IconRemote ™ Owner’s Manual Model IR26A
SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS Remember to exercise good common sense when using the Home Automation features of your remote - especially when scheduling unattended devices. There can be some unexpected consequences if not used with care. For example, an empty coffee pot can be remotely turned on. If that should happen, your coffee pot could be damaged from overheating. If an electric heater is turned on by remote control while clothing is draped over it, a fire could result.
FCC Cautions THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS: (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, AND (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED, INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION.
Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................. 5 Transceiver Module ................................................. 6 Lamp Module .......................................................... 6 Learning Remote ..................................................... 7 Hard Key Functions ................................................. 8 Setup ...................................................................... 10 Battery Installation .............................
Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this IR26A Universal Remote Control. Universal Remotes let you replace a broken or lost remote or combine more than one remote into one. But this remote is really unique, having a high quality color screen, like the kind you see on cell phones. This screen depicts colored icons that you easily set up to represent your favorite channels. You can then easily select any channel you want by simply pressing the key next to the icon that represents that channel.
Transceiver Module The Transceiver Module (sold separately) receives radio frequency (RF) commands from the Learning Remote to operate a lamp or appliance plugged into it. The Transceiver Module also passes on commands over your house wiring to control other X10 modules (also sold separately). Note that unlike the Lamp Module you cannot dim and brighten a lamp connected to the Transceiver Module.
1. Set the House Code to ‘A’ and the Unit Code to ‘2.’ 2. Plug a lamp into the Lamp Module. 3. Plug the Lamp Module into a convenient AC outlet. Learning Remote The Learning Remote lets you control practically everything electrical in your home. It has IR technology that lets you control your TV, VCR, Cable and CD or DVD player; and X10 RF technology, which lets you control lamps and appliances anywhere in your home.
Hard Key Functions 1. 29. 2. 28. 3. 27. 4. 26. 5. 25. 6. 24. 7. 23. 8. 22. 9. 21. 10. 20. 11. 19. 12. 18. 13. 17. 14. 16. 15. Note: Blue text on the remote corresponds to DVD functions, green text are Tivo functions, and red text is for audio functions.
Hard Key Functions, cont. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. HIS/HERS - Quick access keys for favorites stored under His/Hers groups. SIDE KEYS - Used to access on-screen features. LCD - (Liquid Crystal Display). MODE - Selects mode (TV, VCR, etc.) for the remote. HOME - The starting screen on the LCD for most operations. VOLUME UP/DOWN - Changes the volume level of the device, normally the TV.
Setup AA AA 1. On the back of the remote, push down on the tab and lift the cover off. 2. Match the batteries to the + and marks inside the battery case, then insert 3 AA Alkaline batteries. Make sure you use new batteries. You can have problems with learning codes if your batteries are old. 3. Press the battery cover back into place. AA Battery Installation Battery Saver Your remote automatically turns off if the keys are depressed for more than 30 seconds.
Using the Wizard (1) After you insert the batteries and choose “English” the Setup Wizard screen (1) appears. You can exit the Wizard 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 (3). Pressing the Left navigation key (Back key) on the remote at screen (3) takes you to screen (4) that has 10 yellow arrows.
Setting Up Your Devices (1) How to set up a TV After you’ve been through the Wizard for the first time, the screen (1) shown to the right appears. This is the start of the Wizard 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 Yes which results in a faster search for your TV’s code. (Selecting No searches the complete library of TV codes, rather than just the codes for your brand of TV).
Setting Up Your Devices, cont. (5) Pressing Save shows screen (5) that instructs you to try a few other keys on the remote to make sure you’ve found the correct code. Tip: try keys like Menu, and Guide. Power might work yet you still might not have the correct code. If several keys seem to work fine, press Save Code. If some keys don’t work, select Change Code (or press Back) to go back and find another code that works better. Selecting Label lets you rename the device, e.g., you could call it My TV.
Setting Up Your Favorites (1) Once you’ve gone through the Wizard 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. (2) Press any digit key, say digit 4, to enter a channel number. This takes you to screen (2). You can enter more digits if desired. The channel number can include a dash (-) for digital channels, e.g., 2-3, or can include ENTER, or OK, if your device requires it to change channels, e.g., 472Ok, or 550Ent.
Setting Up Your Favorites, 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’t want to add a label to the logo you can just select Save to save the setting for this favorite. If you save this favorite, Set Favorite 2 of 10 is now shown at the bottom of the screen to indicate that you can add another favorite channel. Again just press a channel number key on the remote, choose a logo and change the Device Type (if you want to).
Setting Up Your Favorites, cont. Note: “Triple tap” name entry works in a similar fashion to text entry on a cell phone. Tap each numeric key to cycle through ALL caps, numbers, and lower case letters. E.g., repeatedly pressing the number 2 key cycles through A, B, C, 2, a, b, c. Pressing the 9 key cycles through W, X, Y, Z, 9, w, x, y, z. A “space” can be selected with the 0 (zero) key. The number 1 key selects 1 . @ ? ! - & and : You can backspace an entry with the key to the left of the 0 (zero) key.
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. Or press the FAVORITE key, then select your favorites group. Then press the Side Key next to the logo to change your device to that channel.
QuickPower QuickPower is a way of quickly turning all your devices on or off from one easy to use screen. Press the HOME Key to go to the Home screen. Then press the Side Key next to QuickPower. Only Devices you’ve previously set up are displayed. The others are grayed out. Press any key that isn’t grayed out to send the “Power” command for that device.
Sleep Sleep lets you set any device to turn off a preset time from now. You 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. You can set a sleep timer for any or all of the devices that you’ve set up, i.e., any that are not grayed out. In this example we only have a TV, Cable Box and Satellite Receiver set up.
Learning Tips On Learning a. Some functions from some types of remotes might not be able to be learned. b. No functions may be learned under the HOME, MODE, FAVORITE, HIS, or HERS (hard) keys. c. Use fresh batteries for both the IR26A remote and your Original Remote. d. Keep at least three feet away from incandescent or lowenergy lights when learning. e.
Learning, cont. 2. Adjust the distance between the two remotes to be closer (e.g. half an inch) or a further away (e.g., 2 inches) from each other. 3. Try learning the original remote keys again. 4.
Learning Main Keys At the Home screen press the Side Key next to Learn. Then press one of the top 4 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 select any of the devices to learn commands for. You are then instructed to line up the remotes, and press the key on the IR26A remote that you want to learn.
Learning Main Keys, cont. You 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 multiple times try learning them with just a quick press. (See Tips on Learning on page 20). If the screen says Failure, you can press the key and try again.
Macros - Main Keys, cont. Before learning the second key in the Macro, you can if desired, set a delay (1-10 secs) 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 numeric keys, 0-9). In this case let’s set a 1 second delay between commands.
Learning Side Keys At the Home screen press the Side Key next to Learn. Then press any of the Side Keys K1K5 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 commands for. In this case we selected TV.
Learning Side Keys, cont. Next point the remote you want to learn commands from at the bottom of the IR26A remote, and press OK when you’re ready. (See Tips on Learning on page 16). 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 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.
Learning Side Keys, 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. We continued this process until we had “DVD Zoom” displayed. Then we pressed OK to save the new label for the key we had learned.
Learning Macros (Side Keys) 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 then set the cable box to channel 4. At the Home screen press the Side Key next to Learn. Then press any Side Key K1-K5 to the left to learn a Macro that you’ll save to a Side Key (and later rename it if desired).
Learning Macros, cont. Line up the remotes and press OK when you’re ready. 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 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 multiple times try learning them with just a quick press.
Learning Macros, cont. Point your existing remote at the bottom of the IR26A remote 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 case L1) or select Change Label, by pressing Side Key K9. If you select Change Label you can change the name to anything you want. For example you could call it My Macro, or Macro 1. After you select Change Label you see the screen below to the right.
Setting up more Setting up more Devices When you first inserted the batteries in the remote you likely went through the Wizard 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 want to set up. (1) Note, it doesn’t have to be a device that is grayed out. You can also select any device that’s already set up (not grayed out) and change its settings.
Setting up more, cont. Setting up more Favorites When you first inserted the batteries in the remote you likely went through the Wizard and set up a few favorites. You 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. Then press the Side Key next to Favorites. Then press the Side Key next to Wizard. Then pick the group that you want to set up favorites in, (or add more favorites to).
Setting up more, cont. 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. Select any group to add favorites to, or to edit existing favorites in. Pressing the Side Key next to an existing group (in this case His) shows the favorites that you previously set up in that group.
Setting up more, cont. Reordering Favorites This lets you move the favorites that you 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 favorites. Groups that don’t have any favorites in them yet are grayed out, and can’t be selected. When your favorites are displayed, select the one you want to move, e.g., ABC.
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, and can’t be selected. When your favorites are displayed, select the one(s) you want to delete, e.g., FOX and ABC. The favorites are marked for deletion with a red X.
Setting up more, cont. Renaming Favorite Groups This lets you Rename the groups that you save 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 can even rename groups that don’t yet have any favorites set up in them. Pick the group that you want to Rename, e.g., His.
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 selecting Devices, you select the device you want to clear. Only devices that you have set up are shown. All other devices that have not been set up are grayed out.
Advanced Settings Press the HOME key, then select Setup, then select 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. Display Options Select Options, then press a Side Key to the left or the right of the option to adjust the setting. Then press OK.
Advanced Settings, cont. You can also change the device type by pressing the key on screen (1) 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 keys to control both parts of the Combo device.
Advanced Settings, cont. Punchthrough, cont. At this screen you set how you want the Volume Up/Down and Mute keys to operate when the remote is in TV mode. Then you select how you want the Channel Up/Down keys to operate when the remote is in TV mode. Then you select how you want the Play, Stop, Pause REW, FF, and Record keys to operate when the remote is in TV mode. For example, here we’ve set the Volume and Mute keys to operate the TV in TV mode (i.e.
Advanced 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 Yes, you see this screen. You enter a 4-digit code that you will easily remember, but that your Kid(s) won’t guess. After you enter a 4-digit code and press OK you see a screen that lets you pick a new KidSafe code, i.e., change it.
X10 Home Control If you own or purchase an X10 IR Command Console, Model IR543 and X10 Lamp, Appliance, and Wall Switch Modules you’ll be able to control lights and appliances from your IR26A iconRemote. You point the iconRemote at the IR543, it receives IR commands and converts them to X10 commands. Refer to page 38 and set up code 0401 under AUX (or any other mode you prefer).
Troubleshooting, cont. Having problems with learning? • See Learning Tips on page 20. • If some learned keys transmit multiple times, e.g., if a learned Channel Up key changes more than one channel when you press it, or Up/Down/Left/Right navigation keys move more than one step when you press the learned key; try just giving the key to be learned a quick press (when you learn it) rather than holding the key pressed until the screen displays Success. Your TV turns on when you press a Favorite key.
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