Fobis Technologies Inc. "designing gadgets for real life" WELCOME This Set-Up Guide is designed to get your weemote® programmed as quickly as possible. In order to ensure a fast setup, please follow the Step-by-Step sections in this guide, in the order presented. Doing so will save you from possible confusion and frustration later. This guide is divided into two sections. The first section provides information in a Step-by-Step Quickstart format while the last section includes more detailed setup options and reference material. As with any new sophisticated product like the weemote®, things are bound to come up which don't make it into our manual. If you run into trouble and can't find the answers in this manual, then please visit our web site at www.weemote.com for the latest updates and technical bulletins. Please note that there is a troubleshooting section at the end of this guide. We welcome your feedback on our manual. If you found a unique way to use the weemote®, please let us know so we can spread the word. Send your comments to info@fobis.com or call us at 305-253-8387. We also encourage you to register your weemote® so we can inform you of other cool gadgets we are working on. You can register online at our web site or fill out and mail the enclosed post card. Enjoy your weemote®! Need help? Go to www.weemote.com 2 Typical TV Setup 4 easy steps! Install batteries & remove the setup cover Enter Favorite Channels Enter your TV Brand Secure battery & setup cover BEFORE YOU BEGIN: You need Two AAA Alkaline Batteries and A small Philips head screwdriver to remove the battery door and setup cover Remember to use the Code Information label located on the battery door side facing the batteries. An extra label is included in this package. weemote® 3 weemote® Sr. SETUP GUIDE © 8/02, Property of Fobis Technologies Inc. patent #D451,905 Rev. R5-A weemote® is a registered trademark TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome ................................................................. 2 Table of Contents .................................................... 3 How It Works ........................................................ 4-6 STEP 1: Before You Begin ...................................... 7 STEP 2: Removing the Batt./Setup Covers ............ 8 STEP 3: List Your Favorite Channels ...................... 9 TIP - Entering Numbers ........................................ 10 STEP 4: Program Your Favorite Channels ....... 11-12 STEP 5: Setting your TV or TV/VCR Code ........... 13 STEP 6: Your Existing TV Remote Control ........... 14 STEP 7: Testing your TV Code ............................. 15 STEP 8: Last Step for TV Users ........................... 15 TV Codes ......................................................... 16-20 TV/VCR Combo Codes .................................... 21-22 STEP 9: Setting your Set-Top Code ...................... 23 STEP 10: Your Existing Remote Control ............... 24 STEP 11: Testing your Set-Top Code .................... 25 STEP 12: Finishing Up .......................................... 25 STEP 13: Special Options ..................................... 26 Cable Box Codes .................................................. 27 Satellite Receiver Codes .................................. 28-29 ReplayTV/TiVo/Ultimate TV Codes ....................... 30 Setting the ENTER/OKAY Option ......................... 31 Setting the 3-Digit Option ...................................... 31 TV Startup Mode Options ..................................... 32 Disabling the Volume Control ................................ 33 Channel Up/Down Option ..................................... 33 Powering up to a Favorite Channel ....................... 34 Adjusting Channel Changing Speed ..................... 34 Set-Top Power On/Off Option ............................... 36 Searching for your Code ....................................... 36 Code Recall .......................................................... 37 Clearing Favorite Channels .................................. 38 Clearing TV/Set-Top Codes .................................. 39 Complete System Reset ....................................... 39 Troubleshooting ............................................... 40-41 Care and Maintenance .......................................... 42 Warranty ................................................................ 43 HOW IT WORKS User Interface 1 2 3 4 5 6 4 4 8 7 10 10 9 10 4 4 Program Interface 1 Mute/Favorite Channel Button (GRAY). Normally set as a MUTE control but can be changed to be your 6th Favorite Channel.You can set channel 3 on this button for fast access to your VCR for movie playing. See Page 9. Need help? Go to www.weemote.com 4 Need help? Go to www.weemote.com 3 HOW IT WORKS 2 LED Light (RED). Lights up whenever an active HOW IT WORKS 5 weemote button is pressed. Note that any selected Favorite channel button is not defined if pressed and the light does not go on brightly. Depending on how your weemote is configured, the LED light can stay on for a long time when the power button is pressed. 3 Power Button (RED). A single press of the Volume Up/Down Control (YELLOW). This button is normally active but can be turned off in cases where you don't want the user to change the volume from the weemote®. Channel Up/Down Control (BLUE). This button is factory set to only allow the favorite channels to be selected. In this mode, favorite channels 7-10 are only accessible from this button, if defined. There are two other optional settings available. You can either turn this control off altogether or allow it to surf all available channels on your system (Adult Mode). TV Button. TV Programming Button. This button allows you to program in the applicable code for your TV or TV/VCR combo unit. STB Button. Set-Top Programming Button. This button allows you to program in the applicable code for your Set-Top device (Cable Box, Satellite Receiver or DVR Unit). FAV Button. Favorite Channel Programming Button. This button is used to allow you to program in your favorite channels. 6 power button can do many things, depending on how you have programmed your weemote. The most simple function is turning your TV on and off. If you are also using a Set-Top box, this button will turn also turn your Set-Top box on and off. When a Set-Top box is configured, this button also sets your TV to channel 3 to ensure that your Set-Top channels are always ready for viewing from your TV. If you use channels 2,4,5 or the video port to view your Set-Top channels, then you can change this setting. This button can also be set to send the first favorite channel you program on the GREEN#1 button whenever you press the power button. You can also set the weemote to NOT turn your Set-Top box on and off using this button . allow you to program channel numbers from 1 to 9999 . You must program a minimum of one channel for the weemote® to operate and you can program the same channel on multiple buttons. When you define a Set-Top code, the weemote automatically routes all channel changing commands to your Set-Top Box. 7 8 9 4 Favorite Channels 1-5. Dedicated buttons that 10 100, 10 and 1 Buttons. Used for entering in your actual code numbers or channel numbers. In favorite program mode, the top portion of the channel up/down button is used to enter in 1000 numbers (4-Digit Channels). 5 Need help? Go to www.weemote.com 6 Need help? Go to www.weemote.com STEP 1 BEFORE YOU BEGIN STEP 2 1. If you have a cable-ready TV or TV/VCR. COMPLETE Steps 1-8 in this guide REMOVING THE BATTERY AND SETUP COVER Please note that the weemote® is already loaded with the most popular Sony TV code. 2. If you have a cable-ready TV connected to a Set-Top box (STB). COMPLETE Steps 1-13 in this guide Set-Top boxes are defined as cable TV boxes and satellite receivers such as DirecTV and Echostar. We also consider ReplayTV ,TiVo or Ultimate TV players as Set-Top (STB) devices. 3. If you only want to program your Set-Top box (STB). COMPLETE Steps 1-4 and 9-13 in this guide Note the diagrams below. The screws are designed to remain on the covers so they don't get lost. Take care not to over tighten the screws when you put the covers back on. Use a small size Philips headed screwdriver or you will strip the screw heads. Note that the code information label is located behind the battery door side facing the batteries. Removing the battery door Fig. A Please note that if you only want all weemote® controls to be sent to the Set-Top box, you must clear the TV code already set in your weemote®. Please refer to page 38 - "Clearing TV/Set-Top Codes" WARNING: The weemote® will not work if you are using a separate VCR's tuner as your method for changing channels on your TV. The weemote® will also not work with UHF (radio) based, longrange remote control systems. These systems allow you to control your Set-Top device without pointing the remote directly at the device or from different room. Removing the setup cover Fig. B Pull down to remove setup cover Fig. C Need help? Go to www.weemote.com 7 Need help? Go to www.weemote.com 8 STEP 3 LIST YOUR FAVORITE CHANNELS TIP - ENTERING NUMBERS Before you begin to program in your favorite channels or codes, here is a quick overview on the 100, 10 and 1 buttons. These buttons allow you to program in the channels and codes you will need to setup the weemote®. To support channels above 999, we have also provided a means to enter in channels in the thousands range - see note at the bottom of this page. Depending on which number you need, you simply break down that number by 1000's, 100's, 10's and 1's. For example, channel 294 would be entered by pressing the 100 button twice (100 X 2), the 10 button nine times (10 X 9) and the 1 button four times (1 X 4). See diagram below. And don't worry about zeros - the weemote® will add them in later. For example, if you need to enter channel 07 or 007 to get channel 7, just enter the number 7 (1 button seven times) and the weemote® will handle sending channel 07 or channel 007 if you need this option (3-Digit Option). You are only required to setup at least one channel. Note that Channel 1 can be set to go on whenever you press the RED power button. If you set channel 6, then you lose the MUTE control. Channels 7-10 can be set but will only be available from the channel up/down button (Surf). 6 7 8 9 10 APPLICATION FOR EASIER MOVIE VIEWING WITH THE WEEMOTE® In this application, you could program the normally used MUTE button to go to either channel 3 or 4, depending on which channel you use to output your VCR signal. Now the child can pop the tape into the VCR, hit the play button and then press the weemote's square gray button to ensure that the TV will display the movie from the VCR deck. Example: To Enter Channel 294 PRESS - # TIMES 294 weemote program buttons 200 + 90 + 4 = 294 100 10 1 To enter in channel numbers in the thousands range, you would use the top portion of the channel up/down button to enter increments of 1000. For example, to enter in channel 8294, you would press the top portion of the channel up/down button 8 times (=8000), followed by entering the remaining information as shown above. Need help? Go to www.weemote.com 9 Need help? Go to www.weemote.com 10 STEP 4 PROGRAM YOUR FAVORITE CHANNELS STEP 4 PROGRAM YOUR FAVORITE CHANNELS ENTERING FAVORITE CHANNELS 1-5 1. Press and hold the "FAV" button for about three seconds until the LED light begins to flash, then release the button. 2. Press the favorite channel button you wish to program - in this example we are using the (Green #1) Button to program in channel 296. 3. Press the following combination of the 100, 10 and 1 buttons to enter channel 296 . A. Press the "100" button X 2 times = 200 B. Press the "10" button X 9 times = 90 C. Press the "1" button X 6 times = 6 1. Press and hold the "FAV" button for about three seconds until the LED light begins to flash, then release the button. 2. Press the MUTE button TWO TIMES. 3. Press the combination of the 1000 (Channel Up) 100, 10 and 1 buttons required for the favorite channel number. 4. Press the MUTE button ONE TIME to complete the sequence. The LED should flash time times and go out to confirm the channel has been defined. TO ENTER IN FAVORITE CHANNELS 7-10: 1. Press and hold the "FAV" button for about three seconds until the LED light begins to flash, then release the button. 2. Press the MUTE button ONE TIME. The LED light should be on solid. 3. Press the favorite channel button for the channel number (7-10) you wish to program as shown in the table below. For channel 7: Press Favorite Channel Button #2 Blue For channel 8: Press Favorite Channel Button #3 Orange For channel 9: Press Favorite Channel Button #4 Raspberry For channel 10: Press Favorite Channel Button #5 Yellow 4. Press the combination of the 1000 (Channel Up) 100, 10 and 1 buttons required for ...