Sony RM-V8 User Manual

Remote Commander

Operating Instructions Manual de instrucciones (parte posterior)

RM-V8

English

WARNING

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Fart 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential

installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment

and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit

different from that to which the receiver is

connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV

technician for help. You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment.

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Notes on Batteries

• Under normal conditions, batteries will last up to six months. If the Remote Commander does not operate properly, the batteries might be worn out. When replacing batteries, replace both of them with new ones.

• Do not mix old batteries with new ones or mix different types of batteries together.

• Whenever you remove the batteries - to replace them, for example - the code numbers you've set are automatically erased and must be reset.

• If the electrolyte inside the battery should leak, wipe the contaminated area of the battery

compartment with a cloth and replace the old batteries with new ones. To prevent the electrolyte from leaking, remove the batteries when you plan to not use the Commander for a long period of time.

Setting Up the Commander

About This Remote Commander

This Remote Commander can operate any of the

following video components. If you're using this Commander with a Sony brand TV and a Sony brand VHS VCR, you won't need to preset the Commander before you start using it. However, you will need to set up the Commander if it cannot operate even a Sony brand component and you have a cable box. Each component is assigned a

different button on the Commander:

Commander

This Remote Commander can operate any of the following video components. If you're using this Commander with a Sony brand TV and a Sony brand VHS VCR, you won't need to preset the Commander before you start using it. However, you will need to set up the Commander if it cannot operate even a Sony brand component and you have a cable box. Each component is assigned a different button on the Commander:

Aim at your component

Component Type

TV TV* VCR Cable box CABLE

* You can assign your TV/VCR combo on either of

these buttons.

Button

VCR*

Factory Preset

Sony TV Sony VHS VCR

If You Do Not Have Sony Components...

You'll need to follow, the instructions in this manual to preset the Remote Commander with the correct code numbers for each of your components.

Installing the

Batteries

Slide open the battery compartment and insert two size AA batteries (not supplied). Be sure to line up the O and O on the batteries with the O and O on the battery compartment.

Step 1: Entering the Code Number

1 Press and release the S (Set) button.

2 Press the button of the component that you

want to set up. VCR CABLE TV

Turn to "Component Code Numbers" and find the two-digit code number for your component.

If more than one code number is listed, use the number that's listed first to complete the steps that follow.

For example, if you're setting up a Philips VCR,

you would use code number 10.

Brand

Philips VCR 10, 08, 09

If your component is riot listed, see "Searching

for the Correct Code".

4 Enter the component's code number.

Component Code No.

For example, if you're entering the code for a Philips VCR, you would press and release 1, then press and release 0.

Your Code Number

Press and release the ENT (Enter) button to store

the code number in the Commander's memory.

Go to "Step 2: Checking if the Code Number

Works" to finish setting up.

If you press a wrong button in step 4

Press and release the S (Set) button and then go

back to step 2.

Step 2: Checking if the Code

Number Works

1 Power on the component you want to set up

using the component's power switch.

2 Aim the Remote Commander at the component

and press the POWER button. /

^ (power)

The component should power off.

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3 When the component powers off, check that the

Commander is operating the other functions of

your component, such as channel and volume control. VOL CH

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Using the Remote Commander

Turning On/Off a Component

1 Press the button of the component on the

Commander that you want to turn on/off.

VCR CABLE TV

( II II )

2 Point the Commander directly at the

component.

3 Press the POWER button to power on/off the

component.

Note: There may be cases you may turn on/off the cable box by pressing the CH + or CH - button on the Commander.

(power)

if the Commander Doesn't Seem to Be Working...

• First, try repeating these setup procedures using the other codes listed for your component.

• If - after trying all the codes listed for your component - you still cannot get the Commander to work properly, try the search method described under "Searching for the Correct Code".

• If you still carmot get the Commander to work properly, see "Troubleshooting".

If the Commander Seems to Be Working Properly...

• You're finished setting up the Commander for this

component.

• If you're setting up more than one component (or a TV/VCR combination), you'll need to complete these procedures for each component you plan to use with the Commander.

• Use the label (supplied) to write down the code numbers of your components. Then affix the label to the back of the Commander.

Operating a Component

1 Press the button of the component on the

Commander that you want to operate.

2 Point the Commander directly at the

component.

3 Press the button for the function you wemt to

use. See "Remote Button Descriptions" for complete descriptions of the buttons on the Commander.

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