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Table of Brands

Hallmark

0205

Harley Davidson

0206

Harman/Kardon

0081

Harvard

0207

Hitachi

0172, 0083, 0043

Infinity

0081

Inteq

0044

JBL

0081

JCB

0027

JVC

0080

KEC

0207

KTV

0207, 0057

Kenwood

0057, 0046

Konka

0734, 0659, 0655, 0665, 0730

0083

LXI

0181, 0074, 0081, 0183, 0205, 0774

Logik

0043

Luxman

0083

MGA

0177, 0046, 0057, 0205

MTC

0087, 0057, 0046, 0083

Magnavox

0081, 0057, 0206, 1281

Majestic

0043

Marantz

0081, 0057

Matsushita

0277

Megatron

0172, 0205

Memorex

0206, 0490, 0205, 0043, 0083,

0177, 0181, 0277

Midland

0044, 0074, 0078, 0774

Minutz

0048

Mitsubishi

0177, 0205, 0046, 0120

Motorola

0120

Multitech

0207

NAD

0183, 0193, 0205

NEC

0057, 0046, 0083

NTC

0119

Nikko

0205, 0057, 0119

Onwa

0207

Optimus

0277, 0193, 0181

Optonica

0120

Orion

0490, 0206, 0263

Panasonic

0078, 0277

Penney

0074, 1374, 0087, 0057, 0048,

0205, 0078, 0046, 0083, 0183, 0774

Philco

0172, 0046, 0057, 0081, 0490

Philips

0081

Pilot

0046, 0057

Pioneer

0193, 0706

Portland

0046, 0119

Princeton

0744

Prism

0078

Proscan

0074, 0774

Proton

0205

Pulsar

0044, 0046

Quasar

0078, 0277

RCA

0074, 1374, 1174, 1274, 0706, 0046,

0078, 0120, 0774, 1074, 1474

Radio Shack

0207, 0057, 0205, 0181,

0046, 0074, 0083, 0774

Realistic

0207, 0181, 0057, 0205,

0046, 0083

Runco

0044, 0057

SSS

0046, 0207

Sampo

0057

Samsung

0087, 0046, 0205, 0057, 0083

Sansei

0478

Sansui

0490

Sanyo

0181

Scimitsu

0046

Scotch

0205

Scott

0263, 0046, 0205, 0206, 0207

Sears

0181, 0083, 0183, 0074, 0081,

0198, 0205, 0206, 0774

Semivox

0207

Semp

0183

Sharp

0120, 0715

Shogun

0046

Signature

0043

Sony

0027

Soundesign

0205, 0206, 0207

Squareview

0198

Starlite

0207

Supreme

0027

Sylvania

0081, 0057

Symphonic

0198

TMK

0083, 0205

TNCi

0044

Tandy

0120

Technics

0078, 0277

Technol Ace

0206

Techwood

0078, 0083

Teknika

0043, 0081, 0206, 0207, 0046,

0119, 0083, 0087, 0177

Telefunken

0083

Toshiba

0183, 0087, 0181, 1283

Vector Research

0057

Victor

0080

Vidikron

0081

Vidtech

0046, 0205

ProNeo 01-08-2001 14:40 Pagina 35

Summary of Contents for ProntoNEO

Page 1: ...ices 8 Working with Modes 10 Adjusting the Settings 11 Defining the Brands of Your Devices 15 Learning Commands 18 Recording Macros 21 NEOedit 25 Maintaining ProntoNEO 27 Important Notices 27 Cleaning ProntoNEO 27 FAQ 28 Troubleshooting 29 General Problems 29 Programming Problems 30 Specifications 31 Table of Brands 32 Index 38 Table of Contents ...

Page 2: ...me See Defining the Brands of Your Devices on p 15 for more details ProntoNEO can also learn IR codes from your existing remote controls ProntoNEO can receive and store the IR codes by means of its learning eye See Learning Commands on p 18 for more details Recording macros is another feature of the ProntoNEO If you wish to assign a sequence of commands to a single button you can record a macro Se...

Page 3: ...x 1 5 V to function You can use either primary or rechargeable batteries 1 Remove the battery cover by pressing and sliding 2 Place the batteries in the battery compartment 3 Place the battery cover back on After a few seconds ProntoNEO starts up automatically and an Introduction screen appears ProntoNEO beeps twice to indicate that it has started up successfully ...

Page 4: ...label is displayed at the bottom of the touch screen The hard buttons located at the bottom of the ProntoNEO are Volume Up Down Channel Up Down Menu Mute and Function The hard buttons located on the left side of the ProntoNEO are the Backlight button and the Page Up Down buttons Taking a First Look Sending LED Learning eye Serial port for communicating with a PC Backlight button to activate the di...

Page 5: ...nt sections Here the date and time are displayed when you are operating your devices In this area you can see the page number the device you are operating the battery level indicator With these soft buttons you operate your device These are the labels of the 4 hard buttons below the touch screen ...

Page 6: ... the Display and the Backlight ProntoNEO s display can be activated in two different ways Tap the touch screen gently with your finger or a blunt soft object like a pencil eraser The display is activated Press the Backlight button on the left side of the ProntoNEO The display and the backlight are activated If the LCD touch screen stays blank or becomes black when turning on the display read the n...

Page 7: ... The LCD contrast is adjusted one level up or Press the Page Down button once to decrease the LCD contrast one level The LCD contrast is adjusted one level down 3 Release the Backlight button when the contrast is satisfactory The LCD contrast can be adjusted 16 levels Note To adjust the contrast multiple levels you have press the Page Up or Page Down button multiple times When you press and hold t...

Page 8: ... try to perform these actions a message screen appears Replace the batteries to make the ProntoNEO fully functional again See The Batteries on p 3 to replace the batteries Operating Devices To operate devices on your ProntoNEO you have to switch to the Device Overview This screen displays the available devices like TV VCR DVD PreAmp and so on Activating the Device Overview Press the Device button ...

Page 9: ... operate hard buttons on a conventional remote control When you keep the soft button pressed instead of tapping it ProntoNEO keeps sending the IR command Using the Hard Buttons Hard Buttons can be operated at any time even without turning on the LCD touch screen Using ProntoNEO Device button To activate the Device Overview Channel Up and Channel Down 2 context specific buttons Change function depe...

Page 10: ...the last active screen The ProntoNEO can be put into 5 different modes These modes are Use mode For operating your devices See Operating Devices on p 8 Setup mode For changing the ProntoNEO system settings See Adjusting the Settings on p 11 for more details Brand mode For defining the brands of your devices using ProntoNEO s database See Defining the Brands of Your Devices on p 15 for more details...

Page 11: ...ecific device you want to customize Adjusting the Settings The ProntoNEO settings can be adjusted in the Setup mode 1 Press and hold the Mode button for 3 seconds The Mode screen appears 2 Tap Setup in the Mode screen The first Setup page appears The ProntoNEO settings consist of 3 setup pages with several settings per page Use the Page Up and Page Down buttons to navigate to the appropriate setup...

Page 12: ...st the Backlight Timeout The backlight setting indicates how long the backlight of the LCD touch screen and the buttons stays active The backlight timeout can be set between 1 second and 120 seconds Note The backlight cannot stay active longer than the LCD If you increase the backlight timeout the LCD timeout will automatically increase as well Press to increase or to decrease the time the backlig...

Page 13: ...e settings Press to increase or to decrease the value for the year month and day Tap or once to adjust the year month and day one value up or down Press and hold or to adjust the values for the year and the month more rapidly The value for the day settings will change per 5 days The ProntoNEO will immediately reflect the date change at the top of the screen Adjust the Time Tap or once to adjust th...

Page 14: ...oNEO settings defined brands learned codes and recorded macros By tapping the Revert button the ProntoNEO will be reverted to the default configuration Reverting to the original configuration restores the ProntoNEO to its initial state You might have to revert when you notice that scrolling through pages is slowing down This might be the case when you have added a lot of commands to the ProntoNEO ...

Page 15: ...s or commands are not functioning properly change the code set as described in this chapter To define brands you have to set the ProntoNEO in Brand mode 1 Set the ProntoNEO in Use Mode See Working with Modes on p 10 2 Select the device e g TV for which you want to define the brand The device screen appears 3 Press and hold the Mode button for 3 seconds The Mode screen appears 4 Tap Brand on the Mo...

Page 16: ...ice The code sets in the table of brands contain only the basic functions of the devices It is advised to enter the first code set and try it out If your device is not responding properly you should try out the second code set of the brand Try out all code sets of the brand until you can operate the device to your satisfaction Note Defining the brand of your device will not erase the commands you ...

Page 17: ...ou entered an incorrect code set you hear an error beep A message screen appears 1 Press OK ProntoNEO returns to the code set screen where the incorrect code set is displayed 2 Look up the correct code set and repeat instructions 6 and 7 ...

Page 18: ...EO has to be in Learn mode Switching to Learn mode is only possible from a specific device not from the Device Overview See Working with Modes on p 10 Per device you can learn all soft and hard buttons on the ProntoNEO except for the Backlight button the Page Up and Page Down buttons the Mode button the Device button The Learn Sequence 1 Set the ProntoNEO in Use Mode See Working with Modes on p 10...

Page 19: ...label changes to Learning which means ProntoNEO is ready to receive commands from an existing remote control The ProntoNEO will wait for 5 seconds to receive an IR code from another remote control Note When a hard button is pressed to learn there is no on screen feedback to indicate which button is pressed 7 Press and hold the button on the existing remote control you want to learn to the ProntoNE...

Page 20: ...ve to wait for the OK or Failed to disappear If you press another button soft or hard button the ProntoNEO Learn sequence immediately goes back to step 5 8 Go to other pages of the selected device with the Page Up and Page Down buttons Repeat steps 6 and 7 until you have copied all the commands of the existing remote control 9 Press Done when you have finished learning commands to the buttons of y...

Page 21: ...ct the device e g TV with the buttons you want to program as a macro The device screen appears Note Basically you can assign any button as a macro button However it is recommended to assign only the reserved macro buttons on the last page of every device Use the Page Up and Page Down buttons to go to the last page of the device 3 Press and hold the Mode button for 3 seconds The Mode screen appears...

Page 22: ...ith the Recording label at the top of the screen The buttons you tap on this screen will not be recorded From the Device Overview you can go to the different devices or you can press the Extra hard button to go to the Extra screen with delays and beeps 8 Tap the button of the device you want to go to The device screen appears Using ProntoNEO ...

Page 23: ...verview again 11 To add delays and beeps to the macro press the Extra hard button on the Device Overview The Extra screen appears 1 To add a delay tap one of the Delay buttons By tapping several Delay buttons the duration of the delay will be increased 2 To add a beep tap the Beep button 3 Press the Device button to go to the Device Overview again 12 Press Stop to stop recording A message screen a...

Page 24: ...de screen The existing command of the selected button is replaced by the macro or Press Cancel to return to the Mode screen without saving the macro The button retains its previous command 14 Set the ProntoNEO in Use mode to test the recorded macro N Using ProntoNEO ...

Page 25: ...of your own configurations This can be done with NEOedit With NEOedit you can define the types and brands of your devices generate the Device Overview design the page layout and the appearance of buttons configure the behavior of the hard buttons and soft buttons access NEOedit s extended help system by pressing F1 save duplicate and share NCFs devices buttons bitmaps or codes with another ProntoN...

Page 26: ...NEOedit from the CD ROM 1 Place the NEOedit CD ROM in your computer NEOedit setup will start up automatically If not you can install NEOedit by double clicking the NEOeditSetup exe file on the CD ROM 2 Follow the instructions on screen that will guide you through the installation procedure The first time you run NEOedit you have to accept the license agreement Otherwise NEOedit will not run NEOedi...

Page 27: ...mp or wet When you have spilled water on ProntoNEO you have to take out the batteries and let ProntoNEO dry for 48 hours before you place the batteries back When you have spilled other liquids like coffee on the ProntoNEO you can clean it with distilled water Make sure no water gets into the housing The touch screen of ProntoNEO contains a glass element Do not drop ProntoNEO or subject it to any s...

Page 28: ...oNEO beeps twice to indicate it is ready for use How do I revert to the original configuration Reverting to the original configuration restores the ProntoNEO s devices and commands to its state when you purchased it This means that all programming is lost permanently Normally you never have to revert the ProntoNEO See Revert on p 14 1 Press and hold the Mode button for 3 seconds The mode screen ap...

Page 29: ...es on p 10 Make sure ProntoNEO s sending LED is pointed towards the device you re operating Check if the battery level is low If so replace the batteries See The Batteries on page 3 Check if you have defined the correct brands for your devices See Defining the Brands of Your Devices on p 15 Check if the button you are trying to use is assigned properly via Brand mode Learn mode or Macro mode See D...

Page 30: ...ts you from switching to customizing modes so that no customization can get lost ProntoNEO is low on memory Revert the ProntoNEO See Revert on p 14 The configuration file is corrupted When this unlikely event occurs you have to revert to the original configuration or use NEOedit to download a new configuration file All your customized commands and devices will be lost and you will have to reprogra...

Page 31: ...sending LED and learning eye Operating distance of 33 feet 10 meters Learning frequency up to 56 kHz and 455 kHz Learning distance 1 inch 2 cm up to 4 inch 10 cm Memory 1 MB non volatile flash memory Batteries 3 AA batteries 3 x 1 5V primary or rechargeable Power management Power on by tapping the LCD touch screen or by pressing the Backlight button Power off automatically Dimensions 7 8 inch x 3 ...

Page 32: ...orola 1133 Movie Time 0090 NSC 0090 Oak 0046 0034 Optimus 0048 Panasonic 0048 0134 0027 Paragon 0027 Philips 0180 0332 0344 Pioneer 0171 0560 0904 Popular Mechanics 0427 Pulsar 0027 Quasar 0027 RCA 0048 Radio Shack 0042 0910 0342 0824 Recoton 0427 Regal 0047 0286 Runco 0027 SL Marx 0067 Samsung 0067 0171 Scientific Atlanta 0035 0504 0904 Signal 0042 0067 Sprucer 0048 Starcom 0030 0042 Stargate 006...

Page 33: ...tor 0099 Wards 0080 0184 Yamaha 0214 0063 0915 Yorx 0488 Tape Aiwa 0224 0056 Carver 0056 Denon 0103 Harman Kardon 0209 0056 JVC 0271 Magnavox 0056 Marantz 0056 Optimus 0054 0247 Philips 0056 Pioneer 0054 0247 Polk Audio 0056 RCA 0054 0247 Sansui 0056 Sony 0270 0197 0318 Wards 0054 Yamaha 0124 LD Laser Disc Carver 0221 Denon 0086 Harman Kardon 0221 Magnavox 0221 Marantz 0221 Mitsubishi 0086 NAD 008...

Page 34: ...e 0896 Toshiba 0776 0817 Uniden 0751 0749 Zenith 0883 TV AOC 0046 0057 Admiral 0120 0490 Aiko 0119 Akai 0057 Alaron 0206 America Action 0207 Anam 0207 Audiovox 0119 0207 0478 0650 Baysonic 0207 Belcor 0046 Bell Howell 0043 0181 Bradford 0207 Brockwood 0046 Broksonic 0263 0490 CXC 0207 Candle 0057 0083 Carnivale 0057 Carver 0081 Celebrity 0027 Cineral 0478 0119 Citizen 0083 0057 0087 0119 Concerto ...

Page 35: ...46 0083 0183 0774 Philco 0172 0046 0057 0081 0490 Philips 0081 Pilot 0046 0057 Pioneer 0193 0706 Portland 0046 0119 Princeton 0744 Prism 0078 Proscan 0074 0774 Proton 0205 Pulsar 0044 0046 Quasar 0078 0277 RCA 0074 1374 1174 1274 0706 0046 0078 0120 0774 1074 1474 Radio Shack 0207 0057 0205 0181 0046 0074 0083 0774 Realistic 0207 0181 0057 0205 0046 0083 Runco 0044 0057 SSS 0046 0207 Sampo 0057 Sa...

Page 36: ...o 0459 0553 GoldStar 0064 0065 Gradiente 0027 HI Q 0074 Harley Davidson 0027 Harman Kardon 0065 0108 Harwood 0099 Hitachi 0069 0027 0068 Hughes Network Systems 0069 JVC 0094 0068 Jensen 0068 KEC 0064 0305 KLH 0099 Kenwood 0068 0094 0065 Kodak 0062 0064 LXI 0064 Lloyd s 0027 Logik 0099 MEI 0062 MGA 0070 0267 MGN Technology 0267 MTC 0027 0267 Magnasonic 0305 Magnavox 0062 0108 0027 0066 0176 Magnin ...

Page 37: ...0027 0062 0064 Thomas 0027 Tivo 0645 0663 Toshiba 0072 0070 Totevision 0064 0267 Unitech 0267 Vector 0072 Vector Research 0065 Video Concepts 0072 Videosonic 0267 Wards 0062 0087 0027 0074 0267 0069 0075 0099 0108 0176 0787 White Westinghouse 0099 0305 0236 XR 1000 0099 0027 0062 Yamaha 0065 Zenith 0066 0027 0236 0506 DVD Apex 0699 Denon 0517 Fisher 0697 GE 0549 Hitachi 0691 Hiteker 0699 JVC 0650 ...

Page 38: ...10 beep 23 delay 23 device 4 hard 4 9 mode 4 10 page up and page down 4 10 reset 28 revert 14 soft 4 9 touch screen 9 C CD ROM 25 cleaning ProntoNEO 27 connecting to PC 4 25 customizing adjusting settings 11 defining brands 15 learning commands 18 NEOedit 25 recording macros 21 D database 32 date 13 defining brands 15 Delay button 23 Device button 4 Device Overview 6 8 display cleaning 27 switchin...

Page 39: ...lling the batteries 3 programming See customizing ProntoNEO cleaning 27 information 14 reverting 14 28 ProntoNEO Configuration File 25 R recording macros 21 Reset button 28 resetting the ProntoNEO 28 Revert button 14 reverting the ProntoNEO 14 28 S selecting devices 9 modes 10 sending LED 4 serial cable 25 serial port 4 25 settings adjusting 11 reverting 28 Setup mode 11 setup page first 11 second...

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