Skylink TD-318 User Manual

LCD Deluxe Remote
Model: TD-318 User’s Instructions

TABLE OF CONTENT

INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................

INSERTING THE BATTERIES......................................................................

SET THE CLOCK......................................................................................

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PROGRAMMING THE LCD DELUXE REMOTE TO

RECEIVER MODULE ........................................................................................

PROGRAMMING FOR INDIVIDUAL OPERATION........................................

PROGRAMMING FOR ZONE OPERATION.............................................

PROGRAMMING FOR SCENE OPERATION................................................

PROGRAMMING FOR TIMER OPERATION..............................................

BATTERY............................................................................................................

FCC ......................................................................................................................

WARRANTY ....................................................................................................

CUSTOMER SERVICE ....................................................................................

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INTRODUCTION

SkylinkHomeTM LCD Deluxe Remote allows you to wirelessly operate
SkylinkHomeTM wireless receiver controls. This LCD Deluxe Remote provides
features such as:

- Zone Operation

- Scene Operation

- Timer Operation

You can control various home appliances or lights with this remote control and
different receiver units. Features include lighting ON/OFF and dimming, gate or
garage door control, arm and disarm your security system, controlling a fan etc.

The following items are included in this package:

- One LCD Deluxe Remote

- Two AAA batteries

- User’s Instructions

LCD Deluxe Remote Layout

LED

LCD
display

Keyboard

PROG

Timer

Function

All off

Timer icon

Timer/
Scene
Number

Timer
Settings
icon

Keypad Layout

LEFT

LCD Layout

Clock

Scene
icon

ENTER

UP

DOWN

Signal
icon

RIGHT

Day of
week

Zone icon

Settings
icon

Brightness

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INSERTING THE BATTERIES

Insert 2 AAA batteries to the remote (with the correct polarity as shown), its LCD

display will turn on and red LED will ash once. Press any numeric button on the
remote, the red LED should ash. The remote is now powered properly. If the LCD
display does not turn on or red LED does not ash when button is pressed, refer to

Section “Battery” of this manual for details.

Follow the rest of the steps to setup the LCD Deluxe Remote so it can work with the
receivers that you have.

SET THE CLOCK

During the standby mode, the LCD display will
show the day of the week and the time.
The time is in 24 hours format.

The time is 12:38 PM, Friday

To set the clock:

1. Press the [PROG] button twice, until you
see the “Settings” icon and the day of

the week ashing.

2. Use the Up [▲], Down [▼] buttons to select

the day of the week.

3. Use the Left [◄] or Right [►] button to select
the hour and minute and use Up [▲],
Down [▼] buttons to set the time.

4. You can cycle between day of the week, hour and minute with the Left [◄] and
Right [►] button.

5. Press [ ] to conrm the settings.

Flashing Week Day

Settings icon

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PROGRAMMING THE LCD DELUXE REMOTE TO RECEIVER

MODULE

In order to operate the receiver modules with this LCD Deluxe Remote, the remote
must be programmed to the receiver modules. The LCD Deluxe Remote can trans­mit 4 types of commands:

1) Individual Operation – Control one light only, i.e. the ceiling light in the
family room.

2) Zone Operation – Controls one specic zone or area, which consists of

multiple lights, i.e. all lights in the kitchen.

3) Scene Operation – Allows you to set a specic atmosphere, where each light

has a preset brightness and the scene may consist of multiple lights
(i.e. morning scene, evening scene, movie scene, etc.).

4) Timer Operation – Allows you to set a timer to turn on or off specic lights,
zones, or scenes

You may assign the buttons to specic lights and zones.

Number

Button Lights Zone

1 Family Room Floor Light Zone 1

2 Family Room Ceiling Light Zone 1

3 Kitchen Floor Light Zone 2

4 Kitchen Ceiling Light Zone 2

5 Bedroom Floor Light Zone 3

6 Bedroom Ceiling Light Zone 3

7 Master Bedroom Floor Light Zone 4

8 Master Bedroom Ceiling Light Zone 4

9 Front Yard Light Zone 5

10 Back Yard Light Zone 5

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You may use the following table to ll in the lights or small appliances you would
like to control and their related zones. This will give you a clear direction during the

programming process.

Number

Button Lights Zone

PROGRAMMING FOR INDIVIDUAL OPERATION

Individual operation allows you to use one of the buttons from 1 to 9 to control one

specic light or appliance. To program a remote to the receiver module, a “Learn”

code must be transmitted. Follow the instructions below to transmit a “Learn” code
to the receiver module.

1. Put the receiver module that you plan to program into programming mode.
Refer to the User’s Instructions of that receiver module.

2. During the standby mode, the LCD display
will show the current time. Press the
[PROG] button once to enter the Individual
Programmingmode. The Signal icon [
and red LED stays on for 15 seconds.

]

Signal icon

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3. Once the receiver module is in programming mode, press the button [1 – 9]
on the remote that you plan to use to transmit the “Learn” code. Red LED

will ash and then off. The signal icon will disappear indicating the “Learn”

code is sent.

4. Once the remote is programmed, the receiver module will quit from
programming mode and the programmed remote is ready to be used now.

PROGRAMMING FOR ZONE OPERATION

In the above table, both the Family Room Ceiling Light and Family Room Floor

Light are in zone 1. You need to assign the zone 1 signal to both receivers in these

2 locations.

That means for Light 1 receiver in the example, you need to program the following
signals:

- Button 1 to Light 1 based on Programming for Individual Operation

- Zone 1 Command to Light 1 based on Programming Zone Operation

For Light 2 in the example, you need to program the following signals:

- Button 2 to Light 2 based on Programming for Individual Operation

- Zone 1 Command to Light 2 based on Programming Zone Operation

To assign a zone to a receiver module, follow the instructions below:

1. Put the receiver module that you plan to program into programming mode.
Refer to the User’s Instructions of that receiver module.

2. When in standby mode, the LCD display will show the current time. Press
the [PROG] button 3 times to enter the Zone Programming mode. The
Signal icon [

3. Press the zone number button, i.e. [1] for zone 1. Red LED light will ash then

go off. The signal icon will disappear indicating the “Learn” code has been
sent.

] and ZONE icon and red LED stay on for 15 seconds.

Signal icon

Zone icon

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4. Once the remote is programmed, the receiver module will quit from
programming mode and the programmed remote is now ready to be used.

Follow the same instructions above to program the zone number into various re­ceiver modules to form a zone with multiple lights (i.e. Zone 1 signal programmed

to both Family Room Ceiling Light receiver module and Family Room Floor Light
receiver module).

Zone Operation:

To turn on a zone:

1. Press the Function button “

“on zone”.

2. Press [1 – 9] to select the desired zone. (i.e.

Enter [1] for Zone 1 and all the lights in Zone 1
will be on.)

To turn off a zone:

1. Press the Function button “ ” until you see

“off zone”.

2. Press [1 – 9] to turn off the zone. i.e. Enter [1]

to turn off all the lights in Zone.

” until you see

PROGRAMMING FOR SCENE OPERATION

Scene can provide specic brightness of multiple lights with a press of a button. This
can create specic atmosphere. The remote provides 9 different scene settings,

brightness of light control from 0% [off] to 100% [brightest], (i.e. common scenes are
morning scene, evening scene, movie scene and etc.)

To setup a scene:

1. Press the [PROG] button 4 times to
enter the Scene Programming mode.

2. Press [1 – 9] to select the scene number
you would like to program.

3. Use the Up [▲] and Down [▼] button to increase

or decrease the brightness from 0% to 100%.
For instant, select 60% brightness for your setting.
Once you selected the setting, Press [ ] to conrm.

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4. The red LED light will be on. The Scene icon, Signal icon and Settings icon will
stay on for 15 seconds, allowing you to program this scene to the receiver
module.

5. Put the receiver module that you plan to program into programming mode.
Refer to the User’s Instructions of that receiver module.

6. Once the receiver module is in programming mode, press the Scene number

button on the remote, i.e. [1] for Scene 1. The Red LED will ash light then

off. You have now programmed a Scene 1 signal with 60% brightness to
the receiver module. The LCD display will continue to show the setting for

Scene 1 with the brightness setting ashing.

7. As most scene settings involve multiple lights with different brightness, you
may change the brightness again and program the same scene to another
receiver module.

8. After programming all the scenes, you may press the [PROG] button
twice to return to clock mode.

Scene Operation:

To turn on a scene:

1. Press the Function button “ ” until you see
“scene on”.
The SCENE icon and ON icon will stay on
in the LCD display.

2. Press [1 – 9] to select the desired scene, i.e.
Enter [1] for Scene 1 and all the lights in
Scene 1 will be on at the preset brightness.

To turn off a scene:

1. Press the Function button “ ” until you see
“scene off”.
The SCENE icon and OFF icon will stay
on in the LCD display.

2. Press [1 – 9] to turn off the scene,
i.e. Enter [1] to turn off all the lights in
Scene 1.

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You may assign a scene to specic receivers with preset brightness to create a

different atmosphere. Please see examples below.

Scene

No. Scene Name Receiver Control Brightness

1 Evening Family Room Floor Light 30%

1 Evening Family Room Ceiling Light 40%

1 Evening Kitchen Floor Light 30%

2 Movie Kitchen Ceiling Light 30%

2 Movie Family Room Ceiling Light 0%

2 Movie Family Room Floor Light 10%

3 Garden Evening Front Door Light 80%

3 Garden Evening Front Yard Light 60%

3 Garden Evening Back Yard Light 40%

PROGRAMMING FOR TIMER OPERATION

The remote provides 9 timer settings so it will send signals to control the desired
devices at the preset time. You need to set the time, day of the week and the action
in advance. You can set the following actions to control different devices:

1. An individual light on / off

2. A scene on / off

3. A zone on / off

To setup a timer (Time and day or the week)

1. Press the [PROG] button until the “TIMER” icon
appears. The Setting icon and the TIMER icon

will stay on and the Timer number will ash in

the LCD display.

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2. Press [1 – 9] to select the Timer number you want to setup.

3. The day of the week (e.g. MO) will ash. Select the day you want the timer to
be activated by using the Up [▲] and Down [▼] buttons. To select, press [ ].

The day of the week will turn solid, meaning this is the day this timer will be
on. You can select multiple days, such as Monday and Tuesday.

4. After selecting the week, then set the time to activate this timer option. Use the

Left [◄] and Right [►] buttons for the Hour and Minute settings. Use the Up
[▲] and Down [▼] buttons to set the time you want this timer to start. Press

[] to conrm the setting.

5. Press the [PROG] button once to exit programming mode, or leave it be for 15
seconds. The remote will return to standby mode.

After setting up the time and day, you need to assign this timer to an action (i.e.

turn on a specic light).

The following table is an example you may use to activate an action at a specic

time and day of the week.

Timer
Button Event Time and Day of week Lights Action

1 Wake up

Timer

2 Weekend

Wake up

Morning

3

Outdoor Off

8 Pool On

9 Pool Off

MO, TU, WE, TH, FR

6:30

SA, SU

10:00

SU, MO, TU, WE, TH,

FR, SA 7:00

SA, SU

18:00

SA, SU

22:00

Zone 3 (Bed-

room) all lights

Zone 3 (Bed-

room) all lights

Zone 5 (Front /

Back Yard)

Pool Light On

Pool Light Off

Turn On
Zone 3

Turn On
Zone 3

Turn On
Zone 5

Turn on
Light 6

Turn off
Light 6

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To Assign a Timer:

1. Press TIMER button once to select Timer mode.

2. Press [1 – 9] to select the desired timer,
(i.e. Enter [1] for Timer 1.)

3. Press [PROG] to select between assigning this
timer for:
a. Individual Light / Device
b. Zone
c. Scene
You can press [PROG] multiple times until the desired setting.

Press [PROG] button, the Device/

Zone/Scene number ashes and

the Setting icon stay on

Continue pressing [PROG] button
to select Zone

4. Use the Up [▲] / Down [▼] Button to select the Device Number /

Zone Number /Scene Number [1-9] that you want the timer to activate.

5. Use the Right [►] Button to select On / Off setting, use Up [▲] / Down [▼]

Button to set either ON or OFF to the control device. You can always go

back to step 4 by pressing the Left [◄] Button.

6. Press Enter [

] to conrm the setting.

Continue pressing the [PROG]
button to select Scene

Continue pressing the [PROG]
button to select Individual/Device

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Repeat the above steps to setup different timer operations.

To Activate or Deactivate the Timer:

1. When in the standby mode, press [TIMER]
once.

2. Press [1 – 9] to select the desired timer, i.e.
Enter [1] for Timer 1.

3. Press [TIMER] again to activate or deactivate the timer. If the Timer icon stays
on, the timer is activated. If the Timer icon is off, that timer is deactivated.

Timer icon is offTimer icon is on

BATTERY

When the operating range is reduced, the LCD backlight is dimmed, or the red LED

light is not ashing during operation, it is time to replace the battery.

The remote is powered by 2 AAA alkaline batteries. Follow the instructions below to
replace the batteries in the transmitter.

1. Slide out the battery cover from the unit.

2. Remove the old battery. Insert 2 new AAA Alkaline batteries to the battery
compartment. Beware of the battery polarity.

3. Replace the battery cover on the remote. The red LED light on the front of the
unit will be on for 1 second and the LCD will turn on.

After replacing the batteries, please refer to the Section 3 : “Set the clock” to set

the current time. There is no need to program the devices, zones, timers or scene

settings. These settings are stored in the memory without being affected by the
battery.

Caution: Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type. Dispose of
used batteries according to the instructions.

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FCC

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.

WARNING:

Changes or modications to this unit not expressly approved by the party

responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the
equipment.

WARRANTY

If, within one year from date of purchase, this product should become defective
(except battery), due to faulty workmanship or materials, it will be repaired or
replaced, without charge. Proof of purchase and a Return Authorization Number

are required.

CUSTOMER SERVICE

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- nd out the up-to-date specications

- know more about features and applications

- download documents, i.e. user’s instructions

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or if you have difculty getting the products to work, please:

1. visit our FAQ section at www.skylinkhome.com, or

2. email us at [e-mail]

CUSTOMER SERVICE

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