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QUICK START REMOTE CONTROL TEXT MESSAGING
The sign can store up to 100 messages in numbered data files.
These files are numbered from 00 to 99.
File 00 is a default message and is not reprogrammable.
• In these instructions underlined text denotes words or numbers to type.
• BOXED TEXT denotes key names.
• The display indicates special effects and display methods in [square brackets].
• To correct a mistake, press the DEL key to remove it.
• You can toggle between lower case and capitals by pressing the key CAP
• Hold down ALT while pressing another key to display the symbols on keypad.
• You have the option at the end of your programming to save your message.
• To confirm that the button you pressed has been received an audible beep is heard
when the unit receives input from the remote.
• The Remote is designed to be used close up to the mirror – not for long range
programming.
• The display may be password protected - you may need the password to
enter programming mode: Default Password: “000” followed by ENT.
Suppose the password protection is disabled through the rest of this manual.
A Simple Example
Step Keys to press Explanation Display
1.
PROG
Enter the edit program mode
OPEN: ??
2.
01
ENT
Open message 01.
Two digit file numbers (01-99) are used for
naming message files.
[CYCLIC] is the default method of display
(this cycles through effects at random)
[CYCLIC]
3.
HELLO
Type the message text.
HELLO
4.
RUN
End the edit program mode
SAVE? (Y/N)
5.
Y
Save the message as file number 01 The message is displayed!
You have just created your first message!
• A new message always starts with the default method of display as [CYCLIC], this
cycles through all the available display effects at random.
• You can store up to 99 different messages on the display itself (you can also store
message files on your PC – see PC Operation Instructions) and there is a maximum
memory of 7000 characters.
• A message can be as simple or as complex as you like, you decide the message
and how to display it. In the above example the message was only two words, but it
could have been a complex set of instructions with graphics, the time and special
effects...