Universal Remote Control (URS) MX-880 User Manual

Operating Your System

With the MX-880

This remote control was
Custom Programmed for you by:

For questions about your Custom Programming call:

Custom Programming of a complex home theater and/or a multi-room
system is one of the most challenging tasks within an audio/video instal­lation. It involves an intimate knowledge of how the components interact
and exact details on the proper sequences of control.

Only a Complete Control dealer has the requisite experience and training
to quickly and effectively customize a remote control for true automated
operation.

Congratulations on your choice!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Congratulations 1

Custom Labeled Buttons 1

Programmable only by a URC Certified Professional 1

Optional RF “No Rules” Operation 2

Installing and Charging the Battery 3

Selecting a New “Activity” 4

Using the MX-880 to Control an “Activity” 5

Accessing the MX-880’s Setup Menus 6

Selecting from the Setup Menus 7

Setting the Color Screen 7

Setting the Button Lighting 8

System Menu 9

Setting the Button Beep Volume 10

Date and Time Menus 11

Erasing and Resetting 12

Specifications 12

Contact Us 12

Limited Warranty Statement 13

End User Agreement 15

Your Listen Devices 16

Your Watch Devices 17

MX-880 OWNERS MANUAL

Congratulations!

You’ve purchased a unique synthesis of hardware and software engineering,
the Complete Control MX-880. The MX-880 achieves a magnificent combina­tion of power and flexibility, simplifying and automating operation of even the
most complex system.

User Configurable Screen and Button Lighting

A built in pick up sensor can be set to light the screen and/or the buttons
automatically. Additionally, a dedicated LIGHT button enables the user to
backlight the buttons if the pick up sensor is turned off.

Integrated Sound Signaling

The MX-880 incorporates a small speaker for beeps. Anytime you press a
button, the MX-880 signals that it has understood your command with a
beep sound.

Custom Labeled Buttons

When you pick up the MX-880, it automatically lights up the color LCD
screen which labels the six buttons to either side of the screeen. These
button labels change based on what you are watching or listening to.
Thus, if you have selected Watch TV, you will see a list of buttons that
are useful to that activity, while if you select Watch DVD, the buttons

will control the DVD.

LIGHT Button

Press the Light button on the
side of the MX-880 to backlight
all of the buttons. Of course,
you could opt to set the buttons
to light automatically via the
pick up sensor.

Programmable only by a URC Certified Professional

To fully automate your audio/video system, the programmer must have
detailed knowledge of each component as well as how the system is
connected and operated. Only a trained and certified professional
audio/video installer can install a MX-880 remote control in a timely and
efficient manner.

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Optional RF “No Rules” Operation

In combination with a Complete Control RF Base Station, the MX-880 can
control your system without being in line-of-sight of the equipment.

To preserve good operation always utilize a Narrow Band RF Base Station
with RF Addressing. RF Addressing gives you the ability to control equip­ment locations throughout your home, even if they are concealed in other
rooms or are behind closed doors.

4. Self-adhesive “Flashers” affix to the Infrared
sensors on the front panels of your compo­nents. The Flashers relay commands to com­ponents out of sight of the MRF-350’s Front
Blaster. The flashers plug in to the MRF-350’s
rear flasher line outputs via their 10 foot
cables. Uniquely, the MRF-350 can also con­nect to components with rear panel IR Inputs
via its adjustable IR Line Outputs.

3. The MRF-350’s built-in Front Blaster sends commands to
components in the same cabinet space as the MRF-350.

1. The MX-880 sends radio
waves in every direction, so you
don’t have to point the remote
anymore!

2. The RFX-250 RF Sensor can be freely
positioned for optimal reception.

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Installing and Charging the Battery

Open the battery cover by pressing
on the release clip and removing
the cover.

Note that the three contacts on the
battery must connect to the three
spring-loaded contacts in the MX-

880. Angle the battery into the bat­tery compartment, contacts first,
then gently fit the rear of the battery
into the compartment as well.
Replace the battery cover by insert­ing the hinged end in first, then
snapping the cover back into place.

You can charge the Lithium Ion bat­tery by simply plugging the includ­ed charger into the base of the
remote as shown here.

The MX-880 can be used while
charging.

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Selecting a New “Activity”

The MX-880’s WATCH and LISTEN buttons display the activities you can
control with your MX-880. When you want to watch something else (a
DVD movie, a videotape or an HDTV broadcast), simply press the
WATCH button and select the new activity. When you want to listen to
the radio or to a CD, touch the LISTEN button and select what you would
like to listen to.

Your installer will have programmed the button you pressed to totally con­figure your system to watch or listen to whatever you selected. Now, the
screen will change, and all of the LCD buttons will be reconfigured to
give you full control of your system while watching or listening to your
selection!

Press either of the PAGE buttons to see any other available choices.

When you press the LISTEN button,
you can see the most frequently used
activities you have for listening in
your system.

PAGE DISPLAY

At the bottom of the LCD screen, the

page display informs you if there are

other pages of buttons available.

When you press the WATCH button,

you can see the most frequently used

activities you have for watching the

sources in your system.

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