I just had the same problem no an hour ago. E1 showed on display, and
none of the buttons on the AC worked, not even the power button.
SOLUTION:
In the past, I've noticed that my universal remote sometimes changes
something on my AC when I'm trying to change something on the VCR. (My
AC is in the living room.
Well, I saw that the buttons on the AC wouldn't work no matter what I
do. So I go get my universal remote, press the DVD/VCR mode button at
the top, then just start pressing random buttons until something
happened. I've got it now. I can control everything on the AC with it:
The remote is a 'One For All' URC-3021B00
The buttons are as follows:
rewind=power on/off
pause= timer on/off
4=low/high
5=temperature up
9=temperature down
8=fan/cool
Here is the remote:
http://www.oneforall-na.com/remote.php?type=URC%203021
Hope this helps.