Toshiba Carrier RBC-AMS41UL Owner's Manual

REMOTE CONTROLLER FOR AIR CONDITIONER (SPLIT TYPE)

Owner’s Manual

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Contents

1 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2 PARTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

3 SETTING THE CURRENT DAY OF THE WEEK AND CLOCK

TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

4 CORRECT OPERATING PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

5 SCHEDULED OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

6 TIMER OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

7 TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

8 SELECTING THE REMOTE CONTROLLER FUNCTIONS . . . . . 24

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1 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

• Before use, read carefully through the “Safety Precautions” section to ensure correct
operation.

• The precautions described here are divided into two categories, WARNING and
CAUTION. Both categories contain important safety-related information, and their
directions must be followed without fail.

After reading these instructions, be sure to keep them in a safe place where they can be
referred to at any time by the user. Also be sure that they are handed over to a new user.

Installation precautions

WARNING

• Do not attempt to install the air conditioner yourself.

Ask your dealer or a contractor with specialized experience to install the air conditioner.
Electric shocks and/or a fire may result if you attempt to install the air conditioner yourself
and the air conditioner ends up not being installed perfectly.

• Use only with the authorized air conditioner units.

Be absolutely sure to use only the authorized air conditioner units designated by the
manufacturer.
Also, ask a contractor with specialized experience to install them. Electric shocks and/or
a fire may result if you attempt to install the parts yourself and the parts end up not being
installed perfectly.

CAUTION

• Do not install the remote controller unit where there are high levels of moisture,
oils, grease or vibration.

Failure to heed this caution may cause trouble.

• Do not install the remote controller unit in direct sunlight or near a heat source.
Failure to heed this caution may cause malfunctioning.

• Do not install the remote controller unit where there are sources of noise.
Failure to heed this caution may cause unintended operation.

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Operating precautions

WARNING

• Do not operate the buttons with wet hands.
Failure to heed this warning may result in electric shocks and/or trouble.

• Do not get the control unit wet.
Take steps to avoid getting the control unit wet. Failure to heed this warning may result

in electric shocks, a fire and/or trouble.

• If trouble (such as the smell of burning) has occurred, stop operation and turn off

the circuit breaker.

Allowing operation to continue while the trouble has not been remedied may cause
electric shocks, a fire and/or trouble. Consult your dealer.

CAUTION

• Do not drop the product or subject it to strong impact.
Failure to heed this caution may cause malfunctioning.

• Use only the fuses with the correct amperage.
Use of pieces of wire including copper wiring may cause a fire and/or trouble.

Relocation and repair precautions

WARNING

• Do not undertake any repair work yourself.
Under no circumstances must you attempt to do any repair work yourself.

Instead, consult your dealer or a contractor with specialized experience. Electric shocks
and/or a fire may result if you attempt to do repair work yourself and this work ends up
not being carried out perfectly.

• Consult your dealer when the control unit is to be relocated and re-installed.

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2 PARTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS

LCD area

All displays are shown lighted only for the purposes of description.

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27

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21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14

1 Operation mode display

The selected operation mode is displayed.

2 Air direction

This indicates the air direction which has been
selected.

3 Fixed louvers

This appears when the louvers are fixed.
* It also appears when the remote controller

function has been selected.

4 Filter

This appears when it is time to inspect the
filter.

5 Grille up/down

This appears when the grille is goes up or
goes down.

6 Self-cleaning operation

This appears while self-cleaning is underway.

7 Defrosting

This appears while defrosting is underway
during a heating operation.

8 Ready

This display appears on some models.

9 Heating ready (indoor fan stops while

this is displayed)

This appears before a heating operation
starts or while defrosting.

11

12

13

10

No function

This appears when a button is pushed but
there is no corresponding function.

11

FROST PROTECT operation

This appears during a frost protection
operation.

12

Numeric display

This displays the numeric value of the
temperature, the numerical order of the
trouble history events or the code numbers
when the functions are set.

13

Remote control sensor

This appears when the remote control sensor
is used.

14

Indoor temperature

This appears when the intake temperature is
displayed on the numeric display.

15

Set temperature

This appears when the set temperature is
displayed on the numeric display.

16

Central control

This appears when key operation limits are
being enforced by the central controller or
other unit or when key operation limits have
been set in the program for the scheduled
operation currently being executed.

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Save operation

This appears while a save operation is being
set or executed.

18

Ventilation operation

This appears while the ventilation fan is
operating.

19

Numeric display

The numbers of the indoor units or numbers of
the scheduled operation programs are
displayed here.

20

Air speed display

This indicates the selected air speed.

21

TEST

This appears while a test run operation is
being performed.

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Days of the week display

30

Special holiday

This appears for a day of the week which has
been set as a special holiday.

31

Day arrow

This indicates the current day of the week or
day on which a program is set.

22

SETTING

This appears when the clock time, a program
or the timer is being set.

23

ERROR

This appears when there is an error in the
program setting input.

24

Servicing

This appears during servicing.

25

Inspect

This appears when trouble has occurred.

26

Timer function display

This indicates the function whose operation
has been scheduled when a scheduled
operation or timer operation has been set.

27

Numeric display

This indicates the present clock time, program
operation time or timer execution time.

28

Operation reservation

This appears for the days of the week on
which programs have been set.

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Button operation area

49

48

47
46

45

32

ON/OFF button

Shortly after this button is pushed, operation
starts, and operation stops shortly after the
button is pushed again.

33

FAN button

Use this to select the desired air speed mode.

34

MODE button

Use this to select the desired operation mode.

35

VENT button

Use this when a ventilation fan or other unit,
purchased on the market, has been
connected.

36

LOUVER button

Use this to select the louvers when setting the
air direction for each louver or when fixing the
louvers in place.

37

UNIT button

Use this to select the indoor unit to be
operated when operating a multiple number of
indoor units using one remote controller.

50

41

424344

40

39

38

32

33
34

35

36

37

42

SET button

Use this when entering the settings of the
program (for a scheduled operation or timer
operation) which is being set.

43

TEST button

Use this for servicing.
* This button is not normally used.

44

FLT.RESET button

Use this to reset (extinguish) the filter display.

45

DAY button

Use this to select the targeted day of the week
when setting the clock or setting a program.

46

PROGRAM button

Use this when starting and ending the
program settings for scheduled operations.

47

Grille button

Use this to raise or lower the grille.

48

SCHEDULE button

Use this when executing or releasing
scheduled operations or when selecting ON
or OFF for timer operations.

49

TEMP. buttons

Push and to set the temperature to
the desired value.
* These buttons are also used to raise or

lower the grille when the grille function is
used.

50

ON lamp

This lights during operation. It blinks when
trouble has occurred or when a protection
operation is performed.

38

SAVE button

Use this when performing save operations.

39

SWING/FIX button

Use this to select the desired air direction or
swing operation.

40

TIME buttons

Use this to set the clock or adjust the time
when the operating time is set.

41

CL button

Use this when clearing the setting of the
program (for a scheduled operation or timer
operation) which is being set.

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3 SETTING THE CURRENT DAY OF THE WEEK

AND CLOCK TIME

• Set the current clock time and day of the
week.

• The day of the week and clock settings
can be performed whether the air
conditioner is running or shut down.
* The air conditioner continues to operate

(run) while the day of the week and
clock settings are being performed.

• The normal operation of the air conditioner
or a program for a scheduled operation
can be input even without performing the
day of the week and clock settings, but the
scheduled operation cannot be executed.
In order to execute scheduled operations,
the day of the week and clock must be set
without fail.

• Before this remote controller is shipped
from the factory, the initial setting (default)
of the 24-hour display is established for
the clock time display, but this can be
changed to the 12-hour (AM/PM) display.
* If you want to use the 12-hour time

display, refer to the “Selecting the
remote controller functions” section.

* In these instructions, the 24-hour

display is used in the figure and
descriptions.

Preparations
Turn on the ground fault interrupter.

• When the power is turned on, a dividing
line appears on the remote controller
display.
* For about a minute after the power has

been turned on, on the LCD

SETTING

screen blinks, and there will be no
response to the keys of the remote
controller even when they are pushed.

1 Hold down the button

(48) for at least 4
seconds.

• The display transfers to the
day of the week/clock
setting screen.

• The whole LCD display blinks.

<Blinks>

2 Repeatedly push the button (45),

and select the current day of the
week.

• Move the day arrow to the position
above the current day of the week.

• The LCD display continues to blink.

3 Push the TIME and buttons

(40), and select the current clock time.

• Each time the button (40) is pushed,
the clock is moved forward by one minute.

• Each time the button (40) is pushed,
the clock is moved back by one minute.

• When the
the clock is moved forward or back in 10­minute increments.

• The LCD display continues to blink.

or button is held down,

4 Push the button (42) to return to the

original screen.

• As soon as the button is pushed, the clock
starts running. (Do this in synchronization
with a time signal.)

SETTING

• on the LCD screen goes off.

• After the clock has been set, the entire LCD
screen lights, but the colon (“:”) continues
to blink.

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