[header] How to program an rca rcr312w remote [title] These instructions come from the rca website. [step] The crucial step is to keep pressing the reverse button. [title] Turn on the component (the tv, dvd, etc). 
[title] Press the tv (or dvd) button first and then the on/off button and hold both until the on/off button remains lit. [title] Press the play button every five seconds until the component turns off.