X10 Wireless Technology IR34A manual

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    Model IR34A IconRemote ™ Owner ’ s Manual[...]

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    23 THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH P AR T 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERA TION IS SUBJECT T O THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS: (1) THIS DEVICE MA Y NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, AND (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED, INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THA T MA Y CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERA TION. This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy , and [...]

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    45 Congratulations on your purchase of the IR34A IconRemote. The IR34A IconRemote has the ability to combine many types of remotes into a single remote. It has many unique features that are available through the high quality color screen and the con fi gurable menus. The screen displays icons that are easily set up to represent your favorite chann[...]

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    67 Hard Key Functions, cont. 1. HIS/HERS - Quick access keys for favorites stored under His/Hers groups. Pressing either HIS or HERS button a second time accesses the X10 Home Automation modules that you’ve set up in All Rooms . 2. SIDE KEYS - Used to access on-screen features. 3. LCD - (Liquid Crystal Display). 4. MODE - Selects mode (TV , VCR, [...]

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    89 Using the Wizard After you insert the batteries and choose “English” the Setup W izard screen (1) appears. Y ou can exit the W izard at any time by pressing the HOME key (located just below the screen). Press any key at screen (1) to continue and follow the instructions on the screens. Pressing OK at screen (2) takes you to the next screen ([...]

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    10 1 1 Setting Up Y our Devices, cont. How to set up a TV After you’ve been through the W izard for the fi rst time, the screen (1) shown to the right appears. This is the start of the W izard to set up your devices (TV being the fi rst one). Manually turn on the device(s) to be set up (TV , VCR, etc.). If you know your brand of TV , select Y e[...]

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    12 13 Setting Up Y our Favorites, cont. Once you’ve gone through the W izard and set up at least a TV , and set up more devices, or skipped the rest of them, you arrive at screen (1) to the right. Press any digit key , say digit 4, to enter a channel number . This takes you to screen (2). Y ou can enter more digits if desired. The channel number [...]

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    14 15 Setting Up X10 Devices The IR34A IconRemote - coupled with other X10 Home Automation Modules - gives you the ability to control everything electrical in your home. Once you set up your remote, you can control most any electrical device from the remote, using the keys that have been con fi gured for X10 Home Automation Modules. Description X1[...]

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    16 17 When triggering an X10 module or wall switch using the IR34A IconRemote, the signal is typically sent from the remote using RF on a speci fi c house code. The RF signal is received by the transceiver (either TM751, RR501, CM15A, or security console) on the matching house code. The transceiver then forwards the signal onto the house wiring. T[...]

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    18 19 Using The Remote Assuming you followed the steps on the previous pages and have set up some devices and some favorites, you can now use the remote. See the sections that follow to set up more devices and/or favorites, and to set up other functions. (See page 37 to learn how to set up more favorites). Using the Remote Pressing either the HIS o[...]

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    20 21 Labeling Feature T wo lines are available for labeling when you label an icon. The screen shown on the lower-right is an example of a TM751 labeled with a bath icon. The labels Bath and “Extra Bath” were associated with the icon. The following is an example of how to use the Label feature. • Press the HOME button to display the setup sc[...]

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    22 23 Press the F A VORITE key to select your favorites group. Then press the Side Key next to the logo to change your device to that channel. Selecting a favorite group that has not yet been set up, takes you to the setup W izard. Important: Make sure you point the remote at your device until the channel changes. Pressing a Favorite key might send[...]

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    24 25 Tips On Learning The following are the guidelines that will help you use this feature: a. Some functions from some types of r emotes might not be able to be learned. b. No functions may be learned under the HOME, MODE, F A VORITE, HIS, or HERS (hard) keys. c. Use fresh batteries for both the IR34A remote and your Original Remote. d. Keep at l[...]

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    26 27 Learning Main Keys At the Home screen press the Side Keys next to Setup, More, and then Learn. Then press one of the top four Side Keys K6-K9 to the right of the screen. Select the Device you want to learn keys for . In this example we only have a TV , Cable Box and Satellite Receiver set up, so the rest are grayed out, but you can still sele[...]

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    28 29 Before learning the second key in the Macro, you can set a delay (1-10 sec.) after which the command stored in the Macro will be sent. For example, your TV might require a few seconds after turning it on before it will respond to a Channel Up/Down command. (Repeatedly press the Side Key next to Set Delay or enter the delay directly with the n[...]

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    30 31 Next, point the remote you want to learn commands from at the bottom of the IR34A IconRemote, and press OK when you’re ready . (See T ips on Learning on page 25.) Learning Side Keys, cont. Next press the key on the other remote for the function you want to learn. Hold the key pressed until the screen says that the command was successfully l[...]

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    32 33 A Macro could include the Power key for your TV , followed by the Power key for your Cable box, followed (after a 2 second delay), by digit 4 from your cable remote. Then, when you later activate this Macro, it will turn on your TV , turn on your cable box, wait 2 seconds, and then set the cable box to channel 4. At the Home screen press the [...]

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    34 35 Learning Macros, cont. Point your existing remote at the bottom of the IR34A IconRemote, and press OK when you’re ready . Then press your next key . After adding more keys, you can keep the label for the key (in this example L1) or select Change Label by pressing Side Key K9. If you select Change Label, you can change the name to anything y[...]

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    36 37 Setting up more, cont. Setting up more Favorites When you fi rst inserted the batteries in the remote you likely went through the W izard and set up a few favorites. Y ou could only set up 10 favorites at that time. Here’ s how to set up more favorites. Press the HOME key to display the Home screen. Then press the Side Key next to Setup. P[...]

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    38 39 Setting up more, cont. Reordering Favorites This lets you move the favorites that you have previously set up in a group to different locations on the screen, i.e., reorder them. Press the HOME key , select Setup , and then select Favorites . Then, at the screen to the right select Reorder . Pick the group in which you want to reorder the favo[...]

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    40 41 Setting up more, cont. Renaming Favorite Groups This lets you Rename the groups that you saved your favorites in. For example you might want to rename His to Dave, or Hers to Isabel. Press the HOME key , select Setup , and then select Favorites . Then at the screen to the right select Rename . Note: None of the groups are grayed out so you ca[...]

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    42 43 Advanced Settings Press these keys using the following sequence: HOME, Setup , More , and Advanced . The screen to the right lets you change the backlight delay; enter codes for devices directly from the printed code list that came with the remote; set up punchthrough for various devices; and limit the channels that young children can access.[...]

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    44 45 Advanced Settings, cont. Y ou can also change the device type by pressing the key next to the device that you are editing the code for . Pressing this key repeatedly cycles through all available device types. Programming Combo Device Codes Some Combo devices (e.g., TV/VCR, TV/DVD, DVD/VCR, etc.) will require you to set up two different Mode k[...]

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    46 47 X10 Home Control If you own or have purchased the Model IR543 Command Center , and you have compatible X10 Lamp, Appliance, and W all Switch modules, you will also be able to control lights and appliances from your IR34A IconRemote. Y ou must set up the remote with the 0999 device code in order for the IR34A to communicate to the IR543 Comman[...]

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    48 49 X10 Macros Macros allow you to combine a number of commands, including time delays, using a single key press. There are two ways to create a Macro. The fi rst method using a TM751 that was set up pr eviously: • Press the Home Button. • At the screen shown, press the Side Key for X10 Macros and press OK to access the fi rst time Macro’[...]

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    50 51 V oice Dialer Security Console The IR34A IconRemote used in conjunction with the PS561 (DS7000) security console gives you the ability to control your home security directly fr om your remote. Description: T o set up your remote for the PS561 do the following: • Press the Home key . • Press the Setup Side Key . • Press the X10 Side Key [...]

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    52 53 X10.com, a division of X10 W ireless T echnology , Inc. (X10) warrants X10 products to be free from defective material and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the original date of purchase at retail. X10 agrees to repair or replace, at its sole discretion, a defective X10 product if returned to X10 within the warranty period and wit[...]

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    54 55 Notes Notes[...]

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    IR34A-6/10 X10.com, a Division of X10 Wireless T echnology , Inc. 3824 North 5th St., Suite C, North Las V egas, NV 89032 Web Site: www .x10.com[...]