RCA RCRP05B channel Lock

[vickyg2003]

The RCA RCRP05B has an error in the manual pertaining to setting the channel lock.

The manual states
Locking Channel Control to CBL/SAT
1. On the remote control, press CBL/SAT once; it will blink
once. Press and hold SETUP until the CBL/SAT key blinks
twice.
2. Enter 9 7 3.The CBL/SAT key will blink twice.
3. Press CH+ once. The CBL/SAT key will blink twice.
Now, regardless of what mode you select (except AUD), the
channel keys will only change channels on your set-top box.

That procedure does not work, you will not get the double blink in step 3.


Locking Channel Control to CBL/SAT
1. On the remote control, press CBL/SAT once; it will blink
once. Press and hold SETUP until the CBL/SAT key blinks
twice.
2. Enter 9 7 3.The CBL/SAT key will blink twice.
3. Press CH+ once. The CBL/SAT key will blink once
4. Press any Device key
That device key will blink twice.
Now, regardless of what mode you select, the device you pressed in step 4 will be used to change channels.

[3FG]

It turns out that the RCRP05B uses a similar set of steps when assigning VPT or Channel Lock. Vicky's post above is correct, and there is additionally a fairly powerful way to assign Channel Lock to any set of devices. See the 6th post in the 9XX command thread.