Friday, September 23, 2011

How can I change the cable box volume with my Comcast remote?

Until recently, our Comcast remote was able to control the volume on both the cable box and the television, but a technician recently came to fix something and gave us a new remote, which he programmed. Now we are only able to control the volume on the TV itself, and the cable volume is stuck too low. The cable box itself does not have any volume controls.

Hitting the %26quot;cable%26quot; button at the top of the remote and then pressing the volume buttons does nothing at all.

Any ideas for fixing this issue, short of calling Comcast (that never ends well...)?How can I change the cable box volume with my Comcast remote?the manual for a comcast remote (dont know what one you have)

http://www.comcast.com/Media/1-2/CM/VanityURL/documents/comcast_dvr_remote_manual.pdf



found this in the manual :

CHANGING VOLUME LOCK

The Comcast Custom 3-Device universal

remote control is set at the factory to

control the TV volume in all modes.

However, you may change the Volume

Lock setting to Individual Volume

Unlock to unlock a specific device檚 volume

controls for independent operation

in its own mode (e.g., Audio

Receiver volume controls in the AUX

mode).

Or, if desired, you can perform Global

Volume Unlock so that the volume

controls of all devices can be independently

operated in their own modes.

Unlocking Volume Control For A

Single Device (Individual Volume



Unlock):

1. Press a desired mode key where

you want volume to be unlocked

(e.g., AUX) and controlled within

its own mode.

2. Press and hold Setup until the

selected mode key blinks twice,

then release Setup.

3. Enter 9 - 9 - 3 and then press VOLonce.

The mode key will blink

four times confirming unlock.

4. If desired, repeat steps 1 to 3 (of

this section) for each device that

you want volume to be unlocked.

5. Now, after you select a device that

has volume unlocked (e.g., AUX),

pressing VOL+, VOL-, or Mute, will

control the device檚 volume only

in its own mode.

Unlocking All Volume Controls



(Global Volume Unlock):

1. Press and hold Setup until the

selected mode key blinks twice,

then release Setup.

2. Enter 9 - 9 - 3 and then press

VOL+ once. The mode key will

blink four times confirming

unlock.

3. Now, volume controls for all

devices can be independently

controlled in their own modes.

Locking Volume Control To TV Mode

(Restoring Global Volume Lock To

The Default Mode):

1. Press TV once. Then, press and

hold Setup until the TV key blinks

twice, then release Setup.

2. Enter 9 - 9 - 3 and then press TV

once. The mode key will blink

twice confirming global lock.

3. Now, when you press VOL+, VOL-,

or Mute, the volume of the selected

device (e.g., TV) will be controlled

regardless of the mode

you have selected.



hope this helps if its not the right remote try www.google.com and search something like %26quot;comast remote manual%26quot;