User manual UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL CUSTOMIZER URC-300

Owner's Manual Thank You! Thank you for purchasing the Customizer TM URC-300 Pre-Programmed and Learning Remote Control. The Quick Setup DVD tutorial supplied with the Customizer demonstrates the process of setting up and automating a home entertainment system. Watch the DVD first to familiarize yourself with the capabilities of the Customizer and the setup process. This manual is designed to assist you step-by-step as you setup the Customizer to replace all of your remote controls and automate your home entertainment system. URC-300 Owner's Manual © 2004 Universal Remote Control, Inc. The information in this manual is copyright protected. No part of this manual may be copied or reproduced in any form without prior written consent from Universal Remote Control, Inc. UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL, INC. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR OPERATIONAL, TECHNICAL OR EDITORIAL ERRORS/OMISSIONS MADE IN THIS MANUAL. The information in this manual may be subject to change without prior notice. Customizer is a registered trademark of Universal Remote Control, Inc. Power of Simple is a trademark of Universal Remote Control, Inc. DoubleTap learning is a trademark of Universal Remote Control, Inc. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations. 500 Mamaroneck Avenue, Harrison, NY 10528 Phone: (914) 835-4484 Fax: (914) 835-4532 Table of Contents Getting Started ......................................................... 2 Button Layout ........................................................... 3 Basic Setup ............................................................... 5 Pre-Programmed Method .......................................... 5 Learning Method ..................................................... 10 Volume Control Punch Through ............................. 13 Advanced Operation .............................................. 15 Advanced Setup .......................................................17 Editing Button Labels................................................17 Macro Button Setup ................................................ 20 Favorite Channel Setup ........................................... 22 Hiding and Adding Pages ........................................ 24 Erasing Settings ....................................................... 26 Cloning One Customizer to Another ....................... 28 Recalling Pre-Programmed Settings ......................... 29 The Optional Expander ........................................... 30 Pre-Programmed Code Notes ................................. 32 Pre-Programmed Code Tables................................. 33 Frequently Asked Questions ................................... 50 Specifications/Warranty ......................................... 51 1 The Customizer Getting Started Congratulations! You've purchased one of the most advanced and easy to setup control systems available. The Customizer's built-in library includes thousands of different brands and models of remote controls. In most systems, all you have to do to setup the Customizer is enter which brands and models you own. If you own a component too new to be in the library, the Customizer uses advanced DoubleTapTM Learning technology to quickly set each Customizer button, one at a time. Setting up your Customizer to replace all your existing remote controls can be done in a few minutes. Basic Setup is described on pages 5 to 14. The Customizer's exciting advanced features automate and customize operation in many ways. You could use Macro Setup to power on all of your components and start the show with the press of one button! With the Customizer's unique Favorite Channel capability, you can tune in a channel with the press of one button instead of entering the entire channel number. Any of the button names on the display can be edited as you like. It is best to delay any Advanced Setup (described on pages 15 to 29) until after you finish Basic Setup. Battery Installation Remove the battery compartment cover by pressing up the cover lock. Insert four AAA batteries into the battery compartment as shown in the diagram. -+ +-+ +- 2 URC-300 Button Layout TITLE LIGHT Button Touch the Screen to use the Buttons on the screen. MAIN Button takes you to the MAIN Menu. PAGE Buttons ) ( change the page of buttons displayed. PAGE Numbers FUNCTION Buttons 3 The Customizer Selecting a New DEVICE Changes All Button Commands Instantly The Customizer can operate fifteen different devices even though it is only one remote control. Let's try it now! Press the MAIN button, then press the TV DEVICE button. TV DEVICE Button MAIN Button The top of the screen changes from MAIN to TV. Now all of the buttons change their function to operate a TV. Press the page buttons. Watch the labels of the display buttons change with each press. There are four pages of display buttons already labeled for TV operation. To operate another of your components (e.g., VCR, DVD, etc.), press the MAIN button to return to the MAIN menu. The MAIN menu displays seven of your Devices on the screen. Simply press one of the touch screen Device buttons to operate another device. If you don't see the device name you want, then use the PAGE buttons to display the remaining eight devices on page 2 of the MAIN menu. Light Button Press the LIGHT button to backlight all the buttons. To turn off the backlighting, press the LIGHT button again, or just wait ten seconds (the backlighting automatically shuts itself off). LIGHT Button 4 URC-300 Basic Setup You can start setting up your Customizer using either the Pre-Programmed Method or the Learning Method. However, all the buttons of the Customizer are setup at once with the Pre-Programmed Method, so it is usually faster than the one-button-at-a-time Learning Method. Pre-Programmed Method 1 2 Power on the A/V component you wish to setup, so that you can test codes by sending power off commands. Refer to the pre-programmed code tables on pages 33 - 47 and write down the code numbers listed for your A/V component. The code numbers are listed by categories of devices, then by brand. See page 33 for a category list. Press and hold the MAIN and ENT (Enter) buttons at the same time for approximately three seconds. The top of the display will show "SETUP". You are in SETUP mode now. Note: You have 30 seconds to perform a step while you are in SETUP mode. If you don't press a button within that time, the Customizer will time out and return to normal operation. 3 MAIN Button ENT Button 5 The Customizer 4 Press the P-PRO button to select the Pre-Programmed Method. P-PRO Button The screen changes to show the first page of the MAIN menu of Devices: Devices Devices FAV (Not a Device) Press either of the Page buttons ( the second list of eight devices. ) to display 5 In this step you choose the name of the device you'd like to setup. Use the cursor UP or DOWN buttons to change the flashing name. When it is correct, press the SELECT button. For Example: I wanted to setup the TV Device button first, so I pressed the cursor UP or DOWN until "TV" was flashing in the display. UP SELECT DOWN 6 URC-300 6 In this step you verify the type of component you plan to operate with this device button. If the flashing name is correct, press SELECT. SELECT If the name flashing in the display is incorrect (for example, you are setting up AUX to operate a second DVD player), use the UP and DOWN buttons to change the flashing name to the correct type of component. Note: Each name that appears in the display may include several types of components. For example, the AUX category includes video processors, subwoofers, and even remote controlled pianos. See page 33 for a list of component types each Code Table contains. 7 Point the Customizer at the component, then enter the first three digit code number from your notes using the numbered buttons. After you enter each three digit number, look at the component to see if it turned off. Use the number buttons to enter the code number. Continue to enter code numbers until the component powers off. For Example: I have a Sony TV. I found the code numbers 070, 139, 147, 126, 185, 194 and 085 under Sony in the TV TABLE. Using the numbered buttons on the Customizer, I entered 070 and looked at the TV. It didn't turn off, so I entered 139, then 147 and so on, until I found the code that powered off the TV. 7 The Customizer 8 When the component turns off, save the code number you entered by pressing the SAVE button that appears on the screen. Code Number You Entered SAVE Button Note: If your component fails to turn off after you have entered all the code numbers listed for your brand, you can scan through the other brands in the table by alternately pressing the UP (or DOWN) and POWER OFF buttons. Scan Down to the previous Code Number. Scan Up to the next Code Number. 9 Exit SETUP mode by pressing the MAIN button two times. MAIN Button 8 URC-300 10 When the display shows "MAIN", you are back in normal operating mode. Now it's time to test all the buttons. If some buttons don't work, try repeating steps 1-9, to see if you can improve the match to your component. For Example: My Sony TV powered off with TV code number 139. However the number buttons didn't work when I tested them. So, I repeated steps one to ten, using other code numbers and eventually discovered that when code number 185 is set, all the buttons work perfectly. 11 Repeat steps one through nine for each of your devices. In most systems, you can finish basic setup in just a few minutes and put all your old remote controls away. If you are still missing commands to control any of your devices, use the Learning Method on the next page. 9 The Customizer Learning Method The Customizer can learn commands from your old remote controls one-button-at-a-time by following these simple steps: 1 Line-up the Customizer with your old remote control, head-to-head, one or two inches apart. 2 Press and hold the MAIN and ENT (Enter) buttons at the same time for approximately three seconds. The top of the display will show "SETUP". You are in SETUP mode now. Note: You have 30 seconds to perform a step while you are in SETUP mode. If you don't press a button within that time, the Customizer will time out and return to normal operation. 3 Press the LEARN button. LEARN Button The top of the screen will change to "LEARN". 10 URC-300 4 5 The display will show a list of the first seven devices. Select the device you would like to teach commands to by pressing the Device button. Devices Devices FAV (Not a Device) 6 Press any button you want to teach a command to. Press any Button. Note: If you don't see the display button you would like to teach, use the PAGE buttons. The only buttons you can't teach are the PAGE and MAIN buttons. Once you press a button, the top of the display will change from "LEARN" to "READY". 11 The Customizer 7 8 Press and hold the button on your old remote control until the display changes to "RETRY". Press and hold the same button on your old remote control once again. The Customizer's unique DoubleTap learning technology ensures compatibility with the widest variety of remote controls ever! 9 Once you have taught the button twice, the display will change to either "GOOD" or "FAILED". If the "GOOD" label appears on top of the display and "SAVED" flashes on the bottom, you were successful. Now, press the next button you wish to teach. Keep repeating steps 6 through 9 until you have learned all the buttons you want. If the "FAILED" label appears on top of the display, try to teach the same button in Customizer once again by repeating steps 6-8. 10 11 Continue to teach any commands from any of your remote controls by repeating steps 5-9 (to go back to step five, press MAIN once). Once you completed teaching all the buttons, return to normal operation by pressing the MAIN button twice. Test all your new commands. If any of them don't work, try learning again using these notes: Move to another room. Plasma TVs, sunlight, halogen or quartz lighting can interfere with the learning process. Although the old remote control seems to work fine, change the batteries to fresh alkaline batteries. Vary the distance between the remote controls gradually. Try 1/4", 1", 2"and so on, up to 4 feet. Tap the button on the original remote control instead of pressing and holding it during the learning process. 12 URC-300 Volume Control Punch Through In most home entertainment systems, the sound volume is only controlled by one device. In some systems, it is the TV speakers that make the sound, so you would use the TV device on the Customizer to raise and lower the volume. In another system, it might be a surround sound receiver and speakers that control the sound, so you would use the Customizer's AUDIO device to adjust the volume. Constantly switching the Customizer to TV or AUDIO to adjust the volume is inconvenient in daily life. You can use Punch Through to set the Customizer's volume buttons to always control the sound in your system. That way when the Customizer is set to VCR or DVD, the volume up, down and mute buttons will work perfectly without switching back to AUDIO or TV. Here's how: 1 Press and hold both the MAIN and ENT (Enter) buttons for three seconds. The top of the display shows that you are in SETUP mode now. Note: You have 30 seconds for each step, otherwise the Customizer will time out automatically. 2 3 From the Setup menu, press the PUNCH button. Press the VOL button. The display confirms by displaying "VOL" at the top of the screen. This sets up the group of three buttons (Volume Up, Volume Down and Mute) in one action! Select Volume 13 The Customizer 4 The bottom of the display flashes "PUNCH TO". Press the device button for the device that doesn't have volume control commands yet (i.e.,DVD). This is the device you are going to PUNCH TO for the volume and mute commands. Select the Device you want to "Punch To" Note: If you wish to PUNCH to the MAIN device, press the POWER OFF button at this time. 5 The bottom of the display will then flash "PUNCH FROM". Now you select the device that has the volume commands you want (i.e.,TV for systems using the TV speakers, AUDIO for systems with surround sound receivers). The bottom of the display will flash "SAVED". Repeat steps 3-5 until all your devices operate the volume perfectly. Press the MAIN button twice to return to normal operating mode and test your Punch Through settings. Note: The Punch Through feature is not limited to volume and can also be applied to channel or other functions. If you find yourself switching to a particular device frequently to use a group of controls, consider using Punch Through for another group, as listed here: VOL - Volume Up, Volume Down and Mute CH - Channel Up, Channel Down and Prev. Channel PLAY - Play, Stop, Pause, Rewind and Fast Forward VOD - Guide, Menu, Info, Exit, Up, Down, Left, Right, Sel POWER - Power On and Power Off 6 14 URC-300 Advanced Operation Setting Backlight Options You can adjust the amount of time that the Customizer backlight stays on by entering the SETUP mode and proceeding to page two (using the PAGE UP button), then pressing the LIGHT button on the display (not the Backlight button). Then enter the amount of time you would like the light to stay on using the number pad (0-99 seconds). After making your selection, press the SAVE button. If you don't want backlighting at all (this extends battery life), press the ON button that appears on the screen. The ON will change to OFF. Press the SAVE button. Exit the setup mode by pressing the MAIN button. Favorite Channels Press MAIN, then press the Favorite Channel button on the touch screen (FAV). The screen changes to a list of your favorite TV channels. Each button can be set to instantly select the channel on your TV. There are five pages of eight favorite channel buttons for a total of 40. Simply touch the PAGE buttons to display the other favorite channels. Favorite Channel Buttons To setup your Favorite Channel buttons go to page 22. 15 The Customizer Adjusting Contrast You can make the text darker by pressing both the MAIN and cursor UP buttons at the same time. To make the text appear lighter, press both the MAIN and cursor DOWN buttons at the same time. MAIN Button Cursor Up & Down Buttons Contrast set low. Contrast set high. Transmitting (Busy Signal) Icon When a command is being transmitted, an icon will appear in the top right corner of the display. It is a useful aid when setting up Macros and FAVs, since it flashes with every step of a sequence of commands. 16 URC-300 Advanced Setup After you've finished all your basic setup, you can choose to make operation easier by customizing the Customizer just the way you want, using the Advanced Setup features described in this section. Editing Button Labels You can change the name of any of the display buttons (including Favorite Channels) by following these steps: 1 Press and hold both the MAIN and ENT (Enter) buttons for approximately three seconds. The top of the display will show "SETUP". You are in SETUP mode now. Note: You have 30 seconds to perform a step while you are in SETUP mode. If you don't press a button within that time, the Customizer will time out and return to normal operation. 2 Press the EDIT button. EDIT Button 3 The display changes to the EDIT menu. Press the TEXT button. TEXT Button 17 The Customizer 4 The screen displays the list of devices and "EDIT" will appear at the top of the screen. Navigate to the device and page where there is a button label you want to EDIT, selecting between the FAV, MAIN, DEVICE; then using the PAGE button. Note: If you wish to change the name of a DEVICE button, press the Page Up button twice. The top of the display changes to MAIN, and you can navigate to MAIN page 1 or page 2 before going on to Step 5. 5 Press the button you wish to edit. The first character of your button label blinks. Blinking Character EDIT flashes at the bottom of the screen. UP Cursor button deletes ALL text. LEFT Cursor button moves blinking character left. RIGHT Cursor button moves blinking character right. DOWN Cursor button deletes the currently blinking character. 18