Universal Remote Control MX-650 Owners manual

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MX-650

Owner’s

Manual

Omega Owner’s Manual © 2004 Universal Remote Control, Inc.

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Thank You!

Thank you for purchasing the Omega Pre-Programmed and
Learning Remote Control. This manual is designed to assist you
step-by-step as you setup the Omega to replace all of your
remote controls and automate your home entertainment system.

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Table of Contents

Getting Started 2

Button Layout 3

Basic Setup 5

Pre-Programmed Method 5

Learning Method 9

Volume Control Punch Through 12

Advanced Operation 14

Advanced Setup 16

Editing Button Labels 16

Macro Button Setup 19

Favorite Channel Setup 21

Hiding and Adding Pages 23

Erasing 25

Cloning One Omega to Another 26

Recalling Pre-Programmed Settings 27

Utilizing Optional RF Base Stations 28

IR/RF Signal Setting 31

ID # - Setting Base Station Address 33

EMITT - Setting IR Emitter Outputs 34

BLAST - Setting the Front Panel Blaster On or Off 35

Pre-Programmed Code Tables 37

Frequently Asked Questions 55

Warranty 55

Specifications 55

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Getting Started

Congratulations!

You’ve purchased one of the most advanced and easy to setup control sys­tems available. The Omega’s built-in library includes thousands of different
brands and models of remote controls. In most systems, all you have to do
to setup the Omega is enter which brands and models you own. If you
own a component too new to be in the library, the Omega uses advanced
learning technology to quickly set each Omega button, one at at time.
Setting up your Omega to replace all your existing remote controls can be
done in a few minutes. Basic Setup is described on pages 5 to 13.

The Omega’s exciting advanced features automate and customize opera­tion in many ways. You could use Macro Setup to power on all of your
components and start the show with the press of one button! With the
Omega’s unique Favorite Channel capability, you can tune in a channel
with the press of one button instead of entering the entire channel number.
Any of the button names on the display can be edited as you like. It is best
to delay any Advanced Setup (described on pages 14 to 36) until after you
finish Basic Setup.

Battery Installation

Remove the battery compartment cover by pressing up the cover lock.
Insert four AAA batteries into the battery compartment as shown in the
diagram.

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MAIN

Button

takes you

to the
MAIN
Menu.

Screen
Labeled
Display
Buttons

Screen
Labeled
Display
Buttons

LIGHT
Button

PAGE

Numbers

FUNCTION

Buttons

TITLE

POWER

ON

Button

FAVORITE
CHANNEL

Button

PAGE

Buttons

change the

page of
Display

Buttons.

Button Layout

Transmitting

“Busy” Signal

Indicator*

*Note: When a command, macro or favorite channel is being transmitted, an icon will appear
in the top right corner of the display. While the Omega is “busy”, it will ignore a button push.

POWER

OFF

Button

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Selecting a New DEVICE Changes
All Button Commands Instantly

The Omega can operate twenty different devices even though it is only
one remote control. Let’s try it now! Press the MAIN button, then press

the TV DEVICE button.

The top of the screen changes from MAIN to TV. Now all of the buttons
change their function to operate a TV. Press the PAGE button. Watch the
labels of the display buttons change with each press. There are four
pages of display buttons already labeled for TV operation. To operate
another component (e.g., VCR, DVD etc.), press the MAIN button to
return to the MAIN menu. The MAIN menu displays ten of your Devices
on the screen. Simply press one of the screen-labeled Device buttons to
operate another device. If you don’t see the device name you want, then
use the PAGE buttons to display the remaining ten devices on page 2 of
the MAIN menu.

Light Button

Press the LIGHT button to backlight all the buttons. To turn off the back­lighting, press the LIGHT button again, or just wait ten seconds (the back­lighting automatically shuts itself off).

TV

DEVICE

Button

MAIN

Button

LIGHT
Button

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Basic Setup

You can start setting up your Omega using either the Pre-Programmed
Method or the Learning Method. However, all the buttons of the Omega
are setup at once with the Pre-Programmed Method, so it is usually faster
than the one-button-at-a-time Learning Method.

Pre-Programmed Method

Power on the A/V component you wish to setup, so that you can test
codes by sending power off commands.

Refer to the pre-programmed code tables on pages 37 - 52 and
write down the code numbers listed for your A/V component. The
code numbers are listed by categories of devices, then by brand.
See page 37 for a category list. Code tables with model numbers
are available at www

.universalremote.com in the MX-650 area.

Press and hold both the MAIN and ENT (Enter) buttons for approxi­mately three seconds. The top of the display will show “SETUP”.
You are in SETUP mode now.

Note: You have 30 seconds to perform a step while you are in SETUP mode. If
you don’t press a button within that time, the Omega will time out and return to
normal operation.

MAIN

Button

ENT

Button

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2

3

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Press the P-PRO button to select the Pre-Programmed Method.

The display changes so that you can select which Device button to
setup.

Press the device button you’d like to setup.

The bottom of the display will now flash “FROM TABLE”.

P-PRO
Button

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Press the
Page button
to display
the other ten
Device
names.

First ten
Device Names

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In this step you select which code table to use. Thus, you can pro­gram a device named “TV” with codes from the CABLE code tables
and a device named” VIDEO” with codes from the TV code table.

If you don’t see the code table you need, press the PAGE buttons to
reveal the other page of code table categories, then select the code
table you want to use.

Note: Each name that appears in the display may include several types of
components. For example, the AUX category includes many types of cus­tom installation devices. See page 37 for a list of component types each
Code Table contains.

Point the Omega at the component, then enter the first three digit
code number from your notes using the numbered buttons. After
you enter each three digit number, look at the component to see if
it turned off.

Continue to enter code numbers until the component turns off.

For Example: I have a Sony TV. I found the code numbers 070, 139,147,
126, 185, 194 and 085 under Sony in the TV TABLE. Using the numbered
buttons on the Omega, I entered 070 and looked at the TV. It didn’t turn
off, so I entered 139, then 147 and so on, until I found the code that pow­ered off the TV.

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Use the
number

buttons to

enter the

code

number.

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Note: If a component fails to turn off after you have entered all of the code

numbers listed for your brand, your component might actually be manu­factured by another brand. You can scan through the other brands in the
table using the UP and DOWN buttons to change the code number dis­played, then tapping either the Power ON, OFF or any other button to see
if the component responds to any command. Alternatively, you can opt to
use the Learning Method on Page 9 if you can’t find a code set in the built­in database.

When the component turns off, save the code number you entered
by pressing the SAVE button that appears on the screen.

Exit SETUP mode by pressing the MAIN button two times. When
the display shows “MAIN”, you are back in normal operating
mode.

SAVE

Button

Code Number You

Entered

MAIN

Button

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Scan Up to the
next Code
Number

Scan Down to the
previous
Code Number

Press Power On
or Power Off to
test if the device
powers off.

Repeat steps one through nine for each of your devices. Test all the
commands you’ve programmed. If you are missing any commands,
use the learning method, described next:

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Learning Method

The Omega can learn commands from your old remote controls one­button-at-a-time on any button of any device, on the MAIN or FAV LCD
buttons or on the MAIN hard buttons, by following these simple steps:

Line-up the Omega with your old remote control, head-to-head,
one or two inches apart.

On the Omega, press and hold the MAIN and ENT (Enter) buttons
at the same time for approximately three seconds. The top of the
display will show “SETUP”. You are in SETUP mode now.

Note: You have 30 seconds to perform a step while you are in SETUP mode. If
you don’t press a button within that time, the Omega will time out and return to
normal operation.

Press the LEARN button.

The top of the screen will change to “LEARN”.

LEARN
Button

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2

3

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The display will show a list of the first ten devices. If you would like
to teach a command to a device on Page 2, press the PAGE button.
Select the device you would like to teach commands to by pressing
the Device button.

You’ve selected the Device you want, no select any button you want
to teach a command to (if it is on another page, press the page button).

Note: The only buttons you can’t
teach IR commands are the
PAGE, MAIN and FAV buttons.

Once you press a button, the top of the display will change from
“LEARN” to “READY”.

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5

6

Press any Button.

Press the
Page button
to display
the other ten
Device
names.

First ten
Device Names

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Press and hold the button you want on your old remote control until
the display changes to either “GOOD” or “FAILED”.

If the “GOOD” label appears on top of the display, you were successful.
Now, press the next button you wish to teach. Keep repeating steps 6
through 7 until you have learned all the buttons you want.

If the “FAILED” label appears on top of the display, try to teach the
same button in Omega once again by repeating steps 6-7.

Continue to teach any commands from any of your remote controls
by repeating steps 5-7 (to go back to step five, press MAIN once).

Once you completed teaching all the buttons, return to normal opera­tion by pressing the MAIN button twice. Test all your new commands.
If any of them don’t work, try learning again using these notes:

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Move to another room. Plasma TVs, sunlight, halogen or
quartz lighting can interfere with the learning process.

Although the old remote control seems to work fine,
change the batteries to fresh alkaline batteries.

Vary the distance between the remote controls
gradually. Try 1/4”, 1”, 2”and so on, up to 4 feet.

Tap the button on the original remote control instead of
pressing and holding it during the learning process.

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Volume Control Punch Through

In most home entertainment systems, the sound volume is only con­trolled by one device. In some systems, it is the TV speakers that make
the sound, so you would use the TV device on the Omega to raise and
lower the volume. In another system, it might be a surround sound
receiver and speakers that control the sound, so you would use the
Omega’s AUDIO device to adjust the volume. Constantly switching the
Omega to TV or AUDIO to adjust the volume is inconvenient in daily
life.

You can use Punch Through to set the Omega’s volume buttons to
always control the sound in your system. That way when the Omega is
set to VCR or DVD, the volume up, down and mute buttons will work
perfectly without switching back to AUDIO or TV. Here’s how:

Enter Setup mode by pressing and holding both MAIN and ENT for
three seconds. The top of the display show you are in SETUP mode
now.

Note: You have 30 seconds for each step, otherwise the Omega will time
out automatically.

Press the PUNCH button.

Press the VOL button. The display confirms by displaying “VOL” at the
top of the screen. This sets up the group of three buttons (Volume Up,
Volume Down and Mute) in one action!

The bottom of the display flashes ”PUNCH TO”.

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Select the
Transport group
(Play, Pause,
Stop, Rew, FFwd)

Select the VOL­UME group (Vol
Up, Down & Mute)

Select the
CHANNEL group
(Channel Up,
Channel Down
and PREV CH)

Select the POWER group
(ON and OFF)

Select the MENU
group (Menu, Guide,
Info, Exit, Up, Down,
Left, Right, Sel)

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Press the device button for the device that doesn’t have volume
control commands yet (i.e.,DVD). This is the device you are going
to PUNCH TO for the volume and mute commands.

Note: If you wish to PUNCH to the MAIN device, press the POWER OFF
button at this time.

The bottom of the display will then flash “PUNCH FROM”. Now
you select the device that has the volume commands you want
(i.e.,TV for systems using the TV speakers, AUDIO for systems with
surround sound receivers). The bottom of the
display will flash “SAVED”.

Repeat steps 3-5 until all your devices operate the volume perfect­ly. Press the MAIN button twice to return to normal operating
mode and test your Punch Through settings.

Note: The Punch Through feature is not limited to
volume and can also be applied to channel or other functions. If you find
yourself switching to a particular device frequently to use a group of con­trols, consider using Punch Through for another group, as listed here:

POWER - Power On and Power Off
MENU - Menu, Guide, Info, Exit and the four cursor buttons.
VOL - Volume Up, Volume Down and Mute
CH - Channel Up, Channel Down, Previous Channel, all of the numeric
PLAY - Play, Stop, Pause, Rewind and Fast Forward

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Select
the Device
you want to
“Punch To”

Press the
Page button
to display
the other ten
Device
names.

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Advanced Operation

Setting Backlight Options

You can adjust the amount of time that the Omega backlight stays on by
entering the SETUP mode, then pressing the LIGHT button on the dis­play. Then enter the amount of time you would like the light to stay on
using the number pad (0-99 seconds). After making your selection, press
the SAVE button.

If you don’t want backlighting at all (this extends battery life), press the ON
button that appears on the screen. The ON will change to OFF. Press the
SAVE button. Exit the setup mode by pressing the MAIN button.

The FAV Button

When you press the FAV button, the display changes to a list of your
favorite TV channels. Each button can be set to instantly select the channel
on your TV. There are five pages of ten favorite channel buttons for a total
of 50. Simply touch the PAGE or the FAV button to display the other pages
of favorite channels. To return to the last device you viewed, press MAIN
once (a second press will take you to the MAIN menu).

To setup your Favorite Channel buttons go to page 21.

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Favorite
Channel

Buttons

FAV

Button

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Adjusting Contrast

You can make the text darker by pressing both the MAIN and cursor UP
buttons at the same time. To make the text appear lighter, press both the
MAIN and cursor DOWN buttons at the same time.

Transmitting (Busy Signal) Icon

When a command is being transmitted, an icon will appear in
the top right corner of the display. It is a useful aid when setting
up Macros and FAVs, since it flashes with every step of a
sequence of commands.

Contrast set low.

Cursor

Up & Down

Buttons

MAIN

Button

Contrast set high.

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Advanced Setup

After you’ve finished all your basic setup, you can choose to make opera­tion easier by customizing the Omega just the way you want, using the
Advanced Setup features described in this section.

Editing Button Labels

You can change the name of any of the display buttons (including
Favorite Channels) by following these steps:

Press and hold both the MAIN and ENT (Enter) buttons for approx­imately three seconds. The top of the display will show “SETUP”.
You are in SETUP mode now.

Note: You have 30 seconds to perform a step while you are in SETUP mode. If you don’t
press a button within that time, the Omega will time out and return to normal operation.

Press the EDIT button.

The display changes to the EDIT menu. Press the TEXT button.

Note: The screen displays the list of devices and “EDIT” will appear
at the top of the screen.

TEXT

Button

1

2

3

EDIT

Button

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