There is no easy answer to your situation. My Dish Network remote does control my DVD menus, but exactly what any remote will do does vary by Mfg and the type of remote you are using. Just to be sure, have tried the menu button in the "DVD" mode and nothing happens? I would play with all the buttons and see what they do in the "dvd" mode. You can also to program a different code, some codes only allow for limited functions on non-dish equipment. I can llok up codes for the DVD based on the Mfg, please just post the name. Thanks!
It's a Hitatachi. I've just been scanning for codes using channel up button, so if you have any actual codes, that might help streamline things.
I've pressed "menu" and "guide" with the remote set to "aux" to no effect. I also tried the page up/page down buttons and the zero and the star keys (which have little arrows near them -- I thought it might be worth a shot
) and those didn't work. I also tried going through reprogramming the remote using the channel up key to search to see if there is a better code and only really succeeded in losing the limited functionality I achieved before.
By DVD mode, do you mean pressing the aux key on the top row? I'm assuming yes, but perhaps there is a different dedicated dvd mode key I'm missing that would unlock more features.
Also, is there some sort of a standard way the Dish remote handles getting to the menu and navigating through it (i.e. Does the menu button always control the menu? Or is it a different button sometimes?)? Or does it vary by device?
Sometimes I wind up having just enough technical knowledge to
think I can do something, but not enough knowledge to actually
do it. Sort of the worst of all worlds, because the end result is spending a lot of time getting frustrated working with something to no avail instead of either being able to do it or knowing in advance that I don't have the skills and shouldn't bother in the first place.
