User manual UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS RC8

[. . . ] Please follow the instructions in the manual and retain the manual for future reference. If any words used are unfamiliar to you, please refer to page 46 for a Glossary of terms used in this manual. Your RC8TM can operate up to ten home entertainment and home automation components by using the preprogrammed code library in the remote control, by teaching up to 530 commands into the RC8TM from your original remote controls, or a combination of both. The RC8TM has many additional operating features to add convenience and enjoyment to the operation of your home entertainment system. [. . . ] Return to Step #3 until you have programmed all of the FAV channel buttons that you require. Once you have completed the programming and wish to exit from the Favorite Channel mode, press the MAIN button. Tip: There are five pages of LCD screens for favorite channel programming. Tip: You can use the following buttons: 0-9, ENTER, DISPLAY, POWER, SYSTEM OFF, and INFO/PAUSE in your FAV macro. Tip: (For Advanced Users) To make even more powerful FAV macros, you can learn codes from your original remote(s) to the 0-9, ENTER, DISPLAY, POWER, SYSTEM OFF, and INFO/PAUSE buttons in any device, and use them in your FAV macros. (This will not work if you have already applied a preprogrammed device code to those buttons. ) For example: Some televisions require you to send out a code after the digits other than the ENTER code in order to change channels. For this, you could LEARN the proper code to the ENTER button from your original television remote, and use that in your FAV macro. If you are creative, you can learn any codes to these buttons and make your FAV macros do almost anything! 25 6. Programming Macro Buttons A macro is a series of commands that you choose to be sent out with the push of one button. There are two types of macro functions you can program with the RC8TM: The M1, M2, M3, POWER and SYSTEM OFF buttons are designed to send out up to twenty commands from each of the five hard buttons. The ten device buttons can each send a macro of up to 20 commands when the device button is pressed for more than 1 second while on the MAIN page of the remote control. You will need to hold the Device Button down for 1 second in order to send out the macro that you have created for that Device Button. Tip: Pressing the PAUSE button (the key to the bottom right of the cursor pad) during the macro programming will add a time delay of 0. 2 seconds between the commands. For example, pressing the PAUSE button three times will create a pause of 0. 6 seconds between the commands where the delay was inserted. Tip: When using a macro, remember to keep the remote pointed toward your components until the macro is finished being transmitted. You will notice the Sending icon flash in the upper right corner of the LCD screen as the macro is sending out each command. Wait until the icon finishes flashing before using other functions or putting the remote down. Sample Macro: The following is a sample macro, to give you a quick idea of what a macro can do, in an easy stepby-step form. Please refer to Programming Macro Buttons above if you need to refresh your memory on programming macros. This example assumes you have not changed the names of the devices and that you have used punch through to assign the VOL to your receiver. If you have changed the labels, just insert your changed names in the example below. 6. Programming Macro Buttons In this case we are going to use the M1 button to turn on the TV, the receiver, the Cable box, choose the appropriate inputs, and tune in the channel where we normally watch the morning news. [. . . ] Operating distance: The distance from which a remote control can still reliably operate devices. The average infrared range is thirty feet, although the RC8TM is capable of greater distances. Page: Refers to a single screen of buttons or information displayed on the LCD panel. Power off: A feature used by many LCD remote controls to save battery power, it represents entering a "standby" mode after a certain length of inactivity. [. . . ]