Clear, and Reset buttons in sequence.

TX808 Chassis
If Parental Controls have been set and you don't know the password, do this:
Press and hold the volume down and the channel up buttons at the same time for 5 seconds.
Now you can reset the password to 0000, and using that password you can now access the V-Chip menus.

TV's (Made by Daewoo or possibly Apex, ie. GE model 24GP653)
The factory default pass code of 6688 is also the override code, in case the owner forgets their pass code. If that doesn't work, another place in the owners manual says to push Function and Mute on the remote at the same time. Function is the top right button.

found the answer but it doesnt help.......i got the number to who makes RCA remote controls and called them and talked to tech support to see what i could do for this problem. According to them, some universal remotes are compatible with most tvs but sometimes the remote can only give you the basic functions (chan up/down, volume up/down, #'s, mute an so on.) i dont really understand why it wouldnt work for the input channel but i do know i have a lower end and low priced tv. so....just like everything else the more you pay...the better it is. I checked the remote on my other tv in the living room and everything works just fine, even the input button. Hope this helps...