X10 Wireless Technology IR10A Owner's Manual

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Owner’s Manual

Model IR10A

Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................. 3

Hard Key Functions ................................................. 4

Setup ........................................................................ 6

Battery Installation.............................................. 6

Battery Saver....................................................... 6

Permanent Memory............................................. 6

Using the Wizard ..................................................... 7

Setting Up Your Devices ......................................... 8

Setting Up Your Favorites ..................................... 10

Using The Remote ................................................. 13

QuickPower ...................................................... 14

Sleep.................................................................. 15

Learning ................................................................. 16

Tips On Learning .............................................. 16

Learning Main Keys ......................................... 18

Learning Macros - Main Keys .......................... 19

Learning Side Keys ........................................... 21

Learning Macros - Side Keys ........................... 24

Setting Up More .................................................... 27

Setting Up More Devices.................................. 27

Setting Up More Favorites................................ 28

Adding/Editing Favorites .................................. 29

Reordering Favorites......................................... 30

Deleting Favorites ............................................. 31

Renaming Favorite Groups ............................... 32

Clearing Settings ............................................... 33

Advanced Settings ................................................. 34

Options .............................................................. 34

Backlight Delay ............................................ 34

Key Transmit Time ....................................... 34

Device Codes .................................................... 34

Combo Devices ................................................. 35

Punchthrough .................................................... 35

KidSafe ............................................................. 37

X10 Home Control ................................................ 38

Troubleshooting ..................................................... 38

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Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of this IR10A

Universal Remote Control. Universal Remotes let you replace a broken or lost remote or combine more than one remote into one. But this remote is really unique, having a high quality color screen, like the kind you see on cell phones. This screen depicts colored icons that you easily set up to represent your favorite channels. You can then easily select any channel you want by simply pressing the key next to the icon that represents that channel.

This remote control operates the common features of most but not all models and brands of Infrared (IR)

Controlled devices. This remote may provide functions that are not available on your device.

Some functions of your particular device (e.g. menu functions) may not be controlled by this remote. In such cases, you can learn the commands from your original remote. Please use this manual to become familiar with your Universal Remote. After you are familiar with this owner’s manual, the first thing you need to do is to install batteries and setup your remote following the on-screen instructions.

Thank you for buying this remote and we hope it will give you many years of service.

All trademarks or registered trademarks used in this product are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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Hard Key Functions

Note: blue text on the remote corresponds to DVD functions, green text are Tivo functions, and red text is for audio functions.

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HIS/HERS - Quick access keys for favorites stored under His/

Hers groups.

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SIDE KEYS - Used to access on-screen features.

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LCD - (Liquid Crystal Display).

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MODE - Selects mode (TV, VCR, etc.) for the remote.

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HOME - The starting screen on the LCD for most operations.

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VOLUME UP/DOWN - Changes the volume level of the device, normally the TV.

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OK/SELECT - Selects menu items for the device you are controlling, or confirms selections on the screen.

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GUIDE - Displays on-screen program or channel guides.

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MENU - Brings up the Menu screen - use with the UP,

DOWN, LEFT & RIGHT navigation keys (26).

T-CENTRAL - The TiVo key for TiVo Central.

10. +100 - Used for channels greater than 100.

(-) Used for digital channels, e.g. 2-3.

11. CC (SUBTITLE) - TV Closed Caption (if your TV has this feature) or DVD Subtitle toggle.

12. SAP - Selects Secondary Audio Program channel if available.

13. THUMBS DOWN - Sets your TiVo Thumbs ratings.

14. REPLAY - Replays the last 8 seconds of a program.

15. ADVANCE - Catches you up to the live broadcast.

16. THUMBS UP - sets your TiVo Thumbs ratings.

17. INPUT - Brings up the DVD Player’s Setup Menu. Or acts as

TV/VCR select. LIVE TV goes to Live TV broadcast.

18. RECORD, PLAY, STOP, REW, FF, PAUSE - Operates your

VCR, DVR, or DVD Player. Also operates DVD Scan -/+.

Note, some VCRs require that you press Record twice.

19. LAST - Returns to the previously selected channel, or DVD repeat toggle. REPEAT performs DVD players “A-B Repeat” (or RPT

A.B) function for repeat play of current Chapter or Track.

20. ZOOM - Zooms or enlarges a specific area of the screen.

ARC - Aspect Ratio Control selects viewing format for the displayed picture, e.g., Wide, Zoom, etc.

21. ENTER - Used after direct channel number entry (if required) to immediately change to the selected channel.

22. MUTE - Turns off the TV sound, while the picture remains.

23. NUMBERS - Enter numbers for direct channel selection.

Functions in red are available in Audio Mode.

24. QUIT/RETURN - Exits On-Screen Menus/Returns to previous

On-Screen selection.

25. INFO - Displays/selects on-screen channel information.

26. UP, DOWN, LEFT & RIGHT - Used to Navigate menus.

27. CHANNEL UP/DOWN - Changes the channels. CHAPTER

+/- controls DVD/CD track selection i.e., DVD/CD Track Skip

Up/Down (in DVD and SAT modes).

28. FAVORITE - Used to access favorites groups on the LCD.

29. POWER - Turns device for remote’s current Mode On or Off .

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Setup

Battery Installation

1. On the back of the remote, push down on the tab and lift the cover off.

2. Match the batteries to the + and marks inside the battery case, then insert 3 AA Alkaline batteries. Make sure you use new batteries. You can have problems with learning codes if your batteries are old.

3. Press the battery cover back into place.

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Battery Saver

Your remote automatically turns off if the keys are depressed for more than 30 seconds. This will save your batteries should your remote get stuck in a place where the keys remain depressed (e.g., between the sofa cushions). Also, the screen turns off a short time after no keys have been pressed for a while (or a short time after a key has been stuck for 30 seconds). The duration before the screen turns off can be adjusted from about 2 seconds to about 35 seconds, from the

Setup, Advanced, Options menu, see page 34.

Permanent Memory

All the devices you set up, their codes, punchthrough settings, and all your favorites, etc., are stored in permanent memory while you are changing batteries so you will not lose any codes or settings stored in the remote while you are changing batteries.

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Using the Wizard

After you insert the batteries the Setup

Wizard screen (1) appears. You can exit the Wizard at any time by pressing the

HOME key (located just below the screen). Press any key at screen (1) to continue and follow the instructions on the screens.

Pressing OK at screen (2) takes you to the next screen (3). Pressing the Left navigation key (Back key) on the remote at screen (3) takes you to screen (4) that has 10 yellow arrows. This is an exception to the rule because we’re teaching you how to use the remote. But pressing Back again at this point does take you “back.”

Try pressing the Back key a few times to go back through the Wizard and then follow the instructions on the screens again to familiarize yourself with how to step through the screens and go back.

You can go back and forth through the

Wizard but once you’ve set up your devices and quit to save the settings, you won’t see the Wizard again unless you do a Master Reset.

To do a Master Reset: Press the HOME key, then select Setup, then select Clear

Settings, then select Master Clear. Note this will erase everything you have set up in the remote.

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Pressing any of the 10 Side

Keys (K1 thru K10) at screen

(4) takes you to the screen where you set up your first device (TV). See next page.

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Setting Up Your Devices

How to set up a TV

After you’ve been through the Wizard for the first time, the screen (1) shown to the right appears. This is the start of the

Wizard to set up your devices (TV being the first one). Manually turn on the device(s) to be set up (TV, VCR, etc.).

If you know your brand of TV, select Yes which results in a faster search for your

TV’s code. (Selecting No searches the complete library of TV codes, rather than just the codes for your brand of TV).

Pressing the Side Key next to Yes at screen (1) takes you to a screen (2) where the most common brands are shown next to the Side Keys. If your brand isn’t shown you can press the Side Key adjacent to Next to show more brands,

(shown alphabetically) or press the Side

Key adjacent to Back to go back to the previous screen of brands. Note, on the very first screen of brands, the Side Key adjacent to Back takes you to the last screen of brands (so you can go back through the list instead of forward through it if you prefer). In this case we selected Philips.

Screen (3) tells you to point the remote directly at your TV and repeatedly press

(but not hold) Power (or Chan Up/Down, or Play for VCRs etc.) until your device responds. Pressing Power sends the

Power command to your TV and screen

(4) shows that you’ve selected code 1 of xx (xx will vary by brand). Keep pressing

Power until your TV responds and then press Save.

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Setting Up Your Devices, cont.

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Pressing Save shows screen (5) that instructs you to try a few other keys on the remote to make sure you’ve found the correct code. Tip: try keys like Menu, and Guide. Power might work yet you still might not have the correct code. If several keys seem to work fine, press

Save Code. If some keys don’t work, select Change Code (or press Back) to go back and find another code that works better. Selecting Label lets you rename the device, e.g. you could call it My TV.

You can ignore this for now and try it later if you like. See pages 11, 12, and 23 for more details on entering text to change labels.

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Pressing Save Code at screen (5) takes you to screen (6) where you set up a

Cable box. You can quit at this point and set up other devices later, or you can continue and set up other devices - SAT, DVR, DVD, VCR, Audio, CD Player, or either of the 2 AUX devices.

Let’s assume for now that you go ahead and set up a TV,

Cable, and SAT.

If you select No at screen (1) on the previous page the procedure will be similar to the above, except that you will be searching through the entire library of codes for your device to find the one that works best (instead of just searching through the codes for your brand of device, e.g., Philips).

If you say Yes when asked if you know your Brand, but subsequently don’t find a code that works, you are asked if you want to try again (in case you missed it), or try all the codes for your device. If you try all codes for your device type, and still don’t find a code that works, you can skip it, or selected Learn. If you select Learn you can later learn the commands you want for that device type.

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Setting Up Your Favorites

Once you’ve gone through the Wizard and set up at least a TV, and set up more devices, or skipped the rest of them, you arrive at screen (1) to the right.

Press any digit key, say digit 4, to enter a channel number. This takes you to screen (2). You can enter more digits if desired. The channel number can include a dash (-) for digital channels, e.g., 2-3, or can include ENTER, or OK, if your device requires it to change channels, e.g. 472Ok, or 550Ent.

Now you press the Side Key next to

Pick Logo on screen (2). You are shown a screen (3) of popular channel logos.

You can select Next (Side Key 10) or

Back (Side Key 5) to see more logos. In this example we pressed the NBC logo

(Side Key 4). Screen (4) now shows that we’ve chosen channel 4 and the NBC logo. Note, you could also select the top left position which would display “4” as the favorite rather than a logo.

The Default device is this case was Sat, but you can select Pick Device to change it. In this case we changed it to

Cable. Make sure you select the device that you want each favorite to control, e.g. TV, Cable, or Sat.

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Setting Up Your Favorites, cont.

If you want to add a label to the logo press the Side Key next to Label. This is optional so if you don’t want to add a label to the logo you can just select Save to save the setting for this favorite. If you save this favorite, Set Favorite 2 of 10 is now shown at the bottom of the screen to indicate that you can add another favorite channel. Again just press a channel number key on the remote, choose a logo and change the Device Type

(if you want to). Add a few more favorites (up to 10). You can add more later, or delete or edit them later, or even reorder their positions. Select Done when you’re finished setting up favorites.

If you select Label, you see the screen to the right with a small label on top of the logo. Initially the label will be the channel number for that logo. If you Save this, the logo will have a small label representing the channel number for that logo in it’s bottom right hand corner, see screen (5).

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But you can type in a new label if you want one. You enter the new name for the key using the numeric keys on the remote, in a similar fashion to typing in text on a cell phone.

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E.G. in this example we pressed the 5 key twice to enter the letter K. Then we waited a second and pressed the 4 key repeatedly until the letter I was displayed. Then we waited a second and pressed 6 to select N. Then we waited a second and pressed the 4 key to select

G. See next page.

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Setting Up Your Favorites, cont.

Note: “Triple tap” name entry works in a similar fashion to text entry on a cell phone. Tap each numeric key to cycle through ALL caps, numbers, and lower case letters. E.G., repeatedly pressing the number 2 key cycles through A, B, C,

2, a, b, c. Pressing the 9 key cycles through W, X, Y, Z, 9, w, x, y, z. A “space” can be selected with the 0 (zero) key. The number 1 key selects 1 . @ ? ! - & and : You can backspace an entry with the key to the left of the 0 (zero) key. Press OK

(or the Enter “E” key) to confirm your new name.

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You can continue to add favorites, up to a total of 10 (you can add more later, see page 28). At screen (6) you choose if the favorites you just set up are stored in the

“His” group or the “Hers” group. Later you can set up favorites in lots of different Groups, not just His and Hers.

Selecting His takes you to screen (7) showing that you now have NBC set as the first favorite in the His Group (at the location next to Side Key K1), as well as any other favorites you set up. (Note, you can reorder, i.e., move the positions of the logos later).

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When you’re finished setting up your favorites, press the HOME key (located to the left below the screen) to go back to the

Home screen.

At any time you can press the FAVORITE key and then select His, or press the His key at the top left hand side of the remote to go to screen (7) above. Then pressing the key next to the NBC logo will (in this case) change the channel on your Cable box to NBC (in this case channel 4).

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Using The Remote

Assuming you followed the steps on the previous pages and have set up some devices and some favorites you can now use the remote. See the sections that follow to set up more devices and/or favorites, and to set up other functions.

Using the remote

Press the HIS or HERS key at any time to access the favorites you’ve set up. Or press the FAVORITE key, then select your favorites group. Then press the

Side Key next to the logo to change your device to that channel. Selecting a favorite group that has not yet been set up, takes you to the setup Wizard.

Important: Make sure you point the remote at your device until the channel changes. Pressing a favorite key might send the commands for say channel 162, but if you don’t point the remote at your device until all three digits are sent you might just get channel 16, or even channel 1. Watch the flickering halo at the bottom left of the screen, it flickers for each digit sent. It also shows what device is being controlled.

Press the HOME key at any time to access the screen where you can set things up, or access other features.

Press the MODE key, then select a device type to change the mode that the remote is in. E.G., if the remote is in

Cable mode then the hard keys such as

Channel Up/Down, Volume Up/Down, numbers, etc., operate your cable box.

Also, when you select a mode, any extra keys for that mode, and any keys you’ve learned for that mode are displayed. The current mode that the remote is in is displayed with an icon in the lower left of the screen. In the above example it’s in Cable mode. Press HIS or HERS to return to your favorites screen.

Before you continue, press Side Key K5 next to the Help icon and follow the prompts to get an idea of how to use the remote.

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QuickPower

QuickPower is a way of quickly turning all your devices on or off from one easy to use screen.

Press the HOME Key to go to the Home screen.

Then press the Side Key next to

QuickPower.

Only Devices you’ve previously set up are displayed. The others are grayed out.

Press any key that isn’t grayed out to send the “Power” command for that device.

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Sleep

Sleep lets you set any device to turn off a preset time from now. You can set the off time in increments of 15 minutes, up to a

Maximum of 90 minutes.

Press the HOME key to go to the Home

Screen, then press the Side Key next to

Sleep.

You can set a sleep timer for any or all of the devices that you’ve set up, i.e., any that are not grayed out.

In this example we only have a TV,

Cable Box and Satellite Receiver set up.

Below, we pressed Side Key K1 next to the TV icon once, to set a sleep timer of

15 minutes.

We pressed Side Key K2 next to the

Cable Box icon twice, to set a sleep timer of 30 minutes.

And we press Side Key K7 next to the

Sat icon five times to set a sleep timer of

1 hour and 30 minutes.

Pressing OK takes you back to the Home screen with your sleep timers saved. The next time you select the Sleep screen you’ll see that the sleep timers have started to count down.

Make sure you leave the remote pointing at the device(s) you’ve set

Sleep Timers for so it can send the

Power command to the device(s) at the time(s) you’ve set.

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Learning

Tips On Learning

a. Some functions from some types of remotes might not be able to be learned.

b. No functions may be learned under the HOME,

MODE, FAVORITE, HIS, or HERS (hard) keys.

c. Use fresh batteries for both the IR10A remote and your

Original Remote.

d. Keep at least three feet away from incandescent or lowenergy lights when learning.

e. Place the original remote end-to-end with the IR10A remote so the IR transmitter (at the top) on your original remote points at the IR learning device on the bottom of the IR10A remote.

f. Keep the distance between the two remotes to approximately 1 inch.

g. Line up the remotes and then press the key you want to learn. To get the correct range, press the key on the remote you are learning and you will see a “red halo” around the transmit icon at the bottom left of the screen starts to flicker. The best range for learning is when it flickers most rapidly. Move the position of the 2 remotes to achieve this.

Do not change this “best distance” between the two remotes until you have learned all the required keys.

h. When Learning, you should normally not release the key being learned until the display prompts you to do so.

However, some keys might be learned multiple times if you do this. If this happens just “tap” the key you want to learn, rather than press and hold it. For example, keys that you normally hold down for a while (like volume up or down) will likely require a long press when learning. Keys that you normally give a quick press (like the numbers, and channel up/down) will likely require a quick press when learning. If after learning say the channel up key, you find that it changes multiple channels when pressed once, try relearning it with a short keypress.

i. If learning the first or second keys results in continuous errors then try the following:

1. Check the IR transmitters/sensors are correctly aligned between the two remotes.

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Learning, cont.

2. Adjust the distance between the two remotes to be closer

(e.g. half an inch) or a further away (e.g. 2 inches) from each other.

3. Try learning the original remote keys again.

4. If problems reoccur with the same key, check the original remote key being learned – does it transmit? Does it operate the target device?

You can learn commands from an existing remote and store them under the “Main” keys on the IR10A remote, or learn commands from an existing remote and store them under any of the 10 Side Keys.

At the Home screen press the Side Key next to Learn.

At this screen you press any of the 5

Side Keys K1-K5 on the left to learn commands under a Side Key, or press any of the top 4 Side Keys K6-K9 on the right to learn commands under the main keys on the remote.

If you press a right Side Key (to select Main Keys) you are going to learn, say, the Chan Up key from an existing remote and store it under the Chan Up key on the IR10A remote.

Or learn the Power key from an existing remote and store it under the Power key on the IR10A remote, etc.

If you press a left Side Key (to select Side Keys) you are going to learn, say, the “DVD Zoom” function from an existing remote and store it under a Side Key on the IR10A remote. You will then be able to name the key “DVD Zoom” and access this “DVD Zoom” function from the Mode screen when the remote is in the mode that you selected when you learned this “DVD Zoom” command.

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Learning Main Keys


Then press one of the top 4 Side Keys

K6-K9 to the right of the screen.

Select the Device you want to learn keys for. In this example we only have a

TV, Cable Box and Satellite Receiver set up, so the rest are grayed out, but you can still select any of the devices to learn commands for. You are then instructed to line up the remotes, and press the key on the IR10A remote that you want to learn.

You then point the remote you want to learn commands from at the bottom of the IR10A remote, and press the key on the IR10A remote that you want to learn a command under, e.g., the

Power key.

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Learning Main Keys, cont.

You then press and hold (in this example) the Power key on the other remote, until the display shows that the command has been successfully learned. Note for some types of key you might need to hold the key pressed, but for other types a quick press is sufficient. Experiment a bit. If keys you learn are sent multiple times try learning them with just a quick press.

(See Tips on Learning on page 16).

If the screen says Failure, you can press the key and try again.

You can continue learning more individual keys by following the instructions on the screen, and then press Done when you’re finished. Or you can press Add Key to Macro, (see below and next page).

Learning a Macro - Main Keys

At this screen you can select Add Key to a Macro. Then instead of learning another “separate” key, the next key you learn will be added to a Macro. This

Macro will be activated by the key that you learned the first command under.

E.G., you could press Power and learn the power command from your TV’s remote, then select Add Key to Macro, and press the 3 key and learn the channel

3 key from your TV’s remote. Then the

Macro stored under the Power key will turn on the TV and change the channel to number 3.

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Macros - Main Keys, cont.

Before learning the second key in the

Macro, you can if desired, set a delay

(1-10 secs) after which the command stored in the Macro will be sent. For example your TV might require a few seconds after turning it on before it will respond to a Channel Up/Down command. (Repeatedly press the Side

Key next to Set Delay, or enter the delay directly with the numeric keys, 0-9).

In this case let’s set a 1 second delay between commands. Then point your existing remote at the bottom of the

IR10A remote and press OK when you’re ready.

You then press the second key on your original remote that you want to add to the Macro.

When success is displayed you can continue adding keys to the Macro, and then press Done when you’re finished.

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Learning Side Keys


Then press any of the Side Keys K1-

K5 to the left of the screen.

Select the device you want to learn keys for. In this example we only have a TV,

Cable Box and Satellite Receiver set up, so the rest are grayed out, but you can still select any of the devices to learn commands for. In this case we selected TV.

Some typical “extra” keys are already set up, (depending on the Mode you selected), the rest of them are called L6,

L7, L8, etc., 27 keys in total. (You can rename them later). Press the Side Key that you want to learn a command under.

(Note can choose one that already has a name, so as to “learn over it” and then later rename it). Let’s select L7.

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Learning Side Keys, cont.

Next point the remote you want to learn commands from at the bottom of the

IR10A remote, and press OK when you’re ready. (See Tips on Learning on page 16).

Next press the key (on the other remote) for the function you want to learn. Hold the key pressed until the screen says that the command was successfully learned.

Note for some types of key you might need to hold the key pressed, but for other types a quick press is sufficient. Experiment a bit. If keys you learn are sent multiple times try learning them with just a quick press.

You can change the label for the key (in this case L7) and/or add the key to a

Macro (see page 24 for Macros).

If you select Change Label, by pressing

Side Key K9, you can change the name to anything you want. For example you’ll likely want to rename it with the name of the function that you learned.

After you select Change Label you see the screen to the right. You enter the new name for the key using the numeric keys on the remote, in a similar fashion to typing in text on a cell phone. See next page.

E.G. in this example we pressed the 3

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Learning Side Keys, cont.

key on the remote to enter the letter D.

Then we pressed the 8 key repeatedly until the letter V was displayed. Then we waited a second and pressed 3 to select D. Then we pressed the 0 (zero) key twice until we selected a space. We continued this process until we had

“DVD Zoom” displayed.

Then we pressed OK to save the new label for the key we had learned.

The next time you set the remote to the mode that you learned this key under you’ll see a screen where you can select this, and any other functions you’ve learned under that mode.

Pressing the MODE key and then selecting a device type shows the “extra” keys and learned keys for that mode. Note, you can learn keys from any kind of remote under any mode. You could for example learn the power keys for your TV, and your audio system and extra keys for your DVD player under the DVD mode. Then when you press the MODE key and select DVD, you’ll be able to turn on your TV, turn on your audio system, and control your DVD player, all from the Side Keys on this one screen.

Note: “Triple tap” name entry works in a similar fashion to text entry on a cell phone. Tap each numeric key to cycle through ALL caps, numbers, and lower case letters. E.G., repeatedly pressing the number 2 key cycles through A, B, C,

2, a, b, c. Pressing the 9 key cycles through W, X, Y, Z, 9, w, x, y, z. A “space” can be selected with the 0 (zero) key. The number 1 key selects 1 . @ ? ! - & : and back to 1. And you can backspace an entry with the key to the left of the 0 (zero) key. Press OK (or the Enter “E” key) to confirm your new name.

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Learning Macros (Side Keys)

A Macro could include the Power key for your TV, followed by the Power key for your Cable box, followed (after a 2 second delay), by digit 4 from your cable remote. Then when you later activate this

Macro it will turn on your TV, turn on your cable box, wait 2 seconds then set the cable box to channel 4.


Then press any Side Key K1-K5 to the left to learn a Macro that you’ll save to a

Side Key (and later rename it if desired).

Select the device you want to learn keys for. In this example we only have a TV,

Cable Box and Satellite Receiver set up, so the rest are grayed out, but you can still select any of the devices to learn commands for. E.G., in this case we selected DVR.

Then select the Side Key that you want to store the Macro under. For example, L1.

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Learning Macros, cont.

Line up the remotes and press OK when you’re ready.

Next press the key (on the other remote) for the function you want to learn. Hold the key pressed until the screen says that the command was successfully learned.

Note for some types of key you might need to hold the key pressed, but for other types a quick press is sufficient.

Experiment a bit. If keys you learn are sent multiple times try learning them with just a quick press.

Press Side Key K8 next to “Add Key to

Macro” to add more keys.

You can set a delay (1-10 secs) after which the command stored in the Macro will be sent. (Repeatedly press Side Key

K9 next to Set Delay, or enter the delay directly with the numeric keys, 0-9).

In this case we set a 2 second delay.

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Learning Macros, cont.

Point your existing remote at the bottom of the IR10A remote and press OK when you’re ready. Then press your next key.

After adding more keys you can keep the label for the key (in this case L1) or select

Change Label, by pressing Side Key K9.

If you select Change Label you can change the name to anything you want.

For example you could call it My Macro, or Macro 1.

After you select Change Label you see the screen below to the right.

You enter the new name for the key using the numeric keys, in a similar fashion to typing in text on a cell phone. E.G. in this example we pressed the 6 key on the remote to enter the letter “M.” Then we pressed the 2 key repeatedly until the letter “a” was displayed. Then we waited a second and repeatedly pressed 2 to select “c.” Then we waited a second and repeatedly pressed the number 7 key until we selected “r.” Then the 6 key to select

“o.” Then the 0 (zero) key twice to select a space, and then 1 to select 1. Macro 1 is then displayed.

Press Done to save the new label for the

Macro you learned and stored under the

L1 key.

The next time you select the Mode that the Macro was learned in (in this case

DVR) you’ll see that you can press the

Side Key next to “Macro 1” to activate the Macro.

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Setting up more

Setting up more Devices

When you first inserted the batteries in the remote you likely went through the

Wizard and set up a few devices. Here’s how to set up more devices. Press the

HOME key to display the Home screen.

Then press the Side Key next to Setup.

Then press the Side Key next to Devices.

Then pick a device you want to set up.

Note, it doesn’t have to be a device that is grayed out. You can also select any device that’s already set up (not grayed out) and change its settings. From this point, setting up a device is the same as you learned in the Wizard. See pages 8 and 9. Note, you can select Aux 1 or

Aux 2 from the Devices screen and then select any type of device to set up under either Aux key.

Or you could select any device, and then press Change Type repeatedly, on screen

(1) above, to scroll through the devices and change to TV (for example) to set up a second TV. Selecting Label, on screen (2) lets you rename the device, e.g. you could call it Den TV, and have another called Liv Rm TV.

Note: “Triple tap” name entry works in a similar fashion to text entry on a cell phone. Tap each numeric key to cycle through ALL caps, numbers, and lower case letters. So at screen (3) you could press the 6 key to enter M, then the 9 key 8 times for a lower case y, then the zero key twice for a space, then the 8 key for T, then the 8 key three times for a V, to enter My TV. See pages 11, 12, and 23 for more details on entering text to change labels.

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(1)

(2)

(3)

Setting up more, cont.

Setting up more Favorites

When you first inserted the batteries in the remote you likely went through the

Wizard and set up a few favorites. You could only set up 10 favorites at that time.

Here’s how to set up more favorites. Press the HOME key to display the Home screen. Then press the Side Key next to

Setup.

Then press the Side Key next to

Favorites.

Then press the Side Key next to Wizard.

Then pick the group that you want to set up favorites in, (or add more favorites to).

If you pick an existing group that you previously set up favorites in, say His, any new favorites will be added to the ones you already set up. If you already set up 10 favorites a new page will be added

(you can have 10 pages of favorites).

Groups that have not yet had any favorites added to them are grayed out, but can still be selected. From this point adding favorites is the same as you learned in the Wizard, so follow the directions on the screen (see also pages

10-12).

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Adding/Editing Favorites

This lets you add favorites to an existing group, edit favorites in an existing group, or add favorites to a new group.

Press the HOME key, select Setup, and then select Favorites. Then at the screen to the right select Add/Edit.

Select any group to add favorites to, or to edit existing favorites in.

Pressing the Side Key next to an existing group (in this case His) shows the favorites that you previously set up in that group.

You can press a Side Key next to an existing logo (to edit/change it), or press a

Side Key next to a blank location to add a new favorite, or press More to add or edit icons on a new page. For example, you might only want to have four favorites on this page and put some other favorites on their own separate page. Or you can fill up this page and add more to the next page (up to 10 pages of favorites).

From this point on adding favorites is the same as you learned in the Wizard, so follow the directions on the screen

(see also pages 10-12).

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Reordering Favorites

This lets you move the favorites that you previously set up in a group, to different locations on the screen, i.e., reorder them.

Press the HOME key, select Setup, and then select Favorites. Then at the screen to the right select Reorder.

Pick the group in which you want to reorder the favorites. Groups that don’t have any favorites in them yet are grayed out, and can’t be selected.

When your favorites are displayed, select the one you want to move, e.g.,

ABC. It is then marked with a green box.

Press the Side Key next to the location you want to move the favorite to. The favorite moves to the new location. Try moving favorites around to see how this works. Note, if you move a favorite to a location that already has a favorite there, the two favorites swap locations.

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Deleting Favorites

This lets you delete favorites that you previously set up in a group.

Press the HOME key, select Setup, and then select Favorites. Then at the screen to the right select Delete.

Pick the group in which you want to delete the favorites. Groups that don’t have any favorites in them yet are grayed out, and can’t be selected.

When your favorites are displayed, select the one(s) you want to delete, e.g., FOX and ABC. The favorites are marked for deletion with a red X.

You can press the Back key if you change your mind, otherwise pressing OK deletes the selected favorites. (There is a warning displayed first allowing you to change your mind).

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Renaming Favorite Groups

This lets you Rename the groups that you save your favorites in. For example you might want to rename His to Dave, or

Hers to Isabel.

Press the HOME key, select Setup, and then select Favorites. Then at the screen to the right select Rename.

Note, none of the groups are grayed out so you can even rename groups that don’t yet have any favorites set up in them.

Pick the group that you want to Rename, e.g. His.

You enter the new name for the favorites group using the numeric keys on the remote, in a similar fashion to typing in text on a cell phone. E.G. in this example we pressed the 3 key on the remote to enter the letter “D.” Then we pressed the

2 key repeatedly until the letter “a” was displayed. Then we waited a second and repeatedly pressed 8 to select “v.” Then we waited a second and repeatedly pressed the number 3 key until “e” was selected.

When you’ve entered the new name, press OK to save the new name for the favorites group.

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Clearing Settings in the Remote

This lets you clear (erase) various things you’ve set up in the remote.

Press the HOME key, select Setup. Then at the screen to the right select Clear

Settings.

Pressing the Side Key next to Devices lets you clear the settings, i.e. codes, for various Devices (TV, VCR, etc.). After selecting Devices, you select the device you want to clear. Only devices that you have set up are shown. All other devices that have not been set up are grayed out.

Pressing the Side Key next to Favorites lets you select a group, e.g. His, Hers, etc., and then clear ALL the favorites you had set up in that group of favorites. Only groups that you have set up favorites in are shown. All other groups are grayed out.

Pressing the Side Key next to Learned lets you select a device

(TV, VCR, etc.) that you had previously learned commands and/or Macros under and clear everything that was learned.

Only devices that you have learned commands and/or Macros under are shown. All other devices are grayed out.

Pressing the Side Key next to Punchthrough lets you clear any

Punchthrough commands you had set up for a device. Only devices that you have set up Punchthrough for are shown. All other devices are grayed out.

Pressing the Side Key next to Master Clear lets you clear

EVERYTHING in the remote. Be careful when selecting this.

Note however that ALL the sections above display a warning screen allowing you to change your mind before actually clearing anything.

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Advanced Settings

Press the HOME key, then select Setup, then select Advanced.

The screen to the right lets you change the backlight delay; enter codes for devices directly from the printed code list that came with the remote; set up punchthrough for various devices; and limit the channels that young children can access.

Display Options

Select Options, then press a Side Key to the left or the right of the option to adjust the setting. Then press OK. Backlight adjusts how long it takes before the screen goes black (approx 2-35 seconds) if you don’t press any keys.

Key Transmit Time changes the delay between digits when sending favorites, e.g. 1–6–2. This can be used in situations where the channels are not accepted by the set-top box.

Device Codes

(1)

Select Device Codes. Then Select a device.

Devices that have not yet been set up are grayed out. You can select them here and set them up by entering the device code from the printed code list. Or you can change the code for a device that had already been set up by simply entering the new code.

This screen also lets you view the codes for any device that’s been set up. In the above example you can see the codes that are set for TV, Cable, and SAT. We’ve selected CD and can then enter its 4 digit code from the code list, using the number keys on the remote. The above also shows that we’ve learned codes under the AUX1 key in DVD mode.

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Advanced Settings, cont.

You can also change the device type by pressing the key on screen (1) next to the device that you are editing the code for.

Pressing this key repeatedly cycles through all available device types.

Programming Combo Device Codes

Some Combo devices (e.g. TV/VCR, TV/DVD, DVD/VCR, etc.) will require you to set up two different Mode keys to control both parts of the Combo device. For example, if you have a TV/DVD Combo, you might need to set up one code under the TV key to control the TV part AND a separate code

(under any other Mode key) to control the DVD part. Other

Combo devices have one code that will control both parts of the device. See separate code list.

To set up a combo device, press the HOME key, then select

Setup, then select Advanced then Device Codes, as described on previous page.

Punchthrough

This lets you set up how various keys on the remote operate in various modes. For example you might want the Volume Up/

Down and Mute keys to ALWAYS operate your TV, no matter what mode the remote is in. Or you might want the Play, Stop,

Pause REW, FF, and Record keys to ALWAYS operate your

VCR no matter what mode the remote is in.

Press the HOME key, then select Setup, then select Advanced, then Punchthrough.

Then select the device you want to set up

Punchthrough for. E.G., TV.

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Punchthrough, cont.

At this screen you set how you want the

Volume Up/Down and Mute keys to operate when the remote is in TV mode.

Then you select how you want the

Channel Up/Down keys to operate when the remote is in TV mode.

Then you select how you want the Play,

Stop, Pause REW, FF, and Record keys to operate when the remote is in TV mode.

For example, here we’ve set the Volume and Mute keys to operate the TV in TV mode (i.e. Punchthrough Not Set); Chan

Up/Down to operate the Cable Box; and

Play, Stop, Pause, etc., to operate the

DVD Player - even though the remote is in TV mode.

Here we’ve set the Volume and Mute to operate the TV; and Chan Up/Down to operate the Cable Box; - even though the remote is in DVD mode. Play, Stop,

Pause, etc., will operate the DVD (i.e.

Punchthrough Not Set for Play, etc.)

You need to set up Punchthrough for each device you’ve set up in the remote.

I.E., you need to set up how you want the “Volume Up/Down and Mute” “Chan Up/Down” and “Play, Stop, Pause REW, FF, and Record” keys to operate for each device that you have set up, i.e., for whatever mode the remote is set to.

Note also that if you want some other keys to operate in a different mode from what they normally operate in, you can

“learn” the key(s). E.G. if you want you TV’s INPUT key to still switch the TV’s input when you’re in cable mode, you can learn your TV’s INPUT key under cable mode.

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KidSafe

Press the HOME key, then select Setup, then select Advanced, then KidSafe.

The first time you access the KidSafe menu you are asked if you want to set up a KidSafe Code. If you select Yes, you see this screen. You enter a 4 digit code that you will easily remember, but that your Kid(s) won’t guess.

After you enter a 4 digit code and press

OK you see a screen that lets you pick a new KidSafe code, i.e., change it. And/or set the group of favorites that your Kids have access to (the default group is Kids but will be grayed out if you haven’t set that group up yet).

You can press the Side Key next to Pick

Favorites and choose a different favorites group that you want your Kids to have access to, e.g., any other favorites group you’ve set up.

After you’ve done this you now have the option to Turn KidSafe On. If you turn KidSafe On everything in the remote except access to the KidSafe group (and Volume/Mute keys) is locked out. No settings can be changed, and Channel Up/

Down, and number keys don’t work.

If you try to access any other favorite group, change a setting, or access any forbidden menu, you are asked to enter the

KidSafe code. You cannot continue unless you enter the correct

KidSafe code. See the Troubleshooting section if you forget your KidSafe code - but don’t let your kids read this owner’s manual!

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X10 Home Control

If you own or purchase an X10 IR Command Console, Model

IR543 and X10 Lamp, Appliance, and Wall Switch Modules you’ll be able to control lights and appliances from your

IR10A iconRemote. You point the iconRemote at the IR543, it receives IR commands and converts them to X10 commands.

Refer to page 34 and set up code 0401 under AUX (or any other mode you prefer). Then in AUX mode (for example) press a number button on the iconRemote corresponding to the

X10 Module you want to control, then press CHANNEL + to turn the module on, CHANNEL – to turn it off, VOLUME + to brighten Lamp and Wall Switch Modules, and VOLUME – to dim them. You can also press the POWER button to turn on

ALL lights connected to Lamp and Wall Switch Modules and press MUTE to turn off all your X10 modules (including

Appliance Modules).

Troubleshooting

The Favorites you set up don’t operate your device.

• Make sure you selected the correct device (TV, Cable, Sat, etc., when you set up each favorite. See Add/Edit Favorites page 29 to change the device type for your favorite(s).

The Remote’s hard keys do not operate your product.

• Make sure the remote is set to the correct Mode by pressing the MODE key follow by the appropriate Side

Key for the device mode you desire.

• Program the remote with a new code.

• The remote may not contain the code for your device. Try learning the codes you need from your old remote.

• Install new batteries.

The remote does not operate some features of your product.

• Program the remote with a new code.

• The remote may not be able to operate all features of your product or key names might be different than your product.

Try learning codes from your old remote.

Troubleshooting, cont.

Having problems with learning?

• See Learning Tips on page 16.

• If some learned keys transmit multiple times, e.g. if a learned Channel Up key changes more than one channel when you press it, or Up/Down/Left/Right navigation keys move more than one step when you press the learned key; try just giving the key to be learned a quick press (when you learn it) rather than holding the key pressed until the screen displays Success.

Your TV turns on when you press a Favorite key.

• Some types of TV, e.g. Philips flat panel TVs turn on and go to the selected channel when you press a channel number while the TV is off. So for this type of TV pressing a favorite key will do the same thing (but it might not work for 3 digit channels, e.g. 550).

Forgot your KidSafe code?

• Just remove and reinsert the batteries to reset KidSafe (but don’t let your Kids see this Owner’s Manual).

12 Month Limited Warranty

X10.com, a division of X10 Wireless Technology, Inc. (X10) warrants X10 products to be free from defective material and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the original date of purchase at retail. X10 agrees to repair or replace, at its sole discretion, a defective X10 product if returned to X10 within the warranty period and with proof of purchase. If service is required under this warranty:

Call 1-800-442-5065, or visit www.x10.com, or e-mail [email protected].

For help or more information on setup, please visit: http://www.x10.com/support

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