Entone Hydra HD for 3-rd Party Remote Control User Manual

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Hydra HD Setup Guide

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Version 1.0 Date: 2/23/2009

Entone Technologies (HK) Ltd.

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Revision History:

Revision Date Updated by Changed/Remarks

v1.0 16 July 2008 Kenrick Fu Initial version

V1.1 14 Aug 2008 Kenrick Fu Updated setup instructions for Sling Player 2.0

V1.2 17 Sep 2008 Kenrick Fu Updated code 1 support for Sling Player 2.0

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1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................ 4

2 Programming TiVO IR remote to control Hydra HD ...................................................................................................5

3 Programming Slingbox remote to control Hydra HD ................................................................................................10

3.1 For Sling Player 1.x ..........................................................................................................................................10

3.2 For Sling Player 2.0 .......................................................................................................................................... 14

4 Programming 3rd Party Universal Remote Control.................................................................................................. 16

4.1 Learning Mode..................................................................................................................................................16

4.2 Preprogrammed Device....................................................................................................................................16

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1 Introduction

This document describes the programming of 3rd party remote control for the use with Hydra HD Set Top Box. It covers the use of TiVO IR control, Slingbox IR, programming 3rd party universal remote control with IR learning mode or preprogrammed devices.

Hydra HD supports the following preprogrammed devices. Please refer to later sessions for details of programming your remote control.

• MAGNAVOX 10024-B (TV)

• CENTURION 00092-B (TV)

• TOSHIBA TSR-202 (Satellite Box)

• HITACHI HDS-100R (Satellite Box)

The table below summarizes the supported keys in TiVO, Slingbox and 3rd party universal remote controls:

Remote Control Supported Keys

TIVO (including MAGNAVOX 10024-B, CENTURION 00092-B, TOSHIBA TSR-202, HITACHI HDS-100R)

3rd Party Remote Controls Num Key 0 – 9, Channel Up/Channel Down, POWER

Slingbox (SlingPlayer 2.0) UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, Num Key 0 –9, MENU, POWER, FF,

Num Key 0 – 9, Channel Up/Channel Down, POWER

REW, PAUSE, PLAY, STOP, GUIDE, INFO, SELECT, EXIT

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2 Programming TiVO IR remote to control Hydra HD

Hydra HD supports 4 IR keycodes and they are configured in TiVo as follows :

IR Key Code Supported by Entone

MAGNAVOX 10024-B Cable Box 10024-B

CENTURION 00092-B Cable Box 00092-B

TOSHIBA TSR-202 Satellite Box 00126-B

HITACHI HDS-100R Satellite Box 10008-B

The example belows illustrates the use of TiVO IR key code with MAGNAVOX 10024-B or CENTURION 00092-B.

1. Press “INPUT” and then “MENU” in sequence within 1 second on the Entone Universal Remote Control to enter the User Menu. Under URC IR KeyCode, select MAGNAVOX 10024-B or CENTURION 00092-B, and then select SUBMIT to save the changes.

Brand in TiVo Central

TiVO IR Code

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2. Go to TiVo Channel Changing screen. From TiVo Central; select Messages & Setting > Setting > Channels > Channel Changing

3. Select No, I’ve switched to a different cable box.

4. Select MAGNAVOX or CENTURION (the brand that selected in Step 1 from Entone User Menu need to match with TiVo selection below).

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5. Make sure the IR cable is connected to the Hydra properly (please refer to the Tivo documentation for proper connection) and select OK, I’m sure the IR cable is hooked up correctly.

6. Select “005” (typical for digital cable)

7. Select NO (typical).

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8. On the TiVo remote, press the following keys in order: THUMBS UP > THUMBS DOWN > PAUSE > PLAY

• You should hear 5 rings when you enter the key sequence above. If you do not hear the rings, enter the code again.

9. On the Channel Changing Tests screen, you should now see the phrase “Press ENTER for advanced setup” at the bottom of the screen. Press the ENTER key on your remote.

10. You will now see the Cable Channel Changing Advanced Setup screen. Highlight IR Code and press SELECT.

11. Enter 10024 for MAGNAVOX IR Code, then press SELECT. Or enter 00092 for CENTURION IR Code, then press SELECT.

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12. On the next screen, select 10024-B for MAGNAVOX or 00092-B for CENTURION.

13. Once you have selected a code, select Use these settings. You should now be able to change channels using IR control.

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3 Programming Slingbox remote to control Hydra HD

3.1 For Sling Player 1.x

1. Install Slingbox software.

2. Before launching the setup wizard, make sure that Slingbox is powered up and in the same network with controlling PC.

3. Launch Slingbox Setup Wizard (Start->All Programs->SlingMedia) under Windows.

4. Leave default setting. When it comes to a section “Television Source”, select “Miscellaneous Devices”

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5. For “Device Brand”, select “Other (not in the list)”.

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6. For “Control Code Setup”, select “Code 5”.

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7. Leave the remaining setting. Launch Sling Player and now you can use the Sling’s Remote control to control Hydra HD.

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3.2 For Sling Player 2.0

1. Install the Sling Player 2.0, and connect the SlingBox to the same network as the computer which controls the SlingBox

2. Setup the video connection and IR blaster connection from the SlingBox to the HydraHD / Amulet HD

3. Start the Setup Assistant and complete the registration steps 1 and steps 2

4. In step 3, after configuring the video sources, select “Other Controllable Device” under the type of device, and click NEXT

4. Select “Other” under the “Who manufactured your other Controllable Device?”, and click NEXT

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5. On this page, you will be selecting the IR code to control the Entone STB, please make sure the remote control IR cable is connected to the slingbox and pointed at the IR receiver of the Entone STB.

Select “Code5” from the listbox and you need to test the IR code by pressing the Power button in the setup assistant, the STB would be put into standby mode. Click NEXT to continue to step 4

NOTE: If Code 5 is not working, you may try to use “Code 1” instead.

6. In step 4, you will be setting up the Internet streaming, and after that you will finish the setup wizard. You can bring up the remote control in the SlingPlayer main window with the “View > Show Remote Control” or press keyboard shortcut ALT + R. You may control the HydraHD / AmuletHD with the Sling Player’s remote control.

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4 Programming 3rd Party Universal Remote Control

The 3rd Party Universal Remote can be programmed to control Hydra HD using learning mode or preprogrammed device code entry.

4.1 Learning Mode

If learning mode is used, the 3rd party universal remote learns the key code from Entone URC+.

1. Register the Entone URC+ to the decoder you wish to control, for detailed steps on Entone remote registration please refer to the Entone URC+ User Manual.

a. Press the OK button on the Hydra HD for 5 seconds until the “RC REG” message displayed on the

Front Panel

b. Press the STB button on the remote for 5 seconds until the backlight illuminates, the Entone remote

is in registration mode

c. Press the STB button again and both the STB and AUX button will be illuminated

d. Press “1” or “2” or “3” on the remote if you wish to control decoder 1, 2 or 3 respectively

e. The Hydra HD front panel would display “RC REG Dx” if the remote registration is successful, where

Dx refers to decoder 1, 2 or 3.

2. Change the Entone URC+ to IR mode

a. Press the STB button on the remote for 5 seconds until the backlight illuminates, the Entone remote

is in registration mode

b. Press the STB button again and both the STB and AUX button will be illuminated

c. Press “0” on the remote to set it to IR only mode.

3. Learn the key according to the 3rd party universal remote. You may refer to the user manual of the 3rd Universal Remote for details.

NOTE: After programming your universal remote, it will control the decoder which you have registered in step 1d above.

4.2 Preprogrammed Device

For preprogrammed device entry, you will need to locate the supported device keycode from the 3rd party universal remote. Hydra HD supports 4 device keycodes: MAGNAVOX 10024-B, CENTURION 00092-B, TOSHIBA TSR-202, HITACHI HDS-100R. You can select the IR keycode and decoder being controlled by the IR in the Entone User Menu.

1. To bring up the User Menu, press INPUT and Menu on the Entone URC+. Press Down arrow key to navigate to the URC IR KeyCode. To change the IR keycode, press OK to set focus on the item. Press Up arrow or Down arrow to select the keycode. Press OK again to leave this item after the change is made.

The item “URC IR Command Sent To” specifies which decoder would respond to the IR command. You can set the IR command to be sent to decoder 1 or 2 or 3.

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2. After you have made the changes, select the “SUBMIT” button.

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3. Press OK on the Entone remote to submit the form and the following screen will be shown to confirm the changes has been saved.

4. Refer to your universal remote user manual. Find the brand name (Magnavox, Centurion, Toshiba or Hitachi) under satellite box key to match the URC IR Keycode device you have selected in step 1 above.

5. Refer to your universal remote user manual to program the device keycode you have selected.

NOTE: If you do not find the 4 supported device keycode under satellite box, you can try using the 4 supported brands under other device categories such as TV.

NOTE: If you do not find any preprogrammed device keycode works with Hydra HD and your universal remote control supports learning mode, you can try the learning mode.

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