Samsung is a South Korean company that is well known for manufacturing many types of electronics. Some of its products, such as television sets and DVD players, are operated with remote controls. Samsung also offers a universal remote that can control multiple electronic items, including VCRs and cable boxes. In addition, the user can program this remote control so that it works with many DVD
. players, cable boxes and items produced by a manufacturer other than Samsung. This means that even if the owner has electronics from multiple brands, it is often possible to operate them all by using a single Samsung universal remote control.A Samsung universal remote always has both a mode and set button. The set button is used to program the control's codes, while the mode button enables the user to switch between controlling the television set, the DVD player and other devices. The absence of either or both of these buttons means that the owner cannot use this control as a universal remote.To operate the universal remote correctly, the user must program it to control each device individually. Programming codes are listed in the owner's manual that came with the remote. If the owner no longer has this manual, the official Samsung site at http://www.samsung.com/us/ contains listings of codes. They are broken down into codes that work for remotes made in 2005 or earlier and codes that work with remotes from 2006 or later.Examples of other brands that a Samsung remote can typically control include Hitachi, Pioneer, Panasonic and Philips. To program the code for a particular television set, the user generally turns on the TV, holds the remote's power button and punches in the code that matches the brand of the TV set. Some brands have multiple potential codes, so the user might have to try more than one before finding a code that works. When the proper code is entered, the TV set turns off to indicate that the control is programmed.More reference links: http://ars.samsung.com/customer/usa/jsp/faqs/faqs_view_us.jsp?PG_ID=-1&AT_ID=5716&PROD_SUB_ID=0&PROD_ID=41 http://www.satelliteremotecodes.com/SamsungRemoteCodesProgrammingGuide.htm