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The RF20 Remote CONTNETS Keypad Layout 3 LOCATION OF CONTROLS 1 2 Overview 4 GETTING STARTED Battery Installation 4 Congratulations! Activating Component Commands 5 Light Button 6 Congratulations on purchasing Universal experience. Overview 7 Remote Control’s MASTERCONTROL™ The Quick Setup DVD Program Guide BASIC SETUP Pre-Programmed Code Method 7 RF20 Pre-programmed and Learning supplied with the RF20 will assist you in Learning Method 15 Remote Control! programming your remote by guiding you T
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Overview & Battery Installation GETTING STARTED LIGHT BUTTON 3 4 SCREEN-LABELED DISPLAY BUTTONS Getting Started-Overview This is what MASTERCONTROL™ RF20 is all about! The RF20 is designed to operate up to 10 different Audio/Video Components and is pre-programmed to operate virtually all brands of TV, VCR, DVD and CD TITLE Players, Cable Set Top Boxes, Satellite Receivers, TiVo and other DVRs, Audio Components, Tape Decks, Multimedia PCs, XM Radio, Ipod, X-Box, Lighting FAVORITE Controls and oth
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LIGHT BUTTON GETTING STARTED 5 6 Activating Component Commands – Light Button Simple, Easy, Intuitive The fully backlit keypad makes the RF20 easy to use in the dark or dim lighting Once you’ve programmed RF20 for your If you don’t see the Component you want conditions. Simply press the LIGHT button to backlight all the keypad buttons and Components, all you have to do to operate to control on Page 1 of the MAIN menu, LCD screen. a specific Component is first, press the just use the PAGE ( ) (
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Pre-Programmed Code Method BASIC SETUP 7 8 Basic Setup - Overview There are two ways to program the RF20: • The Pre-Programmed Code Method • The Learning Method The Pre-Programmed Code Method allows you to set up all the buttons at once, so it’s the fastest and easiest of the two methods. The Learning Method allows you to transfer functions from other remotes (old or new), one button at a time. Pre-Programmed Code Method STEP 1: STEP 2: STEP 3: The pre-programmed 3-digit codes are Now, turn on
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Pre-Programmed Code Method BASIC SETUP 9 10 The screen will then display the five STEP 6: STEP 4: STEP 5: Components from Page 1 of the MAIN In this step you verify the type of compo- Press the P-PRO display button Press the Component display button you menu. nent you plan to operate with this compo- to select the Pre-Programmed want to program. nent button. For example: If you plan Method. For example: If you want to setup the TV To display Page 2 of the MAIN menu to operate the TV component
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Pre-Programmed Code Methoda BASIC SETUP 11 12 NOTE: If the Component fails to turn off after you have entered all the code numbers listed for your brand, you can scan through all the other code numbers that are pre-loaded into the RF20 for that Component (in this case TV) by using the UP or DOWN display buttons on the screen. (There is a chance that your Component was actually manufactured by another brand.) However, most of the code tables are so large that it is usually faster to use the Learn
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Pre-Programmed Code Methoda BASIC SETUP 13 14 STEP 9: STEP 10 : NOW, PROGRAM THE REST OF YOUR Once you have found the right code, save Exit SETUP mode by pressing the MAIN COMPONENTS BY REPEATING STEPS 1 the code number by pressing the SAVE button two times. THROUGH 9. IN MOST SYSTEMS,YOU display button that appears on the LCD When the LCD screen displays MAIN, you CAN FINISH BASIC SETUP IN JUST A screen. The LCD screen will blink are back in normal operating mode. FEW MINUTES AND PUT ALL YOUR O
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Learning Method BASIC SETUP 15 16 Learning Method The RF20 can actually ‘learn’ commands from other remote controls (old or new), one-button-at-a-time, so it will never become obsolete. RF20 is the last remote you’ll ever need! Just follow these simple steps: STEP 4: STEP 1: STEP 3: Select the Component you want to teach Line-up the RF20 with the other remote control, head- Press the LEARN display button on the LCD commands to by pressing that Component to-head, one or two inches apart. screen
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Learning Method BASIC SETUP 17 18 Some additional Information regarding the STEP 5: NOTE: Test all your new commands. If any of them don’t work, try the Learning Method again, follow- Learning Process: Press any button on the RF20 that you ing these suggestions: want to teach a command to. The top of STEP 7: Learned functions override any existing the screen will change to “READY” and Now, continue to teach the RF20 any other Move to another room. Plasma TVs, sun- pre-programmed functions
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Customizing the LCD Screen CUSTOMIZING 19 20 Transmitting (Busy Signal) Icon Customizing Your RF20 with Special Advanced Features After you’ve finished all your basic setup, you can choose to make operation easier by When a command is being transmitted, an icon will appear in the upper right corner of the customizing the RF20 just the way you want, using the Special Advanced Setup Features LCD screen. This indicates that a signal is being sent. This is particularly useful when described in this
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Customizing the LCD Screen CUSTOMIZING 21 22 STEP 5: STEP 6: STEP 7: Press the button you wish to edit. Change the character by using any of the Once the character you want appears, The first character space of your number keys. move to the next space by pressing the button label will start to blink. Each press of the same number button Right cursor button. selects the next character of that STEP 8: UP CURSOR Button deletes all text number’s group, as shown in the When you are finished editin
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Favorite Channel Setup CUSTOMIZING 23 24 Favorite Channel Setup This is one of RF20’s most desirable features. Once it’s set up, you can select up to 40 favorite channels with the press of a button - without the need to remember or type in a channel number. Let the channel surfing begin! To access Favorite Channel listings, simply press the FAV button to display Page 1 of Favorite Channel listings. There are eight pages of Favorite Channels, with five Channels on each page, for a total of 40 Cha
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MacroPower™ Setup CUSTOMIZING 25 26 MacroPower™ Setup MacroPower™ is a unique feature that enables you to turn all of your Components ON or OFF, at the same time, simply with the press of one button. We call that a “Macro”. What would normally take multiple remotes and button pushes, the RF20 can accomplish with the press of one button. In addition to the Power ON or OFF buttons, any of the Display buttons (on any Component or Page) can be set to be Macro buttons as well. Feel the power! To setu
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MacroPower™ Setup CUSTOMIZING 27 28 STEP 7: STEP 11: STEP 12: STEP 13: Press the second component display Then, press the ON button to confirm Press the LIGHT button to end your macro. If you are satisfied with your macro, press button that you want the Macro to turn on the command. (“STEP 8” will display at A new screen will appear: the SAVE display button. The UNDO (in this example, VCR) and “VCR” will the bottom of the screen.) display button lets you erase the last step. display at the top
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SimpleSound Setup & Other ‘Punch Throughs’ CUSTOMIZING 29 30 Advanced Macro Options: SimpleSound™ Setup & Other ‘Punch Throughs’ SimpleSound™ is a dynamic feature that gives you total volume control over all the SETTING UP A POWER OFF MACRO: Components in your system, even those without their own built-in volume control, such Simply follow the same steps as outlined above, except press the OFF button in as TiVo, DVD and VCR... saving you the hassle and inconvenience of constantly needing place
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Setting Backlight Options CUSTOMIZING 31 32 Setting Backlight Options You can customize the backlighting feature to suit your specific preferences by fol- lowing these simple steps: Adjusting Length of Backlight Time You can adjust the amount of time that the RF20 backlight stays on by entering the SETUP mode and proceeding to page 2 (using the PAGE ( ) UP button), then pressing the LIGHT display button on the LCD screen (not the Backlight button). Then enter the amount of time you would like th
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Hiding and Adding Pages CUSTOMIZING 33 34 Hiding and Adding Pages Each of your RF20 Components actually contains eight pages. However, only five pages are visible in the factory default setting. Three page are hidden in each Component. If you wish to use the hidden pages, you can ADD it. If you don’t want to use some of the existing pages, you can HIDE them. You can add or hide pages on Components OR on your favorite channel pages using this simple process: NOTE: Be sure to program your Macros
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Cloning Other RF20s CUSTOMIZING 35 36 Recalling Pre-Programmed Setup Code Numbers Cloning Other RF20s In case you didn’t write down the Pre-Programmed Code Numbers that you used to If you are fortunate enough to own more than one RF20, you’ll be happy to know set up your RF20, you can easily recall them using this simple process: that you can easily copy and transfer all the setup from one RF20 to another. Just follow these easy steps: STEP 1: STEP 4: alternately flashing Page 1 components STEP
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Erasing Learned Buttons, Macros or Favorite Channels ERASING COMMANDS 37 38 Erasing Commands - Overview You can erase an individual button with a learned command, a macro or a favorite channel. You can erase an ENTIRE Component’s learned command or macro buttons. You can also erase ALL your learned commands on all Components or all your macros or favorite channels everywhere. If you really want a fresh start, it is possible to reset everything to the factory default settings. Erasing Learned But
