MRU2401 Trilingual Front Cover Art Table of Contents Introduction ...................................................... 3 Button Functions ............................................... 4 SAT/DVD Functions .................................... 6 Setup ............................................................... 7 Battery Installation ....................................... 7 Battery Saver ............................................... 7 Code Saver ................................................. 7 Power-On default ........................................ 7 Code Setup ................................................. 7 Code Entry ....................................................... 8 Direct Code Entry ........................................ 8 Code Search ............................................... 8 Brand Search ............................................... 9 Code Identification Feature ............................. 10 Sleep Timer .................................................... 10 Programming Combo Device Codes ............... 11 Controlling Combo Devices ............................ 11 Controlling Devices with Power On and Off .... 11 VCR/DVD/DVR Punch-Through Feature ....... 12 Volume/Mute Control Feature ......................... 12 Setting Volume/Mute Control, Punch-Through . 13 Setting any Mode to use its own Volume/Mute 13 TV/VCR/INPUT ............................................ 14 Troubleshooting .............................................. 15 Instrucciones en Español ................................. 16 Manuel d'instruction ....................................... 30 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of a Magnavox Universal Remote Control. Magnavox Universal Remotes let you replace a broken or lost remote or combine more than one remote into one. This remote control operates the common features of most but not all models and brands of IR Infrared Controlled Video Equipment. This remote may provide functions that are not available on your equipment. Some functions of your particular equipment (e.g. menu functions) may not be controlled by this remote. In such cases, use the original remote control for your equipment. Please use this manual to become familiar with your Magnavox Universal Remote. After you are familiar with your remote the first thing you need to do is to install batteries and setup your remote for your particular product and brand. Thank you for buying a Magnavox remote and we hope it will give you many years of service. 2 3 Button Functions Button Functions, cont. 1. Red Indicator Lights when any button is pressed. 2. TV, VCR, DVD, SAT/CBL Selects product to be operated. 3. MUTE Turns off the TV sound while the picture remains. 4. CODE SEARCH Used for setup. 5. SLEEP Turns off the TV after a period of 1 to 99 minutes. 6. POWER Turns product On or Off. 7. PIP TV Picture-in- Picture control. 8. NUMBERS Enter numbers for direct channel selection. Some products require Enter to be pressed after channel selection. 9. ENTER Used after direct channel number entry to immediately change to the selected channel. 10. INFO/SELECT Displays/selects on-screen channel information, etc. 11. MENU Access the Menu functions of the device you are controlling. 12. RECORD, PLAY, STOP, REW, FF, PAUSE VCR control buttons operate your VCR even when the remote is set to operate the TV. Also operates DVD Scan -/+. 13. CHAPTER +/- controls DVD/CD track selection i.e. DVD/CD Track Skip Up/Down (in DVD and SAT modes). Note the VCR buttons also control DVD when in DVD Mode. 14. UP, DOWN, LEFT & RIGHT navigation buttons. 15. OK Selects menu items for the device you are controlling. 16. QUIT Used to exit menu functions. 17. GUIDE Displays on-screen program guide. 18. TV/VCR/INPUT For some TVs, press repeatedly to select from available viewing sources (antenna, cable box, VCR, etc.). 19. TOGGLE Swaps TV PIP screens. 20. CC (SUBTITLE) TV Closed Caption (if your TV has this feature) or DVD Subtitle toggle. 21. PREV. CHAN Returns to the previously selected channel, or DVD repeat toggle. 22. VOLUME UP/DOWN Changes the volume level of the product, normally the TV. 23. CHANNEL UP/DOWN Changes the channels. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 23. 22. 21. 20. 19. 18. 17. 16. 15. 14. 13. 12. Note: The REC button must be pressed TWICE to record from your VCR. For some brands of VCRs, you might need to press the REC button once, then press it again for three seconds. Some buttons on the remote might have functions that are referred to by different names on the device you are controlling. E.G. PREV.CHAN may be called RECALL, or ENTER may be called DISPLAY. These differences depend on the brand and model of your product. Also, this remote can only operate features that exist on your product. E.G., your product must have PREV.CHAN ability for the PREV.CHAN button to operate this feature. 4 5 Button Functions, cont. DVD Functions SCAN+ and SCAN- buttons control the speed of Fast Forward and Reverse Playback respectively. CHAPTER+ and CHAPTER- buttons respectively locate the succeeding or preceding Chapters or Tracks on a disc. SUBTITLE button turns the subtitles on or off. REPEAT button performs DVD players "A-B Repeat" (or RPT A.B) function for repeat play of current Chapter or Track. INFO/SELECT button brings up DVD Display or Control Menu for Chapter/Track/Title number, Time remaining/elapsed indication, system information, etc. QUIT button is used to Exit or Clear on-screen Menu displays. PLAY button is used to start Disc playback and for Menu selection on some DVD players. STOP button stops Disc playback. PAUSE button pauses Disc playback - press PLAY to resume. INPUT button activates the DVD Players SETUP Menu. 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 2 AAA Alkaline batteries. 3. Press the battery cover back into place. Battery Saver Your remote automatically turns off if the buttons are depressed more than 30 seconds. This will save your batteries should your remote get stuck in a place where the buttons remain depressed (e.g., between the sofa cushions). Code Saver You will have up to 10 minutes to change the batteries in your remote without losing codes you have programmed. However, do not press any buttons until batteries are installed in the remote. If buttons are pressed without batteries in the remote, all codes will be lost. SAT Functions GUIDE button displays on-screen Satellite Channel Guide. CHAPTER+ and CHAPTER- buttons perform the "Page+" and "Page-" function for on-screen Guide Menus used by some Satellite systems. INFO/SELECT button brings up Satellite Display screen for current Channel and system information. MENU brings up the Satellite Menu screen - use with the UP, DOWN, LEFT & RIGHT navigation buttons. OK button is used for on-screen Menu selection. QUIT button is used to Exit or Clear on-screen Menu displays. INPUT button performs the Satellite TV/SAT function. Power-On Default The remote powers on in TV mode. Code Setup The CODE SEARCH button is used to setup the remote. You can either setup the remote using the code for your brand of product, from the code tables (on separate sheet), or you can search through the library of codes until you find a code that works for your product. Please refer to "Programming with Code Search" on page 8 for more information on using the code search feature to learn how to search through the library of codes for your products. NOTE: You can store any kind of code under any mode (except TV). I.E. you can store a VCR code under the CBL button, or a DVD code under the VCR button, etc. However, you can only store TV codes under the TV button. 6 7 Direct Code Entry 1. Press and hold the CODE SEARCH button until the red indicator stays on, then release the CODE SEARCH button. 2. Press and release the desired mode button (TV, VCR, etc.). The red indicator blinks, then stays lit. 3. Enter the 4 digit code from the code tables (on separate sheet). Note: after a valid code entry, the red indicator turns off. For an invalid code, the red indicator flashes. 4. With your device on, press CHANNEL UP. If the device responds, no further programming is required. Note: If some buttons do not operate your equipment, try one of the other codes for your brand. Write your codes down here for easy reference later. Code Search, cont. Most users will store VCR codes under the VCR button, Cable codes under CABLE, etc. If (for example) you want to store a VCR code under CABLE, first follow the procedure for Direct Code Entry (previous page) and press CABLE in step 2 of Direct Code Entry, then enter ANY VCR code in step 3 of Direct Code Entry. Then follow the steps above for Code Search (or Brand Search, below). Note: If the device does not have a CHANNEL UP button, use PLAY (VCR only) or POWER instead. Code Search starts from the currently stored 4 digit number under that mode. Code Search by Brand Lets you search for a code for a specific Brand within the Code Library for a particular manufacturer. 1. Turn on the device (TV, VCR, etc.) to be controlled. 2. Press and hold the CODE SEARCH button until the red indicator remains on, then release CODE SEARCH button. 3. Press and quickly release the desired mode button (TV, VCR, etc.). The red indicator blinks off once. 4. Press and release the numeric button (0-9) corresponding to desired Manufacturer (see table on code list sheet). The red indicator blinks off once. Note, pressing "0" performs a full library search same as normal Code Search Method on previous page. 5. Press the CHANNEL UP button ((or POWER or PLAY (VCR only)) repeatedly until the device to be controlled changes channel. The red indicator blinks off with each button press. If you accidentally overshoot the code required, press the CHANNEL DOWN button to backtrack through the library until the device changes channel. Pressing CHANNEL UP changes direction to forward again. 6. Press and release MUTE to install the code. Brand Search Method entry is now complete. Note: When all codes under a Brand have been searched the red indicator flashes rapidly for 3 seconds. Type TV VCR DVD SAT/CBL Type stored TV Code Code Search If your product does not respond after you have tried all the codes for your brand, or if your brand is not listed, try searching for your code by following these steps. 1. Manually turn on the device (TV, VCR, etc.) to be controlled. 2. Press and hold the CODE SEARCH button until the red indicator stays on, then release the CODE SEARCH button. 3. Press and quickly release the desired mode button (TV, VCR, etc.). The red indicator blinks off once. 4. Press the CHANNEL UP button repeatedly (up to 300 times) until the device to be controlled changes channel. The red indicator blinks off with each button press. If you accidentally overshoot the code required, press the CHANNEL DOWN button to backtrack through the library until the device changes channel. Pressing CHANNEL UP changes direction to forward again. 5. Press and release MUTE to install the code. 8 9 Code Identification Feature The Code Identification Feature allows you to identify the 4 digit library code stored under your device key. For example, if you want to find out what 4 digit code is stored under your TV device key, follow the six steps below: 1. Press and hold the CODE SEARCH button until the red indicator stays on. Release the CODE SEARCH button. 2. Press and release the desired mode button (TV, VCR, etc.). The red indicator blinks, then stays lit. 3. Press and release the CODE SEARCH button. The red indicator blinks off. 4. To find the first digit for the code stored under the mode key pressed in step 2, press each numeric key from 0-9 in turn. When the red indicator blinks off the number you pressed is the first digit for the code you are searching for. 5. To find the second digit, repeat step 4, this time when the red indicator blinks off this is the second digit. 6. Repeat step 4 to find the third and fourth digits. Setup, cont. 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 buttons 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 button to control the TV part AND a separate code (under any other Mode button) to control the DVD part. Controlling Combo Devices Some Combo devices (e.g. TV/VCR, TV/DVD, DVD/ VCR, etc.) have separate buttons on the original remote to select the part of the Combo device to be controlled. For example, if your Combo device is a DVD/VCR then its original remote might have separate DVD and VCR buttons for selection of the Combo part you would control. The equivalent button functions can be found on your Magnavox remote by using the device Mode and CODE SEA ...