Numbers vs Letters DTV Streaming Box Remote

It depends what menu you're in. What exactly are you trying to do?

No menu.  The actual remote control.  When you press the #2 button, letters appear on the guide screen rather than the digit #2.  Same with all other number buttons.  There must be a way to toggle the remote so that pressing 235 enters 253 on the screen rather than three different letters of the alphabet.

Sorry.... *  235 enters 235 on the screen"  

What device are you using to stream your Directv Streaming Service?

If you have a Directv Streaming Box your guide might be set to the Alpha guide instead of the Numeric Guide.  To check this you would need to go into Settings, then go into Preferences and then go to Guide Sorting then if it has a checkmark in front of Alpha Guide then you will need to switch it to the Numeric Guide then you should be able to be in the guide and type in channel numbers and not get letters.

Yes, I DTV Streaming box as mentioned in the topic.  My elderly Father uses the device.  I laminated for him a channel listing in very large fonts and identifying the channel number and entering it directly will be most beneficial for him.   Thank you very much!

Even better, show him how to use the mic button.  If you enable Google Assistant in the box's menu, he can say "channel 2" or "CNN" and it will change it for him.  It also works for "captions on" and "captions off" or "go forward 15 mins" or "pause/continue".  I'm sure there are other commands but I've never seen a list.

I had AT&T u-verse for years.  I have switched to DirectTV and I really hate it!  I can't read the numbers on the TV when it's in the guide mode.  It switches from Alpha listing to number listing by itself for some reason.  I am sorry that I left U-Verse. It was much more user friendly. Is there some other service I can change to that is more like U-Verse?