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omega
MX-650
Owner’s
Manual
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Thank You! TM Thank you for purchasing the Omega Pre-Programmed and Learning Remote Control. This manual is designed to assist you step-by-step as you setup the Omega to replace all of your remote controls and automate your home entertainment system. Omega 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. UNIV
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Table of Contents Getting Started 2 Button Layout 3 Basic Setup 5 Pre-Programmed Method 5 Learning Method 9 Volume Control Punch Through 12 Advanced Operation 14 Advanced Setup 16 Editing Button Labels 16 Macro Button Setup 19 Favorite Channel Setup 21 Hiding and Adding Pages 23 Erasing 25 Cloning One Omega to Another 26 Recalling Pre-Programmed Settings 27 Utilizing Optional RF Base Stations 28 IR/RF Signal Setting 31 ID # - Setting Base Station Address 33 EMITT - Setting IR Emitter Outputs 34
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The Omega Getting Started Congratulations! You’ve purchased one of the most advanced and easy to setup control sys- tems available. The Omega’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 Omega is enter which brands and models you own. If you own a component too new to be in the library, the Omega uses advanced learning technology to quickly set each Omega button, one at at time. Setting up your Omega to
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Universal Remote Control, Inc. Button Layout Transmitting “Busy” Signal Indicator* TITLE POWER OFF POWER Button ON Button LIGHT Button Screen Screen Labeled Labeled Display Display Buttons Buttons PAGE PAGE Numbers Buttons FAVORITE change the CHANNEL page of Button Display Buttons. MAIN FUNCTION Button Buttons takes you to the MAIN Menu. *Note: When a command, macro or favorite channel is being transmitted, an icon will appear in the top right corner of the display. While the Omega is “busy”, i
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The Omega Selecting a New DEVICE Changes All Button Commands Instantly The Omega can operate twenty 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 button. Watch the labels of the display buttons change with each press. There are four pages of display buttons
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Universal Remote Control, Inc. Basic Setup You can start setting up your Omega using either the Pre-Programmed Method or the Learning Method. However, all the buttons of the Omega 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 Power on the A/V component you wish to setup, so that you can test 1 codes by sending power off commands. Refer to the pre-programmed code tables on pages 37 - 52 and 2 write do
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The Omega Press the P-PRO button to select the Pre-Programmed Method. 4 P-PRO Button The display changes so that you can select which Device button to setup. Press the Page button First ten to display Device Names the other ten Device names. Press the device button you’d like to setup. 5 The bottom of the display will now flash “FROM TABLE”. 6 6
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Universal Remote Control, Inc. In this step you select which code table to use. Thus, you can pro- 6 gram a device named “TV” with codes from the CABLE code tables and a device named” VIDEO” with codes from the TV code table. If you don’t see the code table you need, press the PAGE buttons to reveal the other page of code table categories, then select the code table you want to use. Note: Each name that appears in the display may include several types of components. For example, the AUX category
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The Omega Note: If a component fails to turn off after you have entered all of the code numbers listed for your brand, your component might actually be manu- factured by another brand. You can scan through the other brands in the table using the UP and DOWN buttons to change the code number dis- played, then tapping either the Power ON, OFF or any other button to see if the component responds to any command. Alternatively, you can opt to use the Learning Method on Page 9 if you can’t find a code
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Universal Remote Control, Inc. Repeat steps one through nine for each of your devices. Test all the 10 commands you’ve programmed. If you are missing any commands, use the learning method, described next: Learning Method The Omega can learn commands from your old remote controls one- button-at-a-time on any button of any device, on the MAIN or FAV LCD buttons or on the MAIN hard buttons, by following these simple steps: Line-up the Omega with your old remote control, head-to-head, 1 one or two i
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The Omega The display will show a list of the first ten devices. If you would like 4 to teach a command to a device on Page 2, press the PAGE button. Select the device you would like to teach commands to by pressing the Device button. Press the Page button First ten to display Device Names the other ten Device names. You’ve selected the Device you want, no select any button you want 5 to teach a command to (if it is on another page, press the page button). Press any Button. Note: The only butto
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Universal Remote Control, Inc. Press and hold the button you want on your old remote control until 7 the display changes to either “GOOD” or “FAILED”. If the “GOOD” label appears on top of the display, you were successful. Now, press the next button you wish to teach. Keep repeating steps 6 through 7 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 Omega once again by repeating steps 6-7. Continue to teach any
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The Omega Volume Control Punch Through In most home entertainment systems, the sound volume is only con- trolled by one device. In some systems, it is the TV speakers that make the sound, so you would use the TV device on the Omega 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 Omega’s AUDIO device to adjust the volume. Constantly switching the Omega to TV or AUDIO to adjust the volume is inconven
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Universal Remote Control, Inc. Press the device button for the device that doesn’t have volume 4 control commands yet (i.e.,DVD). This is the device you are going to PUNCH TO for the volume and mute commands. Press the Page button Select to display the Device the other ten you want to Device “Punch To” names. Note: If you wish to PUNCH to the MAIN device, press the POWER OFF button at this time. The bottom of the display will then flash “PUNCH FROM”. Now 5 you select the device that has the volu
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The Omega Advanced Operation Setting Backlight Options You can adjust the amount of time that the Omega backlight stays on by entering the SETUP mode, then pressing the LIGHT button on the dis- play. 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. Pr
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Universal Remote Control, Inc. 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, sin
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The Omega Advanced Setup After you’ve finished all your basic setup, you can choose to make opera- tion easier by customizing the Omega 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: Press and hold both the MAIN and ENT (Enter) buttons for approx- 1 imately three seconds. The top of the display will show “SETUP”. You are in SETU
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Universal Remote Control, Inc. Navigate to the device and page where there is a button label you 4 want to EDIT, selecting between the FAV, MAIN, DEVICE, then using the PAGE button. 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. Change the character by 5 using any of the number G,H,I,3 A,B,C,1 D,E,F,2 keys. Each press of the same number button selects J,K,L,4 P,Q,R,6 M,N,O,5 the next character of th
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The Omega When you are finished editing the button, press the button you 6 edited and “SAVED” will flash at the bottom of the display. To change any other button labels on the same device, press the next 7 button, then repeat steps 5-7. If you wish to edit a button on another device, press the MAIN button once, then repeat Steps 3-7. Once you’ve finished editing buttons, press the MAIN button four 8 times to return to normal operation. Edit the MAIN Menu Title or a MAIN Menu Device Label You can
