REMOTE CONTROL
SETUP AND USE
GUIDE
TSU501
Страница 1: ...REMOTE CONTROL SETUP AND USE GUIDE TSU501 ...
Страница 2: ...erence will not occur in a particular installation If the equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or televisions reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Conne...
Страница 3: ...es 13 Adjusting the Settings 14 Changing the RF IR Settings 18 Entering Codes for Other Devices 21 Learning Commands 24 Labeling Buttons and Devices 26 Recording Macros 28 Freedom Edit 32 Maintaining the Avidea Remote 34 Important Notices 34 Cleaning Avidea Remote 34 Troubleshooting 36 General Problems 36 Programming Problems 38 Specifications 39 Table of Brands 40 Index 54 SETUP AND USE GUIDE ...
Страница 4: ... on the Avidea Remote Characters and numbers are available for labeling as well as various audio and video symbols See Labeling Buttons and Devices on p 26 Recording macros is another feature of the Avidea Remote If you wish to assign a sequence of commands to a single button you can record a macro See Recording Macros on p 28 We have provided you with software for use on a PC called Freedom Edit ...
Страница 5: ...emove the battery cover by releasing the tab and lifting 2 Install the batteries in the battery compartment 3 Replace the battery cover After a few seconds the Avidea Remote starts up automatically and beeps twice to indicate that it is ready for use Note Do not touch the screen or hard buttons during start up as this may cause your remote to lock up If it does lock up remove one battery and start...
Страница 6: ...ce button Their labels are displayed at the bottom of the Touch Screen The hard buttons located at the bottom are for the Avidea System Volume Up Down Mute Channel Up Down TV source and the Navigation buttons The hard buttons located on the left side of the Avidea Remote are the Backlight button and the Touch Screen Page Up Down buttons Avidea System Power TV power Serial port for connecting to a ...
Страница 7: ...ght Tapping the screen gently with your finger or a blunt soft object like a pencil eraser will activate the display but not the backlight Pressing any button will activate the display but not the backlight Note You can set the backlight to automatically activate whenever you use the remote See Adjusting the Backlight Timer on p 15 Whenever batteries are installed in the Avidea Remote or when it i...
Страница 8: ...en Here the date and time are displayed when you are operating your Devices See p 15 16 to set time and date In this area you can see The page number of the Device 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 Device button Press to go to the Device Page Only active when the...
Страница 9: ... Backlight button to activate the Avidea Remote s display and backlight Note If the screen stays black or becomes blank adjust the contrast using the page buttons on the left side See Changing the LCD Contrast below The Remote Control also has an automatic shut off feature to conserve battery life See Adjusting the Backlight Timer on p 15 Changing the LCD Contrast To adjust the LCD contrast on the...
Страница 10: ...on the LCD contrast will change only one level The Battery Status The battery icon indicates the status of your batteries When the battery status is low the Low Battery icon appears at the top of the touch screen You can still operate your Devices but you cannot adjust the settings enter codes learn commands or record macros anymore When you try to perform these actions a message screen appears Re...
Страница 11: ...ce on the Device Page Tap the soft button of the Device you want to operate The first page of the selected Device appears Using the Page Up and Page Down Buttons you can go to another page of the Device You operate Devices using the buttons on your Avidea Remote Soft buttons touch screen buttons Hard buttons Selecting Other Device Functions The second Device Page allows you additional control of y...
Страница 12: ...ause conflicting use and programming Listen Modes The Avidea Remote allows adjustment of several listening modes Listening Modes allow you to use two five or all six of the system s speakers depending on program type format and personal choice The Avidea subwoofer is always on regardless of the number of speakers being used Note Page 2 of each Device contains a customized Listening Mode page for t...
Страница 13: ...us of the rear center speaker Simply choose which system configuration you prefer for a specific movie soundtrack Subw Adjusts the output level of the subwoofer to match the type of programming being played You may also find that a relatively higher subwoofer level is preferred when playing the system at lower volumes The range of this control is 12 to 12 and a visual indication of any level chang...
Страница 14: ...tomatically in 15 minute intervals for up to 90 minutes Activating The Avidea System On Screen Display OSD Your Avidea System is equipped with an On Screen Display OSD The OSD is used to check system status and make adjustments to your Avidea System Adjustments may include things like TV aspect ratios speaker levels and parental controls See your Avidea Home Theater System Setup and Use Guide for ...
Страница 15: ...s on p 21 Learn mode For learning commands from other remote controls See Learning Commands on p 24 Label mode For re labeling buttons and re naming Devices on the Avidea Remote See Labeling Buttons and Devices on p 26 Macro mode For recording macros You can assign multiple commands to one single button See Recording Macros on p 28 RF IR mode For changing mode of communication to connected Devices...
Страница 16: ... page appears The Avidea Remote 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 First Setup Page On the first setup page you can adjust The LCD timer The backlight timer The beep volume Adjusting the LCD Timer The LCD timer indicates how long the LCD touch screen stays active before before it turns off...
Страница 17: ...light stays active 1 Tap or once to adjust the timer 1 second up or down 2 Press and hold or to adjust the timer in 10 second intervals 3 After you have reached 120 seconds press the once more to jump to the On state which will automatically activate the backlight whenever the unit is used Note Battery life will be reduced when the settings for the LCD timer and the backlight timer are high or whe...
Страница 18: ...age Down button to get to page 3 On the third setup page you can Calibrate the touch screen Read information about your Device Revert the Avidea Remote Calibrate the touch screen 1 Tap the Calibrate button The first instruction Touch the top left corner appears 2 Tap as accurately as possible in the center of the image in the upper left corner using a small blunt object such as a pen cap or PDA st...
Страница 19: ...e all the Avidea Remote settings Device codes learned codes and custom macros You should save your configuration file to your PC before reverting See the Freedom Edit on p 32 for more details By tapping the Revert button the Avidea Remote will be reverted to the original configuration file You might have to revert when you notice that scrolling through pages is slowing down 1 Tap the Revert button...
Страница 20: ...may want to connect to your Avidea System will typically use IR signals to operate via a remote and your Avidea Remote Control is designed to learn these IR commands See Entering Codes and Learning Commands on p 21 and p 24 However you may choose to operate your IR Devices using RF signals giving you the conveniences of RF as mentioned The Avidea System can receive RF signals from the Remote Contr...
Страница 21: ... to change Press Next 3 On the next screen select the Device you wish to change The first RF IR page appears 4 Select the transmission mode The preset mode for Devices you have connected to your Avidea System is IR If you want to change this to RF press the RF button Tap the Done button to finish USING THE AVIDEA REMOTE ...
Страница 22: ... panel of your Avidea Control Center you will find a dial labeled ID located near the main power line By rotating the dial change the setting from the default A setting to another Note the new setting 2 From the Device Page press and hold the Mode button for 3 seconds The Mode screen appears 3 From the Mode page press the RF IR button A message will ask you to select the Device you want to change ...
Страница 23: ...ess Next 4 On the next screen select the Device you wish to change The RF IR page will appear 5 Press the button labeled Change RF Settings The second RF IR page will appear 6 On the next screen find the box labeled Change RF Channel Scroll to the RF designation that matches the CH knob on the back of the Control Center Press Done Note All Devices must match the CH number selected on the Control C...
Страница 24: ... enter a code The first page for that Device appears 3 Press and hold the Mode button for 3 seconds The Mode screen appears 4 Select Brand The Brand screen appears Brand and the label of the selected Device appear at the top of the LCD touch screen 5 Tap Next to enter the code for your Device The code screen appears When a code is already stored as in the illustration below that code is displayed ...
Страница 25: ...provided for your remote represent the most comprehensive library currently available You may discover that certain hard and or soft buttons do not perform exactly as you expect If this happens please use Learning Mode to teach your Avidea Remote the exact desired functionality using your original remote controls See Learning Commands on p 24 7 Press OK to enter the code for your Device When the c...
Страница 26: ... s learning eye To do this place the Avidea Remote and the Device s remote control on a flat opaque surface 1 to 4 inches 2 to 10 cm apart The Learn Sequence 1 Select the Device e g TV for which you want to learn a function The first page for that Device appears 2 Press and hold the Mode button for 3 seconds The Mode screen appears 3 Tap Learn on the Mode screen The Avidea Remote is now in Learn M...
Страница 27: ...ive 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 6 Press and hold the button on the existing remote control you want to teach to the Avidea Remote When the Avidea Remote receives an IR code You hear a confirmation beep The label changes from Learning to OK The Learn sequence has been completed ...
Страница 28: ... Down buttons Repeat steps 5 and 6 until you have copied all the commands of the existing remote control 8 Press Done when you have finished learning commands to the buttons of your choice The Avidea Remote returns to Use Mode You can try out the new IR codes or select another Device to learn Labeling Buttons and Devices You can label or relabel buttons and Devices with Characters in lower case an...
Страница 29: ... the Page Up or Page Down button repeatedly Note You will hear an error beep when you selected more characters than can be displayed on the selected button 6 Tap OK to save the changes and return to the Device Page or Tap Cancel to Return to the Device Page without saving changes 7 Label all other elements you want You can navigate to the different pages of the selected Device screens or the Devic...
Страница 30: ...epare your VCR for recording by rewinding the videotape To record macros the Avidea Remote has to be in Macro mode 1 Go the Device Page 2 Select the Device e g TV with the buttons you want to program as a macro 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...
Страница 31: ...ected Device 6 Tap the soft or hard button you want to select as a macro A message screen appears 7 Tap Start The Device Overview appears with the Recording label at the top of the screen 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 USING THE AVIDEA REMOTE ...
Страница 32: ...evice Page again 11 To add delays and beeps to the macro press the Extra hard button on the Device Page The Extra screen appears Note Delays may be required between commands Some Devices will not respond to another remote command immediately after turning on 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 ta...
Страница 33: ... macro and return to the Mode 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 Avidea Remote in Use mode to test the recorded macro N USING THE AVIDEA REMOTE ...
Страница 34: ...onfigurations This can be done with Freedom Edit With Freedom Edit you can Define the types and brands of your Devices Generate a new Device Page Design the page layout and the appearance of buttons Configure the behavior of the hard buttons and soft buttons Access Freedom Edit s extended help system by pressing F1 Save duplicate and share NCFs Devices buttons bitmaps or codes with another Avidea ...
Страница 35: ... from the CD ROM 1 Place the Freedom Edit CD ROM in your computer Freedom Edit setup will start up automatically If not you can install Freedom Edit by double clicking the FreedomEditSetup 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 Freedom Edit you have to accept the license agreement Otherwise Freedom Ed...
Страница 36: ...let the Avidea Remote dry for 48 hours before returning the batteries to the Remote When you have spilled other liquids like coffee on the Avidea Remote you can clean it with distilled water Make sure no water gets into the housing The touch screen of the Avidea Remote contains a glass element Do not drop the Avidea Remote or subject it to any strong impact Cleaning the Avidea Remote Use a soft da...
Страница 37: ...ea Remote s Devices and commands to the state last downloaded from your PC This means that any changes made in the remote are lost permanently Normally you never have to revert the Avidea Remote 1 Press and hold the Mode button for 3 seconds The mode screen appears 2 Tap the Setup button 3 Press the Page Down button to access setup page 3 4 Tap the Revert button A message screen appears to confirm...
Страница 38: ... to operate are set up properly See Changing IR Devices to RF Control on p 18 Make sure the IR emitter is placed near the Devices you want to use with RF signals See Changing IR Devices to RF Control on p 18 Be aware that more than one IR emitter may be needed if many IR Devices are stacked or located on different shelves See Changing IR Devices to RF Control on p 18 A Device responds to some RF s...
Страница 39: ...your TV s On command will be stored to the TV Power hard button To fix this problem simply use Learning Mode and your original TV remote to properly configure your TV Power button See Learning Commands on p 24 The Avidea Remote does not learn commands from an existing remote control Press and hold the buttons on the existing remote control for a longer or shorter period of time Make sure the dista...
Страница 40: ... configuration file is corrupted When this unlikely event occurs you have to revert to the original configuration or use Freedom Edit to download a new configuration file All your customized commands and Devices will be lost and you will have to reprogram your Avidea Remote If you use Freedom Edit please make backup copies of your customized configurations See Revert on p 17 and Freedom Edit on p ...
Страница 41: ...66 MHz or higher Requirements Windows 98 ME XP 32 MB of RAM 16 MB of free hard disk space Free serial port CD ROM player Memory 2 MB non volatile flash memory Batteries 3 AA batteries 3 x 1 5V primary or rechargeable Power Management Tilting the unit more than 50 degrees The display will be activated but not the backlight Pressing the backlight button on the left side The display as well as the ba...
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Страница 56: ... soft 5 6 touch screen 6 C Calibrate button 16 calibrating the touch screen 16 CD ROM 32 cleaning Avidea Remote 34 connecting to PC 32 customizing adjusting settings 14 entering codes 21 learning commands 24 Freedom Edit 32 recording macros 28 labeling buttons and devices 26 D date 16 Delay button 30 Device button 5 6 Device Page 9 Devices labeling 26 selecting 9 display cleaning 34 timeout 15 tur...
Страница 57: ...ttery status 8 installing the batteries 3 programming See customizing Avidea Remote Configuration File 32 Avidea Remote cleaning 34 information 17 reverting 17 35 R recording macros 28 relabeling See labeling renaming See labeling Reset button 35 resetting the Avidea Remote 35 Revert button 17 reverting the Avidea Remote 17 35 S selecting devices 9 modes 13 serial cable 32 serial port 5 32 setting...
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