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Table of Contents
Declaration of Conformity ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
2.1 Controlling STB using RF URC .................................................................................................................................. 5
RAP Installation (in remote room).................................................................................................................................... 6
Connecting STB to the TV coax network ........................................................................................................................ 7
3.1 Controlling STB using IR URC .................................................................................................................................... 9
IR Reception Range ....................................................................................................................................................... 10
4.1 Controlling Your Television and other A/V Devices................................................................................................. 11
To Program a TV or AUX device ................................................................................................................................... 12
Toggle Power Key Punch-through Functionality .......................................................................................................... 12
Toggle Channel Up/Down Keys for TV/AUX ................................................................................................................ 13
Auto Search Procedures ................................................................................................................................................ 13
Appendix A – Device Code ................................................................................................................................................... 15
Appendix B – Other Features ............................................................................................................................................... 25
The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized
modifications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the user’s authority to operate
the equipment.
Conformity
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1.1Introduction
The Entone Universal Remote Control v4.x (URC 4) is designed to work either on Radio Signals (RF) or InfraRed (IR).
It can control Janus Media Hub using RF from another room where is not at direct sight distance from the Janus. Or, it
can use IR to control Amulet High Definition IP Television Receiver at direct sight distance. The URC 4 can also be
used to control other A/V devices such as TV, DVD player and audio equipment using IR. There are two types of
Entone URC 4: IR only (IR URC) and IR+RF (RF URC). IR URC is included in the package of Janus/Amulet while RF
URC is included in Entone Second Stream Kit.
Loading Batteries
The URC 4 comes with AA-size batteries, which need to be installed when you first receive your system. When
you replace old batteries, you should replace all of the batteries. Use batteries of the same kind, for example
alkaline or carbon zinc, and do not mix batteries of different kinds. Alkaline batteries last longer than carbon zinc.
Warning: Mixing old and new batteries or different types of batteries poses a fire hazard.
To load batteries to URC 4:
1. Press down on the battery cover’s top latch and slide the cover off.
2. If you are changing out batteries, take out all of the old batteries.
3. Put the new batteries in. Make sure you match the plus ( “+” ) ends with the plus markings on the battery
case.
4. Slide the cover back into place.
Figure 1-1 Loading Batteries to URC 4
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2.1Controlling STB using RF URC
Janus is a multi-television media hub. It can support multiple outputs in multiple rooms viewing different
channels or TV programs. Amulet is a single output video receiver. You can connect Amulet to a primary
output only.
You can use RF URC 4 to control Janus/Amulet using radio signals (RF). These radio signals travel over
long distances and go though walls and other solid objects. You must connect the Remote Antenna
Package (RAP) to the rear panel of the Janus/Amulet.
Your Janus/Amulet comes with one IR URC 4 to be used for output 1 (primary). (Additional RF URC 4 can
be purchased separately.) Your RF URC 4 must be registered to one of the 2 outputs (primary or
secondary) before it can be used. One RF URC 4 can only be registered to one output. However, you can
register at most 3 RF URC 4 to an output. After registration, you need to use the corresponding RF URC 4
to control the outputs.
Figure 2-1 Controlling STB using RF URC 4
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Here are some principles of the remote registration method:
Each output allows a maximum of 3 RF URC 4 to be registered and a registration list is maintained. If
the user has registered 3 RF URC 4 and tries to register another RF URC 4, the first registered RF
URC 4 will be removed from the registration list. This works as a first-in-first-out fashion.
Each RF URC 4 can only be registered for one output. If user tries to register a RF URC 4 which is
already registered to another output, that remote registration will be removed from the original
registration list.
The registration list is maintained in order. If the secondly registered RF URC 4 is removed from the list,
the third entry will move forth to the second and the third will be blank for a new RF URC 4 to be
registered.
You must install the Remote Antenna Package (RAP) comes with Entone Second Stream Kit before doing
the registration. Please refer to the following sections for installing the RAP.
RAP Installation (in remote room)
Please follow the following diagram to install the RAP. The RAP is used to enhance the URC radio
frequency transmission using the TV coax cable network in your home.
1 Plug the RAP into the TV.
2 Connect the TV coax cable to the RAP and the TV coax network wall outlet.
Figure 2-2 Attaching Remote Antenna Package
NOTE: Don’t let the antenna touch anything.
ATTENTION: If your URC 4 isn’t working very well from far away, you may be experiencing interference
from objects near your receiver. To improve your URC 4’s reception range, try to adjust the antenna
orientation using screwdriver as shown. You may need to try different antenna orientation to achieve the
best reception.
Figure 2-3 Adjusting Antenna Orientation
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Connecting STB to the TV coax network
Connect the Entone STB to the TV coax network wall outlet according to whether you are using an Entone
Janus or Amulet STB. The rear panel of actual product may vary.
1. Janus without Tuner Connection: Connect the Janus “MATV” or “TV OUT” output to the TV coax
network as shown.
Figure 2-4 Connecting Janus without Tuner
2. Janus with Tuner Connection: Connect the Janus “MATV” or “TV OUT” and “RF IN” or “CABLE/ANT
IN” output to the TV coax network as shown using a 3-way splitter (which is not provided).
Figure 2-5 Connecting Janus with Tuner
3. Amulet F1 Connection: Connect the Amulet “REMOTE CONTROL” and “COAX” or ”TV OUT” output to
the TV coax network as shown using a 3-way splitter (which is not provided).
Figure 2-6 Connecting Amulet
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RF URC Registration
You may need to register the RF URC to the STB before you can use the remote. The RF URC registration
procedures may vary for different middleware and TV service running in the Entone STB. Please refer to
the TV service user guide for detailed RF URC registration procedures.
Below lists the general RF URC registration procedures (NOTE: Refer to your TV service user guide for
exact RF URC registration procedures):
1. Press and hold the “OK” button on the STB front panel for 5 seconds until the touch panel backlight is
flashing. The STB is now in URC registration mode.
Figure 2-5 Janus in Remote Registration Mode
NOTE: If registration is not completed in 30 seconds, the touch panel backlight will stop flashing.
2. Press “STB” button once on the URC.
3. Press and hold the “STB” button on the URC for 5 seconds until the “STB” button backlight is on.
4. Press “STB” button once again. Both the “STB” and “AUX” button backlight will illuminate.
5. Press “1” or “2” to register the URC to output 1 (primary) or output 2 (secondary) (depending on the
middleware).
Upon successful registration, the STB POWER indicator will flash once and the touch panel backlight
will stop flashing.
NOTE:The POWER key can be configured to control both the STB and TV while the URC 4 is in “STB” mode,
please refer to the section “Toggle Power Key Punch-through Functionality” in Chapter 4 for details.
The Volume +/- and MUTE key can be configured to control both the STB and TV while the URC 4 is in
“STB” mode, please refer to the section “Toggle Volume Key Punch-through Functionality” in Chapter 4
for details.
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3.1Controlling STB using IR URC
Unlike RF, you do not need to do remote registration in order to use URC 4 to control Janus/Amulet through
IR. The remote comes with Janus/Amulet is IR URC 4. However, you have to program the RF URC 4
comes with Entone Second Stream Kit to use IR mode.
To set the RF URC 4 to use IR to control Janus/Amulet:
1. On the URC 4, press and hold the “STB” button for approx. 5 seconds. The “STB” button backlight will
illuminate. Now the URC 4 is in registration mode.
2. On the URC 4, press “STB” once again. Both the “STB” and “AUX” button backlight will illuminate.
3. Press “0” to set RF URC 4 to IR mode only. The RF URC 4 will not send any RF signal.
The “STB” button backlight on the URC 4 will blink twice to indicate that the setting was successful.
Pressing a key other than “0”, “1”, “2”, “3” or a button is not pressed within 30 seconds, the “STB”
backlight will blink rapidly for 7 times to indicate an error and then extinguish, and the URC 4
registration process will be terminated.
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IR Reception Range
IR signals travel only short distances (40 feet or less), and cannot go through walls or other solid
objects. You must point the URC 4 to the STB, with no objects blocking the line of sight.
Figure 3-4 IR Reception Range
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4.1Controlling Your Television and other A/V Devices
The URC 4 can also be used to control TVs and other A/V devices such as DVD players and recorders.
The URC 4 uses InfraRed (IR) light signals to control other devices that the remote is programmed to
control. IR signals travel only short distances (40 feet or less), and cannot go through walls or other solid
objects. You must point the URC 4 directly at these devices, with no objects blocking the line of sight.
Figure 4-1 Controlling Devices using URC 4
You can program URC 4 to control one TV and one AUX device. Use the remote control’s mode keys (i.e.,
“STB”, “TV”, or “AUX”) to control a specific device. When pressed, the selected mode key will light up
confirming your choice. Then you can use the URC 4 to control your STB, TV or AUX device.
You have to program the URC 4 what TV and AUX devices you are using by either 1) entering the 4-digit
device code 2) doing an auto search.
NOTE:The POWER key can be configured to control both the STB and TV while the URC 4 is in “STB” mode,
please refer to the section “Toggle Power Key Punch-through Functionality” in Chapter 4 for details.
The Volume +/- and MUTE key can be configured to control both the STB and TV while the URC 4 is in
“STB” mode, please refer to the section “Toggle Volume Key Punch-through Functionality” in Chapter 4
for details.
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To Program a TV or AUX device
1. Locate the device code for your desired device in the device code table provided in the Appendix. If you
could not find the device code for your device or it does not work after trying the listed device codes for
your device brand, then you can go to the next section to try the auto search procedures.
2. Turn on your device and with media inserted (if applicable).
3. On the remote control, press a device mode key for 5 seconds (i.e., “TV” or “AUX”). The device mode
key will light up.
NOTE: Use the “AUX” mode key to program control of VCR, DVD player, cable box, satellite set-topbox and audio device.
4. Enter the four-digit device code for you device. If you perform this procedure correctly, the selected
device mode key backlight will blink twice.
NOTE: If you enter an invalid device code, the selected device mode key will fast blink 7 times. Device
program mode will be terminated.
5. Aim the remote control at your device and press the “POWER” once. The device should be turned off.
If it does not respond, repeat the above steps.
NOTE: In the programming mode if no key is received within 30s, the device mode key backlight will
blink rapidly for 7 times to indicate an error and then extinguish, and the programming mode will end.
Toggle Power Key Punch-through Functionality
By default, if the remote control is in STB mode, the URC Power button switches STB off ONLY. To control
the URC Power button functionality to switch off either both the TV and/or STB, do the following:
1. Press and hold the “STB mode key for 5s. The “STB” device mode key backlight will light up.
2. Press “POWER” key once.
3. Either do the following:
a. Press 1 to control both the STB and TV, OR
b. Press 0 to control the STB ONLY
NOTE: In the programming mode if no key is received within 30s, the device mode key backlight will blink
rapidly for 7 times to indicate an error and then extinguish, and the programming mode will end.
Toggle Volume Key Punch-through Functionality
By default, Vol +/- and MUTE keys are sent to STB only when URC is in STB mode.
Punch-through function for those keys is enabled at the same time when programming the device code for
TV or AUX. That is:
1. If user program device code for a TV device, the punch through function will be configured for TV at the
same time.
2. If user program device code for an AUX device, the punch through function will be configured for AUX
at the same time.
To disable the Punch-through function for those keys, do the following:
1. Press and Hold STB for 5 seconds, then STB led will switch on.
2. Press STB key once again, then both STB and AUX led will switch on.
3. Press 0
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Toggle Channel Up/Down Keys for TV/AUX
Every time user programs a new TV or AUX code, by default, the Channel Up and Channel Down
keys are working as normal for TV or AUX device. However it is possible to toggle ON/OFF these two
keys in their mode.
User can enable channel up/channel down keys feature for TV or AUX by pressing the following key
sequence:
Enable Channel Up/Down key for TV mode:
1. Press and Hold TV key for 5 seconds
2. Press Channel Up to enable it.
Disable Channel Up/Down keys for TV mode
1. Press and Hold TV key for 5 seconds
2. Press Channel Down to enable it.
Enable Channel Up/Down key for AUX mode:
1. Press and Hold AUX key for 5 seconds
2. Press Channel Up to enable it.
Disable Channel Up/Down keys for AUX mode
1. Press and Hold AUX key for 5 seconds
2. Press Channel Down to enable it.
Auto Search Procedures
If your device does not respond to the remote control after trying all devices codes listed for you brand, or if
your brand is not listed at all, try searching for your device code as follows:
1. Turn on your TV or your A/V device.
2. On the remote control, press a device mode key (i.e., “TV” or “AUX”) and hold for 5s. The device mode
key will light up.
NOTE: Use the “AUX” mode key to program control of VCR, DVD player, cable box, satellite set-topbox and audio device.
3. Press the “POWER” key once.
4. Aim the remote control at the device. Press either the “CH UP” key or “CH DOWN” key to do device
auto-scan:
a. Press the “CH UP” key to start searching upward at an approx. 5 seconds interval for each device
code. The TV/AUX mode key will be on and blink every 5 seconds while in the device scan mode.
NOTE: In this search mode, the remote control will send IR codes from the library starting from the
lowest code set number to the end of code set for that device; OR
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b. Press the “CH DOWN” key to start searching downward at an approx. 5 seconds interval for each
code set. The TV/AUX mode key will be on and blink every 5 seconds while in the device scan
mode.
NOTE: In this search mode, the remote control will send IR codes from the highest code set number to
the beginning of code set of that device.
5. If the device turns off, a working code has been found. Press OK once to lock in the code. The selected
mode key will blink twice
6. If all code sets of that device is exhausted in the search and the OK is not pressed, the selected device
key will fast blink 7 times and the search mode will be terminated.
NOTE: During the auto-scan, you can press “UP” arrow or “DOWN” arrow to advance to the next device
code immediately without waiting for 5 seconds. You can also use “UP” arrow or “DOWN” arrow to change
the direction of the search.
NOTE: In the programming mode if no key is received within 30s, the device mode key backlight will blink
rapidly for 7 times to indicate an error and then extinguish, and the programming mode will end.
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Appendix
Appendix A – Device Code
Your URC 4 can control many brands and models of television, VCR, DVD and other types of audio-visual equipment.
The following pages list device codes for many categories and brands of equipment. Many brands list more than one
code, and you may need to test several codes to find the best match for your equipment. Your equipment may be
supported even if your brand is not shown in the list below. If you cannot locate your brand, or none of the listed device
codes works, then you may still use the Auto-Search feature to try to locate a suitable device code. Instructions for using
the Auto-Search feature are located on page 13 of this guide.
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Appendix B – Other Features
Showing URC 4 Firmware Version
The URC 4 firmware version is in the format of x.y.z, where x, y and z is digit 0-9. Use the following
procedures to show the URC 4 firmware version:
1. Press “STB” and hold for 5s. The “STB” backlight will illuminate.
2. Press “INFO” once.
3. The 3 digits of the firmware version (x, y and z as described above) will be displayed in the following
manner.
a. The “STB” backlight blinks to indicate the digit. One blink indicates 1, 2 blinks indicates 2, etc
until 9 blinks indicates 9. A 0 is indicates by a shot, long, short, long, short, long blink.
b. In between each digit, the “STB” backlight will be off for 1 second.
c. For example, the following blink pattern shows a firmware version of 2.0.4.
. . .-.-.- ....
NOTE: In the programming mode if no key is received within 30s, the device mode key backlight will blink
rapidly for 7 times to indicate an error and then extinguish, and the programming mode will end.
In addition, the URC 4 Firmware version will also be shown on the sticker inside the battery compartment at
the back of the remote control.
Showing Programmed Device Code
You can display the 4-digit device code by the following procedures:
1. Press and hold “TV” or “AUX” for 5 seconds. The “TV” or “AUX” backlight will illuminate.
2. Press “INFO” once.
3. The 4-digits device code will be displayed in the following manner.
a. The “TV”/”AUX” backlight blinks to indicate the digit. One blink indicates 1, 2 blinks indicates 2,
etc until 9 blinks indicates 9. A 0 is indicates by a shot, long, short, long, short, long blink.
b. In between each digit, the “TV”/”AUX” backlight will be off for 1 second.
c. For example, the following blink pattern shows a device code of 0123.
.-.-.- . .. ...
NOTE: In the programming mode if no key is received within 30s, the device mode key backlight will blink rapidly for 7
times to indicate an error and then extinguish, and the programming mode will end.
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