I lost the remote to my duraband television, and bout a universal remote to program it,but it still cant be operated with the remote so that i can switch it from the TV function to video to watch DVDs

Depending on the brand of universal remote.. you can do a manual code search.. here goes:

- Turn on the device being programmed (example DVD)
- Point the remote (universal) to the device being programmed
- press code search (to search for codes)
- press (DVD) button on universal remote.. to program dvd device
- now press the Power button (universal remote) until the dvd player turns OFF. (you may have to press the Power button several times maybe even more than 25 - 30 times until unit powers off.
- when unit powers off > press enter button on universal remote to save the code to the universal remote.

hope this helps..

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