Programming your XFINITY remote is one of the most important action you will take after you have launched your XFINITY TV box as you cannot enjoy using your TV if you don’t program XFINITY remote XR2 to your TV so that you can control the TV from the comfort of your couch.
The programming process is the core setup process of XFINITY TV remote and you need to understand how to do it the right way so that your remote will work properly.
In this article, we’ll discuss how to program XFINITY XR2 remote so that it can work with your TV box without any problem.
Before the end of this article, you will get a piece of holistic information about programming XFINITY XR2 remote and you ultimately understand the general way of programming any remote produced by XFINITY.
There is more than one way to program XFINITY XR2 TV remote which has to do with the setup buttons and without the setup buttons. You can program some remote with the setup button and others without the setup button.
This article will touch both sides and you will be able to understand how to program XFINITY remote XR2 with or without the setup button.
As a piece of bonus information if you have already programmed your XFINITY TV remote and it is not working properly you may need to reset it using our guide on how to reset XFINITY TV remote.
What is the Program Xfinity Remote XR2?
The phrase program XFINITY remote XR2 can be used interchangeably with setup XFINITY remote XR2.
Programming an XFINITY remote is the same thing as setting it up. This is all in a bid to get your remote to start working with your TV box.
And as I have already emphasized earlier it is the most important thing you need to do after you have launched your XFINITY TV box as you cannot make use of your remote if it is not programmed with a TV box.
With that being said, continue reading this article as you are about discovering all the aspect of programming an XFINITY TV remote with or without the setup button.
Program Xfinity Remote XR2
Now we’re going to have a look at the ways of programming XFINITY remote XR2, which would include the core programming process and other aspects of the programming that they include the resetting process if need be, and other precautionary measures to take when your XFINITY TV remote does not work properly.
Program Xfinity Remote XR2 Using Xfinity My Account App
Using my XFINITY account app to program XFINITY remote XR2 is one of the easiest and quickest ways of doing that and this method works for other remote models.
To make use of this method you need to open the XFINITY my account app on any of your devices Android or Apple, locate the TV icon button and tap on it, then select your TV box and select the setup a remote option.
Now you need to look for your remote model. In this case, the remote model we are talking about is the XR2 XFINITY TV remote. When you have done this, tap on the continue button.
You need to pick an audio/other or TV option and then follow the programming instructions that will be displayed to complete the programming process.
Program Xfinity Remote XR2 Using Xfinity Online Lookup Tool
Another way you can program your XFINITY remote XR2 is to make use of the XFINITY online lookup.
This process is also not exclusive to XR2. You can make use of this programming process for all the XFINITY remote models.
- All you need to do is to go to the remote code lookup tool through the link that will be made available at the bottom of this section.
- After you have accessed the page, you will see step-by-step instructions on how to complete the programming process; follow this process and you get your remote programme.
Here is the link to the link to the code lookup tool
You can program XFINITY remote XR2 using the setup button since the remote is one of the XFINITY remote models that has the setup button.
There are other ways to program XFINITY remote exclusively for remote that does not have a setup button, but since the XR2 model has a setup button will take you through a step-by-step process on how to make use of the setup button to program the remote to start working with your TV box.
- To program your XR2 remote, turn on your XFINITY TV box, pick your XR2 remote and locate the setup button. This button can be found at the left down corner of your remote.
- Hold the setup button for about 5 seconds until the LED lights on the remote changes to Green.
- When it does, enter 9-9-1 using the remote number buttons. This would ultimately make your LED light flash green twice.
- Keep pressing the CH^ button until your XFINITY TV box goes off by itself.
- Immediately your TV turns off, locate the setup button again and press it, this time it will lock in the code so that it will program the remote with your TV.
To ascertain if what you have done has worked press the power button on the TV in a bid to turn on the television, if your TV comes up then you have successfully programmed your remote.