Monday, June 14, 2010

Unlocking the Volume on Rogers Cable Box Remote Control



(Let's see you find a non-copyrighted picture of the Rogers Cable box that doesn't have a cat on it!!!)

If you just picked up a Rogers Cable Set-Top-Box, installed it on your TV, and now you're trying to control the volume with the provided Remote Control, you may notice that every time you press Volume + or Volume -, the TV light on the Remote Control goes on, and the volume doesn't change.

This is happening because the "Global Volume Control" on your Rogers Remote Control has been locked by default to one device, your TV. And since your TV code has not been programmed into the Remote Control, it is doing nothing.

Now, one would think that having the Rogers Set-Top-Box Remote Control on default control the volume of the...Rogers Set-Top-Box, but hey, who am I to question the all-powerful and all-controlling Rogers Cable... Oh Rogers, I dare not mock thee...

Anyway, after some searching (when having to deal with this issue myself today), I was able to find the steps required in order to fix this issue. I've included those steps here below for your reference:

How to Enable Volume Control for the Rogers Set-Top-Box

1. On the remote control, press and hold SETUP until the last-selected device key blinks twice, then release SETUP.
2. Enter 9 - 9 - 3. The last-selected device key will blink twice.
3. Press "Cable". The selected device key will blink twice.
4. Now, when you press VOL +, VOL -, or MUTE, the volume of the selected device (Cable) can be controlled regardless of mode.

That's it! If you were having this problem, I hope this helped you out!

Now, just in case you wanted some further info about your Rogers Remote Control, I've taken the liberty of finding the Official Rogers site where all of that vital information is located. Here it is: How do I use the Remote Control?

Lastly, in case you have any other questions about your Rogers Personal TV, I've included the links to their FAQs (SOURCE: Rogers.com - Using Personal TV - FAQ) below for your reference.
How do I create and manage my PINs?
How do I see what programs are on?
How do I use Parental Controls?
How do I use the Quick Start menu?
My PVR has no more room left to record! How do I fix this?
How do I use the Remote Control?
How do I adjust the settings on my Digital Box?
How do I use my PVR (Personal Video Recorder)?
How do I use Rogers On Demand?
How do I use Pay Per View?
How do I use High Definition TV?
How do I use Picture In Picture (PIP)?
Good luck and Happy Channel Surfing!

--jackandcokewithalime


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38 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have had this problem for the past year (at the least). THANK YOU for posting.

jackandcokewithalime said...

It was my pleasure, Anonymous. I'm happy it worked out for you! :)

--jackandcokewithalime

Anonymous said...

Thank you!!! :)

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this.

Kim said...

Thank you so much for this, I work nights so I wear headphones on my days off when I watch tv since I don't want to wake anyone else in the house, but many shows I could barely hear thanks to Rogers not wanting me to change the set top volume.

Your instructions worked like a charm and now I can finally hear what I'm watching.

Anonymous said...

Love watching pussy on the cable box. By the way, thanks for your fix, worked great.

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much!

Anonymous said...

Amazing, you are the mannn! Rogers should pay you to write their technical manuals bc they need help.

Strength Powered Fitness said...

Thank you! Holy cow what a pain in the ass!

Anonymous said...

Wow, thank you very much. This has had to be the most difficult hurdle to overcome in the history of universal remotes, heck, the online technician didn't know how to help..
I appreciate you being so clear and concise.

Sincerely, Grateful surfer :)

Anonymous said...

Thanks! It did work but volume still isn't loud enough. I have to increase the volume with my tv remote first to get the Rogers remote to work better but then get lots of static from my tv. Not sure if anyone else has had this problem.

Anonymous said...

This works! Thank you so much!

Anonymous said...

Thank you thank you thank you!!
I was getting very frustrated following the instructions that Rogers had given without getting any results.

Anon said...

Thanks! but now i have the problem that I can't adjust my tv volume with my remote :/ is there anyway to make it so the cable button makes it control the cable box volume and the tv button makes it control the tv volume?

Anonymous said...

This was very helpful. Thank you for posting!

Dan said...

Many thanks! This has been driving me nuts for awhile!

Carley Raine said...

Thank you! AGAIN. I've used this post twice now and really appreciate it :)

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Thank you soooooo much!
Rogers was no help on this matter...

Anonymous said...

I HAVE THE POWAAAAAAHH!

Thank you for this. Yes, three years later this technique still works like a charm.
Yesterday I switched out my Rogers HD PVR for a new one (since the last one was having bizarre errors), and the new remote had this problem.
It's SO STRANGE that this isn't mentioned in the remote manual or in the Rogers "Get Started" book.

Frustrating. But thanks for posting!

Anonymous said...

This worked with my last box, but not with the PVR box I just got. If I can't fix this I will return the entire thing and cancel my Rogers. Even the tech woman I got today told me I had to use TWO remotes to use the volume. I cannot get this thing to control the volume unless I use the TV volume with it's ugly blue and yellow box. This is a major flaw with Rogers.

Unknown said...

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I hate how the remotes are on this mode by default. I lost my manual I I was too lazy to look it up online, so this was perfect. Thanks again! =)

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much, I spent 1 hr trying to figure it out and even called Rogers who couldn't assist me! Thanks again!

Jenn said...

Thanks for your help! We just had this problem and was super happy to find a fix. :)

Anonymous said...

Anonymous thank you so much so easy I had this problem for almost a year.

Eric said...

Thank you, this is amazingly simple. I can't figure out why Rogers would do such a thing, but many custom options have been disabled on Rogers/Yahoo, also.
I need to be able to control my own TV and computer.

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for the post. I couldn't have ever guessed the solution!!!

krista zee said...

Jesus! Since Christmas we've been unable to control the volume on our Rogers remote. I've tried numerous other "fixes" after searching online, both from the Rogers site and other forums. THIS ONE FINALLY WORKED. A -MAZING, Thanks!

Anonymous said...

Thank you! So glad I found this site. I have tryi
ng to fix it for two days!

Bob Bell said...

Worked for me too. Many, many thanks bud.

Anonymous said...

Hi - while this did indeed work, unfortunately it complicated my situation even more so. Do you have the steps to undo this linkage? Greatly appreciated!

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much!!! All other sites had it wrong lol, your advice worked :D

Anonymous said...

Worked perfectly! Thank you.

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Mark Winstanley said...

As always, entertaining and educational! Keep those blog posts coming….love reading them all from start to finish!
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Bella Petre said...

Very useful information, thank you for your hard work

Anonymous said...

My volume still is not working

Dumbfounded said...

That still doesn’t work. How am I the only one that it doesn’t work for? Why is there always a problem with any and everything I do?
I’ve never been able to successfully operate any tv I’ve ever purchased. Always a problem somehow, I’m dumbfounded.
Why doesn’t it work out of the box? All the other buttons don’t need programming. Why is it not automatic? I need some secret steps to be able to hear my tv? Does Rogers benefit somehow cause this should be a given. I can’t hear my tv? Seriously? Why? Look at that, I can channel surf right off the hop, just not able to hear what I’m seeing, that’s strange, I guess I’ll have to research this stuff if I want to watch tv, hmmmmmmm???
Thanks for helping everyone but me. Not your fault, it’s quite obvious who’s to blame here. Brutal.

PS. Two converters for thee two most important functions. Kids/grandparents are screwed when an adult isn’t around to search for an answer when certain buttons cancel out the volume control setup.