Step 1. Find the Select and Mute buttons on the remote and press and hold them simultaneously for a couple of seconds or until the LED light on the top blinks twice.. Step 2. Press the 9, 8, and 1 buttons slowly and the Select button. If the LED light blinks four times, then the remote is reset successfully. Reset Universal Remote Control. How to reset DIRECTV remote to TV if it is a universal.. Disconnect (or unpair) your remote from the Gemini Air device. Press and hold the DASH (-) and APPS buttons until you see the LED lights on the remote blink blue twice. Restart your DIRECTV device by pressing and releasing button on back of device (device scans for new remotes for 5 min).
In this video I'll show you how to reset your Directv remote. Press mute and select button and then 981. Done.. To reset the RC73 remote:-Press and hold mute and select until the light blinks.-After releasing mute and select, type the numbers "9, 8, 1" in that order.-You should see the light blink again on the remote after typing the above 3 numbers. -Your remote should now be factory reset.