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CONTNETS The RF30 Remote Keypad Layout 3 LOCATION OF 1 2 CONTROLS Congratulations! Overview 4 GETTING Battery Installation 4 Congratulations on simplify your home STARTED Activating Component Commands 5 purchasing Universal entertainment experience. Light Button 6 Remote Control’s TM MASTERCONTROL RF30 The Quick Setup DVD Overview 7 BASIC SETUP Pre-programmed and Learning Program Guide supplied Pre-Programmed Code Method 7 Remote Control! You now with the RF30 will assist you Learning Method 15
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GETTING STARTED Overview & Battery Installation 3 4 Getting Started-Overview TM This is what MASTERCONTROL RF30 is all about! The RF30 is designed to operate up to 15 different Audio/Video Components and is pre-programmed to operate virtually all brands of TV, VCR, DVD and CD LIGHT BUTTON Players, Cable Set Top Boxes, Satellite Receivers, TiVo and other DVRs, Audio Components, Tape Decks, PAGE BUTTONS Multimedia PCs, XM Radio, Ipod, X-Box, Lighting Controls changes the page of buttons displayed
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GETTING STARTED LIGHT BUTTON 5 6 Activating Component Commands – Light Button Simple, Easy, Intuitive The fully backlit keypad makes the RF30 easy to use in the Once you’ve programmed and select the next dark or dim lighting conditions. Simply press the LIGHT RF30 for your Components, Component you want to button to backlight all the keypad buttons and LCD touch all you have to do to oper- operate. screen. To turn off the backlight, press the LIGHT button ate a specific Component is again, or j
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BASIC SETUP Pre-Programmed Code Method 7 8 Basic Setup - Overview There are two ways to program the RF30: • 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 Now, turn on the Compo
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BASIC SETUP Pre-Programmed Code Method 9 10 The screen will then display the STEP 4: STEP 5: STEP 6: seven Components (and FAV) on Press the P-PRO button to select Press the Component button In this step you verify the type Page 1 of the MAIN menu. the Pre-Programmed Method. you want to program. For of component you plan to example: If you want to setup operate with this component To display Page 2 of the MAIN the TV Component button, button. For example: If you plan menu that lists an addition
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BASIC SETUP Pre-Programmed Code Method 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 RF30 for that Component (in this case TV) by using the UP or DOWN 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 Learning Meth
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BASIC SETUP Pre-Programmed Code Method 13 14 NOW, PROGRAM THE REST OF YOUR STEP 9: STEP 10: COMPONENTS BY REPEATING STEPS Once you have found the right Exit SETUP mode by pressing 1 THROUGH 9. IN MOST SYSTEMS, YOU CAN FINISH BASIC SETUP IN code, save the code number by the MAIN button two times. JUST A FEW MINUTES AND PUT ALL pressing the SAVE button that When the LCD screen displays YOUR OLD REMOTES AWAY. appears on the LCD screen. MAIN, you are back in normal IF YOU ARE STILL MISSING COM- The
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BASIC SETUP Learning Method 15 16 Learning Method The RF30 can actually ‘learn’ commands from other remote controls (old or new), one-button-at-a-time, so it will never become obsolete. RF30 is the last remote you’ll ever need! Just follow these simple steps: STEP 1: STEP 3: STEP 4: Line-up the RF30 with the other Press the LEARN button on the Select the Component you want remote control, head-to-head, LCD screen. The top of the to teach commands to by one or two inches apart. screen will chang
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BASIC SETUP Learning Method 17 18 Try 1”, 2” and so on, up to STEP 5: STEP 6: STEP 7: 4 feet. Press any button on the RF30 Press and hold the button on the Now, continue to teach the RF30 • Try tapping the button on your that you want to teach a other remote control that you any other commands from your old remote instead of pressing command to. The top of the want to ‘teach’ to the RF30 until old remotes by repeating STEPS and holding it during the screen will change to "READY" the LCD display
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CUSTOMIZING Customizing the LCD Touch Screen 19 20 Transmitting (Busy Signal) Icon Customizing Your RF30 with Special Advanced Features When a command is being transmitted, an icon will appear After you’ve finished all your basic setup, you can choose in the upper right corner of the LCD screen. This indicates to make operation easier by customizing the RF30 just the that a signal is being sent. This is particularly useful when way you want, using the Special Advanced Setup Features setting up
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CUSTOMIZING Customizing the LCD Touch Screen 21 22 STEP 5: STEP 6: STEP 7: Press the button you wish to Change the character by using Once the character you want edit. The first character space any of the number keys. Each appears, move to the next space of your button label will start to press of the same number but- by pressing the Right cursor but- blink. ton selects the next character of ton. that number’s group, as shown in the diagram below. STEP 8: When you are finished editing UP CURSO
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CUSTOMIZING Favorite Channel Setup 23 24 Favorite Channel Setup This is one of RF30’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, press the MAIN button to bring up Page 1 of the MAIN menu. Then press the FAV (Favorite Channel) button on the LCD touch screen. The screen changes to a list of favorite TV
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CUSTOMIZING MacroPower Setup 25 26 TM MacroPower Setup TM 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 RF30 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
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CUSTOMIZING MacroPower Setup 27 28 STEP 7: STEP 11: STEP 12: STEP 14: Press the second component Then, press the ON button to Press the LIGHT button to end Press the MAIN button twice to that you want the Macro to turn confirm the command. (“STEP your macro. A new screen will return to normal operation. on (in this example, VCR) and 8” will display at the bottom of appear: “VCR” will display at the top of the screen.) the screen. (“STEP 4” will STEP 13: NOTE: Don’t worry about the number of dis
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SimpleSound Setup & CUSTOMIZING Other ‘Punch Throughs’ 29 30 TM Advanced Macro Options: SimpleSound Setup & Other ‘Punch Throughs’ TM SimpleSound is a dynamic feature that gives you total SETTING UP A POWER OFF MACRO: volume control over all the Components in your system, Simply follow the same steps as outlined above, except even those without their own built-in volume control, such press the OFF button in place of the ON button. as TiVo, DVD and VCR... saving you the hassle and inconvenience o
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CUSTOMIZING Setting Backlight Options 31 32 Setting Backlight Options You can customize the backlighting feature to suit your specific preferences by following these simple steps: Adjusting Length of Backlight Time You can adjust the amount of time that the RF30 backlight stays on by entering the SETUP mode and proceeding to page two (using the PAGE ( button), then pressing the LIGHT button on the display (not the Backlight button). Then enter the amount of time you would like the light to stay
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CUSTOMIZING Hiding & Adding Pages 33 34 STEP 4: STEP 6: Hiding and Adding Pages “PAGE” appears at the top of the You can continue to ADD or Each of your RF30 Components actually contains five screen. Now, you can navigate to HIDE pages on other devices pages. However, only four pages are visible in the factory any page, using the MAIN, by repeating Steps 4 and 5. default setting. One page is hidden in each Component. COMPONENT, FAV, and PAGE If you wish to use the hidden page, you can ADD it. I
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CUSTOMIZING Cloning Other RF30s 35 36 Recalling Pre-Programmed Setup Code Cloning Other RF30s Numbers If you are fortunate enough to own more than one RF30, you’ll be happy to know that you can easily copy and In case you didn’t write down the Pre-Programmed Code transfer all the setup from one RF30 to another. Just follow Numbers that you used to set up your RF30, you can easily these easy steps: recall them using this simple process:. STEP 1: STEP 3: STEP 1: STEP 3: Press and hold the MAIN and
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Erasing Learned Buttons, Macros or ERASING COMMANDS Favorite Channels 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
