X10 MC460 Mini-Controller Owner Manual

X10 MC460 Mini-Controller Owner Manual

X10 MC460, a wireless mini controller, lets you remotely control lights and appliances from anywhere in your home. It uses your existing house wiring to send signals to X10 modules, allowing you to turn devices on/off, dim/brighten lights, and control up to 8 different devices with 4 buttons.

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Mini Controller

Owner’s Manual

Model MC460

X10.com, a division of X10 Wireless Technology, Inc.

3824 North 5th St., Suite C,

North Las Vegas, NV 89032

Introduction

The X10 Mini Controller lets you remotely control lights and appliances from anywhere in your home. You can keep it by the bedside and turn off the TV without getting out of bed. You can turn off your child’s radio or night light from your bedroom. You can turn on ALL lights connected to

Lamp Modules and Wall Switch Modules with the push of a button if you hear a suspicious noise at night. You can even turn off everything in the system with one button to save energy. How many times have you gone to bed and left a downstairs light on because you didn’t want to get out of bed to turn it off? Now you don’t have to.

Caution: Be very careful when you use your X10 Mini Controller with any kind of appliance. If you accidentally turn on an empty coffee pot for example, you could burn out the element and even create a fire hazard. Switching on an unattended heater could also cause a serious fire hazard.

The X10 Mini Controller activates lights and appliances throughout your home from any convenient location. The Mini Controller transmits signals to the Modules over your existing house wiring. You plug lamps into Lamp Modules, plug appliances into Appliance Modules and replace wall light switches with Wall Switch Modules. You can then control virtually everything electrical in your home. You can also dim and brighten lights.

How it works

The Mini Controller tells the Modules what to do. Command signals are sent over your existing house wiring to the Module or Modules of your choice. The Modules respond to the command signals. The Lamp Module turns on and off, and dims and brightens any incandescent lamp up to 300 watts. The Appliances Module turns on and off appliances such as a TV, (not “instant on” TVs), a window fan, or a stereo. It can also be used for a lamp - but cannot dim it. The Wall Switch Module turns on and off, and dims and brightens an incandescent light up to 500 watts, which is normally operated by a wall switch.

Using the Mini Controller

Having 16 choices for the Housecode lets you set up several independent systems in one home without interaction among them. Also, you can avoid interference with, or from a neighbor’s system by choosing a different Housecode letter.

Setting up the Mini Controller

1. To install your Mini Controller, simply plug the power cord into any functioning wall outlet.

2. Set the slide switch on the top of the Mini Controller for the Modules you want it to control (1 thru 4 or 5 thru 8).

3. Using a small screwdriver, choose one the 16 letters on the Mini Controller’s Housecode dial.

All X10 Modules have a similar red Housecode dial. Set the Mini Controller and all the Modules

to be controlled by it to the same Housecode letter.

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To turn ON a light or appliance

Press and release the TOP of one of the 4 number keys corresponding to the Unit Code set on the

Module to be controlled.

To turn all lights on (i.e. all lamps connected to Lamp Modules or Wall Switch Modules set to the same House Code) press the TOP of the All Lights On/All Units Off key. This key does not affect

Appliance Modules.

To turn OFF a light or appliance

Press and release the BOTTOM of one of the 4 number keys corresponding to the Unit Code set on the Module to be controlled.

To turn off all modules, including Appliance Modules, press the bottom of the All Lights On/All

Units Off key.

To Dim or Brighten lights

Press and release the TOP of the number key for the Lamp Module or Wall Switch Module you want to Dim or Brighten (you can’t Dim or Brighten Appliance Modules). Then press the TOP of the Dim/

Bright key to Brighten or the BOTTOM of the Dim/Bright key to Dim the light. Hold the key pressed until the desired brightness level is reached.

The Finder Label is a convenient place to indicate the locations of lights and appliances controller by your system. There is one box for each unit key.

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Using the Mini Controller

Problem Solving

If a particular module won’t go on or off from the buttons on the Mini Controller:

Check that you have power to the outlet controlling the Module and the switch on the light or appliance is ON.

Check that the Unit Code on the Module is set to the correct number. Check the 1-4/5-8 selector on the top of the Mini Controller. Check that the Housecode on the Module is set correctly. The Housecode on the Module and the Mini Controller must be set to the same letter.

Try plugging the Module and the Mini Controller into the same outlet. If the Module doesn’t work in

ANY outlet, not even with the Module and the Mini Controller in the same duplex receptacle (top and bottom) the Module might be defective. Contact http://www.x10.com/support for help.

If you can’t control ANY modules from the Mini Controller

Check that you have power to the outlet for the Mini Controller. Check that the Housecode on the

Mini Controller is set correctly. Try plugging the Module and the Mini Controller into the same outlet. If NONE of your Modules work in ANY outlet, not even with the Module and the Mini

Controller in the same duplex receptacle (top and bottom) the Mini Controller might be defective.

Contact http://www.x10.com/support for help.

Intercom Systems

Intercom systems which send voice signals over existing electrical wiring may interfere with the operation of the Mini Controller when the intercom is in use. If the Intercom system has its own separate wiring it will not cause a problem.

Power Interruptions

When the power is restored after an outage, Lamp Modules and Wall Switch Modules will normally be OFF. Appliance Modules will stay as they were before the interruption.

Local Control

Lights and appliances connected to plug-in Modules can be turned ON with their own power switch.

Simply turn the switch OFF then ON again once or twice. For lamps with three-way bulbs, you might have to rotate the power switch a few times before the light comes on.

The Wall Switch Module can be turned ON or OFF locally using its push button. The power On-Off switch on the Wall Switch Module is used to completely turn off the power. For example, when changing a light bulb.

X10 Wireless Technology, Inc. Limited One Year 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:

MC460-4/03

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

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