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    Model IR10A IconRemote ™ Owner ’ s Manual[...]

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    3 2 Introduction ............................................................. 3 Hard Key Functions ................................................. 4 Setup ........................................................................ 6 Battery Installation .............................................. 6 Battery Saver .................................[...]

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    5 4 Hard K e y Functions Hard K e y Functions, cont. 1. HIS/HERS - Quick access keys for favorites stored under His/ Hers groups. 2. SIDE KEYS - Used to access on-screen features. 3. LCD - (Liquid Crystal Display). 4. MODE - Selects mode (TV , VCR, etc.) for the remote. 5. HOME - The starting screen on the LCD for most operations. 6. V OLUME UP/DOW[...]

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    7 6 Setup Battery Installation 1. On the back of the remote, push down on the tab and lift the cover of f. 2. Match the batteries to the + and - marks inside the battery case, then insert 3 AA Alkaline batteries. Make sur e you use new batteries. Y ou can have problems with learning codes if your batteries are old. 3. Press the battery cover back i[...]

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    9 8 Setting Up Y our Devices How to set up a TV After you’ve been through the W izard for the first 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 first one). Manually turn on the device(s) to be set up (TV , VCR, etc.). If you know your brand of TV , select Y es which result[...]

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    11 10 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. Setting Up Y our Fa vorites (1) (2) (3) (4) Setting Up Y our Fa vorites, cont. If you want to add a label to the logo press the Side Key next to Label. This is optional so if you don’[...]

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    13 12 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. Using the remote Press the HIS or HERS key at any time to access the favorites you’ve set up. [...]

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    15 14 Sleep Sleep lets you set any device to turn of f a preset time from now . Y ou can set the off time in increments of 15 minutes, up to a Maximum of 90 minutes. Press the HOME key to go to the Home Screen, then press the Side Key next to Sleep. Y ou can set a sleep timer for any or all of the devices that you’ve set up, i.e., any that are no[...]

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    17 16 Learning, cont. Y ou can learn commands from an existing remote and store them under the “Main” keys on the IR10A remote, or learn commands from an existing remote and store them under any of the 10 Side Keys. At the Home screen press the Side Key next to Learn. At this screen you press any of the 5 Side Keys K1-K5 on the left to learn co[...]

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    19 18 Learning Main Ke ys, cont. Y ou then press and hold (in this example) the Power key on the other remote, until the display shows that the command has been successfully learned. Note for some types of key you might need to hold the key pressed, but for other types a quick press is sufficient. Experiment a bit. If keys you learn are sent multip[...]

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    21 20 Learning Side Ke ys At the Home screen press the Side Key next to Learn. Then press any of the Side Keys K1- K5 to the left 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 select any of the devices to learn [...]

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    23 22 Learning Side Ke ys, cont. key on the remote to enter the letter D. Then we pressed the 8 key repeatedly until the letter V was displayed. Then we waited a second and pressed 3 to select D. Then we pressed the 0 (zero) key twice until we selected a space. W e continued this process until we had “DVD Zoom” displayed. Then we pressed OK to [...]

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    25 24 Line up the remotes and press OK when you’re ready . Learning Macros, cont. Press Side Key K8 next to “Add Key to Macro” to add more keys. Y ou can set a delay (1-10 secs) after which the command stored in the Macro will be sent. (Repeatedly press Side Key K9 next to Set Delay , or enter the delay directly with the numeric keys, 0-9). I[...]

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    27 26 Setting up more Setting up more Devices When you first inserted the batteries in the remote you likely went through the W izard and set up a few devices. Here’ s how to set up more devices. Press the HOME key to display the Home screen. Then press the Side Key next to Setup. Then press the Side Key next to Devices. Then pick a device you wa[...]

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    29 28 Adding/Editing Favorites This lets you add favorites to an existing group, edit favorites in an existing group, or add favorites to a new group. Press the HOME key , select Setup, and then select Favorites. Then at the screen to the right select Add/Edit. Setting up more, cont. Select any group to add favorites to, or to edit existing favorit[...]

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    31 30 Setting up more, cont. Deleting Favorites This lets you delete favorites that you previously set up in a group. Press the HOME key , select Setup, and then select Favorites. Then at the screen to the right select Delete. Pick the group in which you want to delete the favorites. Groups that don’t have any favorites in them yet are grayed out[...]

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    33 32 Setting up more, cont. Clearing Settings in the Remote This lets you clear (erase) various things you’ve set up in the remote. Press the HOME key , select Setup. Then at the screen to the right select Clear Settings. Pressing the Side Key next to Devices lets you clear the settings, i.e. codes, for various Devices (TV , VCR, etc.). After se[...]

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    35 34 Adv anced Settings, cont. Punchthrough This lets you set up how various keys on the remote operate in various modes. For example you might want the V olume Up/ Down and Mute keys to AL W A YS operate your TV , no matter what mode the remote is in. Or you might want the Play , Stop, Pause REW , FF , and Record keys to AL W A YS operate your VC[...]

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    37 36 Adv anced Settings, cont. KidSafe Press the HOME key , then select Setup, then select Advanced, then KidSafe. The first time you access the KidSafe menu you are asked if you want to set up a KidSafe Code. If you select Y es, you see this screen. Y ou enter a 4 digit code that you will easily remember , but that your Kid(s) won’t guess. Afte[...]

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    39 38 T roubleshooting The Favorites you set up don’t operate your device. • Make sure you selected the correct device (TV , Cable, Sat, etc., when you set up each favorite. See Add/Edit Favorites page 29 to change the device type for your favorite(s). The Remote’ s hard keys do not operate your pr oduct. • Make sure the remote is set to th[...]

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    IR10A-3/07 X10.com, a Division of X10 Wireless Technology, Inc. 3824 North 5th St., Suite C, North Las V egas, NV 89032 Web Site: http://www .x10.com[...]