Acoustic Research ARRX18G manual

S e t up Guide E verything y ou need to ge t going with your ne w Xsight™ T ouch remo te con trol: >> Out of the Bo x >> Inst alling the EZ -R C™ Remot e Contr ol Setup Wizar d >> Cr eating A ctivities >> Cr eating F av orites & Pr ole s >> T r oubleshooting[...]

2 Out of the Bo x Cradle r est 1 Unpack The r st step is t o make sur e you’ v e got the following p arts in your pack age: Quick Look: > Unpack > Char ge the remot e > Get t o know the inter activ e touchscr een > Remot e setup > On-remo te set up of TV s, A/V c omponents, and other de vices What you’ll be doing b y the end o[...]

Out of the Bo x 3 Out of the Bo x 2 Charge the r emote The ne xt step is t o install the X sight™ T ouch ’ s r echargeable bat tery , plug in its cr adle, and let it char ge for 3 t o 4 hours . Remo ve the bat tery door from the back of the X sight™ T ouch . Pre ss up on the latch t o releas e the door . ® Install the r echargeable bat tery [...]

4 Out of the Bo x The t op of the remo te also o ffer s Shortcut ke ys t o give y ou one-touch ac cess to s ome of the remo te’ s advanced functions: (Home/B ack) goes b ack one screen in the menus . Holding this ke y down f or tw o seconds tak es the r emote t o the Home Screen. (F a vorite s) ac ces ses the F av orites scr een directly . (A cti[...]

Out of the Bo x 5 Out of the Bo x 3 R emote Se tup Once the r emote has nished char ging, pick it up from it s cradle . The Xsigh t™ T ouch has sensor s that wak e the LCD scr een up automatically ( y ou can also w ak e it up by pr essing a k ey ). The Xsigh t™ T ouch has screens that guide y ou through the initial s etup pr ocess . Screens [...]

6 Out of the Bo x 4 On-R emote De vice Set up The Xsigh t™ T ouch lets y ou set up your de vices in s econds, right on the r emot e, with a built-in libr ary o f codes f or the most popular models o f the most common home the ater devic es: D VD play ers, plasma and L CD HD TV s, and much more . Note: If y ou quit setup aft er setting the time, y[...]

Out of the Bo x 7 Out of the Bo x Choose y our devic e’ s br and. Use the slider bar t o go through the page s of br ands for this devic e. When y ou see y our brand, pr ess it s on-screen k e y. Choose the kind o f device y ou w ant to set up . Use the slider bar t o go through the page s of devic es. When y ou see the kind of de vice you w ant [...]

8 Out of the B ox Can’t nd a c ode that works your de vice ( or one that does ev erything you w ant it to do )? Use the EZ -RC™ R emote Con trol Setup Wizar d! The setup wiz ard lets y ou enter your de vice’ s model number to nd ex actly the right code for y our device . If you nd a c ode that does most of what you w ant to do with a[...]

Out of the Bo x 9 Out of the Bo x If you s ometimes use other de vices t o change volume , answ er No in this scr een—you’ll ha ve a chance t o set up mas ter volume f or specic activities (lik e when you’ re w at ching a movie ) later . How t o see what you’ v e set up so far If you’ re not sur e what devices y ou’v e already added [...]

10 Installing the EZ -RC™ Remot e Contr ol Wizar d Quick Look: > S yst em Requir ements > Install the EZ -RC™ R emote C ontrol Se tup Wizar d > Launch the EZ -RC™ Remot e Contr ol Setup Wiz ard > Sign in > Connect y our remot e What you’ll be doing b y the end of this section: Using the EZ -RC™ Remot e Contr ol Setup Wiz ar[...]

Installing the EZ -RC™ Remot e Contr ol Wizar d 11 Installing What if m y CD doesn’t st art installation automatically ? 1. Open the CD and double-click on the icon shown her e. 2. If you ha ve Window s XP and need Service P ack 3, see the Important Not e for Window s XP users on the pr evious page (Vist a users do not need this kind of updat e[...]

12 Installing the EZ -RC™ Remot e Contr ol Wizar d 5 Connect y our remot e when prompt ed If you s ee this error mes sage... Y ou need to change your A ctiveX settings in Internet Explor er for the EZ -RC™ Remote C ontrol Setup Wiz ard to w ork. T o change settings A ctiveX set tings: 1. Click OK in the “Missing nece ssary soft war e... ” d[...]

Installing the EZ -RC™ Remot e Contr ol Wizar d 13 Installing In the rs t setup scr een after y ou’v e connect ed your r emote , check the Upload and edit a setup fr om your remo te option. Then c onrm that you w ant t o proc eed. This tells the EZ -RC™ Remo te Contr ol Setup W izard that y ou w ant to sa ve the set tings you cr eated d[...]

14 Activities Quick Look: > Set up the Hello activit y ( all on) > Set up the Good Night activit y ( all off) > Set up a W at ch Movie activity > Set up a W at ch Satellit e or Cable activity What you’ll be doing b y the end of this section: Contr olling your en tire home ent ertainment sy stem with one touch. A ctivities Set up y our[...]

Activities 15 Activities 1 Add a Hello activit y . Choose Smart Wizar d Then click the butt on to con tinue. A scr een appears sho wing you the st eps y ou’ll go through to s et up the activity using the Smart Wizar d. Click the button at the bot tom of the s creen t o continue . Why Smar t Wizard? Th ere a re tw o ways to s et up Ac ti vi ties :[...]

16 Activities 2 Con gure the Hello activit y for y our device s. Set the po wer on commands Once y ou’v e given the Hello activit y the name you w ant ( or left it as “Hello ”), the next W izar d screen let s you se t how each of y our devic es are po wer ed on. Use the pull-do wn menu for each de vice to s et that devic e’ s pow er-on c[...]

Activities 17 Activities 3 T est the Hello activit y with your de vices . Once y our remot e is re ady to te st, the scr een to the right appear s. Car efully disconnect the r emote fr om y our PC. The remot e scr eens guide you through t esting this activit y . T es t individual power c ommands The sec ond screen le ts you t est the po wer command[...]

18 Activitie s 12:35 Begin Test Through out the Activity test, point the remote toward your devices. T es t the entire activity The ne xt screen le ts you t est the Hello activit y with your entir e sy stem. IMPORT ANT : Make sur e all your de vices ar e of f befor e you st art. Also make sure y our r emote is point ed directly at y our home theate[...]

Activities 19 Activities 4 Finish up the activity . If the activity w orked with y our remot e, y ou’r e just a st ep from the nish. If the activit y did not work as y ou thought it should, you c an use the EZ -RC™ Remot e Contr ol Setup Wiz ard t o make adjus tments or trouble shoot. Select Ye s if the activity w orked. Select Mak e adjustm[...]

20 Activities Choose Smart Wizar d . Then click the Ne xt button t o continue . A scr een appears sho wing you the st eps y ou’ll go through to s et up the activity using the Smart Wizar d. Click the Next butt on to c ontinue. If yo u’re re -ac ces sin g th e EZ-RC ™ Re mo te Co ntro l Set up W iza rd , go to th e Ma in Me nu a nd c lic k Act[...]

Activities 21 Activities 2 Con gure the Good Night activit y for y our devic es. Use the pull-do wn menu for each de vice to s et that devic e’ s pow er-off command. T he options are: None Use this option if y ou w ant to lea ve a de vice out of the Good Night activity ( for e xample , if the devic e is in another room ). On Since this op tion[...]

22 Activities Once y our remot e is re ady to te st, the scr een to the right appear s. Car efully disconnect the r emote fr om y our PC. The r emote scr eens guide y ou through te sting this activity . Re ad about the test The r st scr een gives y ou some inf ormation about the tes t. Use the slider to go to the ne xt scr een. IMPORT ANT : Make[...]

Activities 23 Activities 12:35 Begin Test Through out the Activity test, point the remote toward your devices. T es t the entire activity The ne xt screen le ts you t est the Good Night activit y with your entir e sy st em. IMPORT ANT : Make sur e all your de vices ar e of f befor e you st art. Also make sure y our r emote is point ed directly at y[...]

24 Activitie s 4 Finish up the activity . If you add d evices late r . . . Do n’ t forg et to co me b a ck to you r G oo d Ni gh t ac ti vit y a nd a d d the ir p ower c om ma nd s as wel l to tur n the m of f! If the activity w orked with y our remot e, y ou’r e just a st ep from the nish. If the activity did not w ork as you thought it sho[...]

Activities 25 Activities Set ting up a W atch Mo vie activit y The ne xt activities, W at ch Movie and W atch S atellite ( or Wat ch Cable ), are dif fer ent from the Hello and Good Nigh t activities. F or thes e activities, y ou will use the Adv anced Wizar d. The A dvanc ed Wizar d gives y ou more options t o cust omize these activitie s to t [...]

26 Activities If yo u’re re -ac ces sin g th e EZ-RC ™ Re mo te Co ntro l Set up W iza rd , go to th e Ma in M en u an d cl ick Acti vities . S el ec t Ad d an Ac ti vit y fro m the s ub me nu th at appears. Th en co nti nu e wit h the s tep s tha t fol low to s et up t he Watc h Mov ie a c tivi t y. Why Adv an ced Wizar d? Th e Adva nc ed W iz[...]

Activities 27 Activities 4 Build the W atch Movie activit y for y our devic es. Once y ou’v e given the W at ch Movie activity the name y ou w ant ( or left it as “W atch Mo vie”), the ne xt Wizar d scr een asks if you w ant t o build the sequence of c ommands to con gure y our home entertainmen t sys tem t o wat ch a movie . Select Y es. [...]

28 Activities Do n’t see t he key comma nd you want? Fi rs t, m ake su re yo u’ve s el ec te d the co r rec t d evi ce from t he d rop - dow n me nu . T he n, d ou b le ch eck yo u r or igi na l rem ote a nd m ake s ure yo u’ve w ri tte n dow n th e key na me co rre c tly. If yo u sti ll d on’ t se e th e key com ma n d you ’re lo ok in g[...]

Activities 29 Activities T o change the timing between c ommands ( sometimes useful if a de vice needs to r espond t o one command befor e it can r espond t o another): click the clock icon in the sec ond line of the c ommand and use the arro ws to adjust the number of s econds to w ait bef ore giving the ne xt command. 5. Once you’ ve built the [...]

30 Activities Set ting up a W atch Sat ellite or W at ch Cable activit y 1 W rite do wn which device s you use t o W at ch Satellit e or Cable . Look at the f ollowing e xample setup f or “W atch Sat ellite ”, then ll in the inf ormation for this activit y in your home theater . What de vice do you use t o... Contr ol volume ? Wat ch video ?[...]

Activities 31 Activities 3 Add a ne w activity in the EZ -RC™ Remot e Contr ol Setup Wiz ard. Choose A dvanc ed Wizar d F or the W atch Sat ellite or W atch C able activity , choose the Adv anced W izard and click the Next but ton t o continue . A scr een appears sho wing you the st eps y ou’ll go through to s et up the activity using the Adv a[...]

32 Activities 4 Build the W atch Sat ellite or W at ch Cable activit y for y our device s. Once y ou’v e given this activit y the name you w ant ( or left it as -is), the ne xt Wizar d scr een asks if y ou want t o build the sequence o f commands t o congur e your home en tertainment s yst em to w atch a mo vie. Select Ye s and click Next . In[...]

Activities 33 Activities Do n’t see t he key comma nd you want? Se e the “ D on ’t s ee th e key co mm an d you w ant? ” b ox on p a ge 28 fo r Troubl es ho oti ng s ug ge sti on s . 2. Scr oll through the c ommands av ailable for this de vice. (T he list also includes ext ended functions that the Xsight™ T ouch will creat e if needed.) F[...]

34 Activities IMPORT ANT : Don’t for get to do wnload your activitie s to y our remote . Whe n yo u’v e n ished cust omiz ing y our r emo te u sing t he EZ -RC™ Remo te Cont rol Set up Wi zar d, go to the main menu and click Do wnload to Remo te to sa ve your se ttings to the r emote itself . The ne xt screen asks if y ou’ d like to r ev[...]

Activities 35 Activities Using y our activities 3. Choose the home ent ertainment activity y ou w ant to perf orm (f or ex ample, W atch Mo vie ). How do I kno w when an activity has nished? When you s ee soft ke ys for one of y our devices on the remot e screen, the r emote has nished sending the activity’ s commands and is ready t o do so[...]

36 Activities T o do another activit y , pr ess the shortcut ke y . T o go t o the home menu, press and hold the ke y . What if Assis t doesn’t w ork? If the Assist scr eens are not helping y ou nd the correct input s on your devic es, check the follo wing: • Is the wrong de vice changing inputs ? Make sur e the input key y ou see on the No [...]

F avorit es & Pro les 37 F avorit es & Pro les Quick Look: > How t o make the X sight™ T ouch remot e Y ours > Cre ate a F amily F av orite Channels list > Cre ate individual Pr oles f or each family member What you’ll be doing b y the end of this section: Using the Xsight™ T ouch your w ay , all at the touch o f a b[...]

38 F avorite s & Proles 1 Set up y our fa vorit es. Set the de vice y ou use to change channels If you sub scribe to a sat ellite pr ogr amming service , for e xample , you pr obably use y our satellit e box to change channels , not your TV . Choose the option that work s for y our home theater , then click Next . Set ho w many digits y our [...]

F avorit es & Pro les 39 F avorit es & Pro les 2 Choose y our fa vorit e channels. Select a channel Click the scr oll bar to nd a channel y ou w ant to add t o your f avorit es. T he channels are lis ted in alphabetic al order . Highlight a channel y ou wan t to add, and click the arro w that appears t o the left of the channel t o[...]

40 F avorit es & Pro les T ype in the channel number When the channel icon or label appe ars on the r eplica remo te scr een, type in the number for the channel in y our progr amming. Add the ne xt channel Click the next sp ace in the r eplica remo te scr een to add another channel t o your f a vorite s. Then f ollow the same pr ocedure y ou[...]

F avorit es & Pro les 41 F avorit es & Pro les 3 Choose the de vice s controlled b y each section o f the remot e. In the nal st ep in creating y our F avorit e channels list, y ou set what diff eren t group s of ke ys c ontrol b y def ault when you’ re using y our fa vorit e channel list. Set this scr een for the w a y you usual[...]

42 F avorite s & Proles Cr eating Individual Pro les Once y ou’v e cre ated the F av orites list , you c an creat e individual pro le lists for each member o f the f amily . If you s elected No: Choose F av orites from the Main menu and s elect Add Pro le from the submenu. 1 Add y our Prole . The r st Creat e Pro les scr [...]

F avorit es & Pro les 43 F avorit es & Pro les 2 Choose the channels f or this pro le. IMPORT ANT : Only the channels you’ ve chosen as y our fa vorites c an be selected f or a prole . If you w ant to add a channel f or your pr ole that you don ’t see here , add it to your f avorit es by choosing F avorit es , and then Mo[...]

44 F a vorites & Pr oles 3 Choose the de vice s controlled b y each section o f the remot e. In the nal st ep in creating this pr ole , you se t what differ ent gr oups of k eys contr ol by def ault when y ou’r e using this pro le. This is useful, f or e xample, if the per son using this pr ole pre fers t o use the surround s o[...]

T roubleshooting 45 T roubleshooting Most c ommon problems with y our Xsight™ T ouch can be re solved b y trying one of the follo wing solutions. If y ou hav e any further ques tions, please c all our help line toll-fr ee at 1-800- 27 6-0509 . T r oubleshooting Initial set up • My remot e doesn’t c ome on automatically when I pick it up. Pr e[...]

46 T roubleshooting Window s XP users must ha ve Service P ack 3 and .Net 3.5 T o nd out what service pack ver sion you hav e: 1. Right click on My Comput er on your PC desk top. 2. Choose Pr operties from the dr op-down menu. 3. In the General T ab, the Service P ack is listed under S ystem. T o update to SP3: 1. Insert the CD that c ame with t[...]

T roubleshooting 47 T roubleshooting • My Hello activity didn ’t work. On the remot e screen, pr ess Assist . T hen press P ower On/ Off . Pr ess the ke y for each devic e to turn that de vice on. Use the slider to ac cess more de vices. Make sur e your r emote is pointed dir ectly at your home ent ertainment devic es and that there’ s nothin[...]

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