Entone URC plus, User Manual

Page 1: ...V2 3 for URC Plus v3 8 Universal Remote Control URC PLUS v3 User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...IES TRADEMARKS Entone and the tagline Connecting the Home are trademarks of Entone Inc All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective owners CHANGES The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy Entone Inc assumes no liability ...

Page 3: ... PLUS Registration with Hydra having URC PLUS logo 9 URC PLUS Registration with Hydra without URC PLUS logo 11 3 1 Controlling the Amulet 12 IR Reception Range 13 4 1 Controlling Your Television and other A V Devices 14 To Program a TV or AUX device 15 Toggle Power Key Punch through Functionality 16 Auto Search Procedures 16 Appendix A Device Code 17 Appendix B Other Features 22 Showing URC PLUS F...

Page 4: ...diate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is enc...

Page 5: ...here is not at direct sight distance from the Hydra Or it can use IR to control Amulet Video Receiver at direct sight distance The URC PLUS can also be used to control other A V devices such as TV DVD player and audio equipment using IR The URC PLUS differs from the old URC on the followings The old URC can only support old Hydra hardware URC PLUS supports both the old Hydra and new Hydra hardware...

Page 6: ... carbon zinc and do not mix batteries of different kinds Alkaline batteries last longer than carbon zinc Warning Mixing old and new batteries or different types of batteries poses a fire hazard To load batteries to URC PLUS 1 Press down on the battery cover s top latch and slide the cover off 2 If you are changing out batteries take out all of the old batteries 3 Put the new batteries in Make sure...

Page 7: ...ver long distances and go though walls and other solid objects You must connect the RF Remote Control Antenna to the rear panel of the Hydra Your Hydra comes with 3 URC PLUS Additional URC PLUS can be purchased separately Your URC PLUS must be registered to one of the 3 decoders before it can be used One URC PLUS can only be registered to one decoder However you can register at most 3 URC PLUS to ...

Page 8: ...mote Control antenna before doing the registration Please refer to the previous section for installing the RF Remote Control Antenna Attach the RF Remote Control Antenna You need to attach the RF Remote Control Antenna to the Hydra s rear panel REMOTE ANTENNA input in order to use the radio control remotes Figure 2 2 Attaching RF Remote Control Antenna NOTE Be sure to set the antenna straight up s...

Page 9: ... and the old one without the URC PLUS logo The registration method for the new box and the old box is different Figure 2 3 URC PLUS Logo Figure 2 4 New Hydra with URC PLUS logo The following table lists the new and old Hydra box type New Hydra with URC PLUS logo Hydra HD B Series Amulet HD Old Hydra without URC PLUS logo Hydra II Hydra HD A Series Check your Hydra box type and use the correspondin...

Page 10: ...mode Figure 2 5 Hydra in Remote Registration Mode 2 On the URC PLUS press and hold the STB button for approx 5 seconds The STB button backlight will illuminate Figure 2 6 URC PLUS in Remote Registration Mode Step 1 for box with URC PLUS logo On the URC PLUS press STB once again Both the STB and AUX button backlight will illuminate Figure 2 7 URC PLUS in Remote Registration Mode Step 2 for box with...

Page 11: ...t receive any URC PLUS registration event within 30 seconds the process will be terminated The Hydra front panel displays the following messages during remote control registration Front Panel Message Description RC REG TO Registration times out RC REGERR Registration error RC REG In registration mode RC REGEND Registered to IR only mode RC REG D1 Registered to decoder 1 RC REG D2 Registered to dec...

Page 12: ...o decoder 2 Press 3 to register URC PLUS to decoder 3 After you enter a registration event the STB button backlight on the URC PLUS and the Hydra front panel Standby On indicator will blink twice to indicate that the registration process was successful Pressing a key other than 0 1 2 3 or a button is not pressed within 10 seconds the STB backlight will extinguish and the URC PLUS registration proc...

Page 13: ...owever you have to program the URC PLUS to use IR To set the URC PLUS to use IR to control Amulet 1 On the URC PLUS press and hold the STB button for approx 5 seconds The STB button backlight will illuminate Now the URC PLUS is in registration mode Figure 3 1 URC PLUS in Remote Registration Mode Step 1 for Amulet using IR mode 2 On the URC PLUS press STB once again Both the STB and AUX button back...

Page 14: ...ate that the setting was successful Pressing a key other than 0 1 2 3 or a button is not pressed within 10 seconds the STB backlight will extinguish and the URC PLUS registration process will be terminated IR Reception Range IR signals travel only short distances 40 feet or less and cannot go through walls or other solid objects You must point the URC PLUS to the Amulet with no objects blocking th...

Page 15: ...l one TV and one AUX device Use the remote control s mode keys i e STB TV or AUX to control a specific device When pressed the selected mode key will light up confirming your choice Then you can use the URC PLUS to control your STB TV or AUX device You have to program the URC PLUS what TV and AUX devices you are using by either 1 entering the 4 digit device code 2 doing an auto search NOTE While t...

Page 16: ...e 4 2 Select the device mode NOTE Use the AUX mode key to program control of VCR DVD player cable box satellite set top box and audio device 4 Press and hold the Setup key until the selected mode key backlight blinks twice then release Setup The device mode key will light up Figure 4 3 Press SETUP for 5 seconds to enter device setup mode 5 Enter the four digit device code for you device If you per...

Page 17: ... release Setup The device mode key will light up 4 Press the POWER key once 5 Aim the remote control at the TV Press either the CHANNEL UP key or CHANNEL DOWN key to do device auto scan a Press the CHANNEL UP key to start searching upward at an approx 5 seconds interval for each device code The TV AUX mode key will be on and blink every 5 seconds while in the device scan mode NOTE In this search m...

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Page 20: ... Mathes 1000 1002 1004 Cybernex 1002 CyberPower 1008 Daewoo 1005 DBX 1000 Dell 1008 DIRECTV 1007 Durabrand 1009 Dynatech 1005 Electrohome 1003 Electrophonic 1003 Emerson 1003 1004 1005 Fisher 1001 Fuji 1004 Funai 1005 Garrard 1005 Gateway 1008 GE 1002 1004 Goldstar 1000 1003 Gradiente 1005 Harley Davidson 1005 Harman Kardon 1000 Headquarter 1001 Hewlett Packard 1008 HNS 1007 Howard Computers 1008 ...

Page 21: ...3018 Multitech 3032 NEC 3003 NET Brazil 3042 NSC 3018 Oak 3011 Pace 3028 Panasonic 3021 3023 3025 Paragon 3025 Philips 3008 3009 3016 Pioneer 3019 3027 3035 Popular Mechanics 3030 Proscan 3000 3001 Pulsar 3025 Quasar 3025 Radio Shack 3026 3032 RCA 3005 3023 Realistic 3007 Recoton 3030 Regal 3015 Regency 3012 Rembrandt 3001 Runco 3025 Samsung 3019 3027 Scientific Atlanta 3004 3041 Signal 3013 3026 ...

Page 22: ...g Olufsen 5017 BOSE 5028 5046 Capetronic 5005 Carver 5008 Coby 5059 Curtis Mathes 5001 Denon 5052 5053 5054 Fisher 5013 GE 5000 GPX 5065 Harman Kardon 5002 5060 Hitachi 5013 Integra 5004 JVC 5056 Kenwood 5009 5031 KLH 5011 Koss 5010 Left Coast 5002 Magnavox 5005 5008 5033 Marantz 5002 5008 Mitsubishi 5062 NAD 5016 Nakamichi 5015 NEC 5003 Onkyo 5034 5037 5038 5045 5049 5051 Optimus 5001 5005 5006 5...

Page 23: ...ill illuminate 4 Press INFO once 5 The 3 digits of the firmware version x y and z as described above will be displayed in the following manner a The STB backlight blinks to indicate the digit One blink indicates 1 2 blinks indicates 2 etc until 9 blinks indicates 9 A 0 is indicates by a shot long short long short long blink b In between each digit the STB backlight will be off for 1 second c For e...

Page 24: ...nd hold SETUP for 5 seconds 3 The TV or AUX backlight will illuminate 4 Press INFO once 5 The 4 digits device code will be displayed in the following manner a The TV AUX backlight blinks to indicate the digit One blink indicates 1 2 blinks indicates 2 etc until 9 blinks indicates 9 A 0 is indicates by a shot long short long short long blink b In between each digit the TV AUX backlight will be off ...