How to fix a TV remote?

How to fix tv after after husband fell asleep on dish remote?

• Last night my husband fell asleep and rolled over onto the dish remote, which also controls my tv. Not supported! appeared on the tv (vizio) and then the screen went blank. I have reset the tv and dish receiver and nothing works. I have an xbox and wii plugged into the component ports on the tv. Dish and theater are plugged into HDMI ports. NONE of my equipment shows up on the screen. Now the only msg is No Signal with blue screen. I have talked to tech from Dish and Vizio. The second tv (bedroom) which is connected to the same receiver is working. Dish referred me to Vizio and Vizio referred me to a repair service that is closed until Monday. I don't want to pay someone an arm and leg to come and press a few buttons. Help please!

• Answer:

  This seems to be nothing more than an unused input has been selected on the TV via the Dish remote. You should be able to get back to normal by selecting "Dish" or "Satellite" on the Dish remote. Failing that, you may need to get the remote for the TV and use it to select the input from the Dish receiver, which could be any of several types such as HDMI, A-V, etc. If this sounds confusing, go back to Dish customer support and ask how to specifically change the TV's input with the Dish remote. The controls will vary a bit depending on the model of receiver and remote you have.