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About Your Motorized Shade
Motorized shades offer a convenient solution to everyday challenges. They provide
instant privacy, glare reduction and eliminate the need to manually adjust shades.
Motorized shades also eliminate dangerous cords and create a comfortable and
energy efficient environment. What’s more is that you will get more enjoyment from
your home because motorized control of your shades is so effortless and features
Radio Technology Somfy
®
(RTS). RTS is omnidirectional and operates within a range
of 65 feet, which eliminates the need to point or aim the remote at the motorized
shades. RTS also offers a wide range of controls and accessories that are designed
to work together, so you can always mix and match to create the perfect setting.
Explore the information within this guide to make the most of your motorized shades.
The term ‘shade’ will be used throughout this manual to refer to your motorized
window covering, either a motorized blind or shade.
NOTE: Motorized Horizontal Blinds have motorized tilt for the slats only. Raising and
lowering the blinds is manual with cord lift.
Please be sure to read and remove the securing tape and label before operating your motorized shade.
ATTENTION! IMPORTANT INSTALLATION INFORMATION
A. Solar/Roller/
Soft/Natural
B. Cellular/Pleated/
Classic Roman
C. Horizontal Tilt
RF
Antenna
wire
RF Antenna
wire
RF
Antenna
wire
Power cable
Power cable
Power
cable
Remove securing tape and
position Motor RF antenna wire
and power cable away from
roller tube (see A) or outside of
headrail (see B & C) depending
upon product type.
Avoid crimping or damaging the
antenna and power lead during
installation process.
NOTE:
RF Antenna should
be visible (exposed outside
headrail) for greatest RF range.
In some cases, RF antenna wire
may need to be repositioned for
optimal performance.
Press and
release the
UP button to
fully open the
motorized
shade.
Press and
release the
DOWN
button
to fully
close the
motorized
shade.
Press the “MY”
button to send
the shade to the
favorite programmed
position. See
page 4 for “MY”
programming
instructions.
Basic Shade Control
