Universal Remote Control (URS) RF30 User Manual

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The RF30 Remote

WELCOME

The RF30 Remote

CONTNETS

LOCATION OF
CONTROLS

Keypad Layout 3

GETTING
STARTED

Overview 4
Battery Installation 4
Activating Component Commands 5
Light Button 6

BASIC SETUP

Overview 7
Pre-Programmed Code Method 7
Learning Method 15
Transmitting (Busy Signal) Icon. 19
Child Lock Feature 19

CUSTOMIZING
YOUR RF30
WITH SPECIAL
ADVANCED
FEATURES

Customizing the LCD Touch Screen 20
Favorite Channel Setup 23
MacroPower

TM

Setup 26

SimpleSound

TM

Setup &

Other ‘Punch Throughs’ 30
Setting Backlight Options 32
Hiding & Adding Pages 33
Recalling Pre-programmed

Setup Code Numbers 35
Cloning other RF30s 36

ERASING
COMMANDS

Overview 38
Erasing Learned Button,

Macro or Favorite
Channel Commands 38

Re-setting RF30 to Original
Factory Default Settings 40

THE OPTIONAL
POWERBLASTER

TM

PowerBlaster

TM

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PRE­PROGRAMMED
CODE TABLES

Pre-Programmed Code Tables 44

NOTE 64

PREPROGRAMMED
CODE NOTES

Pre-Programmed Code Notes 43

OTHER
INFO

FAQ 65
Warranty 66
Specifications 66

simplify your home
entertainment experience.

The Quick Setup DVD
Program Guide supplied
with the RF30 will assist you
in programming your remote
by guiding you through an
easy step-by-step process.
This Owner’s Manual is
designed as a companion
reference source to the
DVD Guide, should you need
to refer back to a particular
section, or review certain
instruction detail not cov­ered in the DVD. However,
if you are unable to watch
the DVD Guide for some
reason, everything you need
to know about programming
the RF30 is contained in this
Manual.

Congratulations on
purchasing Universal
Remote Control’s
MASTERCONTROLTMRF30
Pre-programmed and Learning
Remote Control! You now
have the power to control
your entire home
entertainment system with
one easy-to-use remote.
The RF30 can be used with
thousands of audio/video
Components because of the
extensive code library
pre-programmed into the
remote. And, the RF30’s
impressive lineup of special
advanced features can
automate and customize the
operation of your system in
many ways. So... get ready
to sit back, relax and

Congratulations!

MASTERCONTROL™ RF30 Owner’s Manual

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Inc. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks
of their respective companies or organizations.

TV 45
CABLE 48
DVD 50
VCR 52
AUDIO 54

SAT 57
CD 58
LDP 60
TAPE 61
AUX 62

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Keypad Layout

LOCATION OF CONTROLS

Overview & Battery Installation

GETTING STARTED

Getting Started-Overview

This is what MASTERCONTROLTMRF30 is all about!

The RF30 is designed to operate up to 15 different
Audio/Video Components and is pre-programmed to
operate virtually all brands of TV, VCR, DVD and CD
Players, Cable Set Top Boxes, Satellite Receivers, TiVo
and other DVRs, Audio Components, Tape Decks,
Multimedia PCs, XM Radio, Ipod, X-Box, Lighting Controls
and other custom installation products. It also offers an
impressive lineup of special features designed to provide
you with many time-saving conveniences and enhance
your overall entertainment experience. However, we
strongly recommend that you fully complete all of the
Basic Setup steps before proceeding to customize your
RF30 with any of the special advanced features.

The very first step is to
insert the four AAA batter­ies that are included in the
package into the battery
compartment located in the
back of the remote. Just
press the tab and lift off the
cover. Please be sure to
insert the batteries correctly
as you see in the diagram.
Remember, there is a
positive and negative end
to each battery and you can

tell by the + (positive) and –
(negative) symbols. Once
the batteries are correctly
installed, replace the cover.
Now you’re ready to start!

Battery Installation

LIGHT

BUTTON

PAGE

BUTTONS

changes the page of

buttons displayed

PAGE

NUMBERS

SCREEN

BUTTONS

MAIN

BUTTON

takes you to the main menu

FUNCTION

BUTTONS

Touch the
Screen to use
the Screen
Buttons

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Activating Component Commands

GETTING STARTED

LIGHT BUTTON

GETTING STARTED

Once you’ve programmed
RF30 for your Components,
all you have to do to oper­ate a specific Component is
first, press the MAIN button.
This will display Page 1 of
the MAIN menu on the LCD
touch screen. Page 1 of the
MAIN menu displays seven
Components, plus FAV
(Favorite Channel). Then,
simply select the
Component you want to
operate by pressing the
desired Component display
button on the LCD Touch
Screen. As an example, if
you press the TV display
button, the display label at
the top of the screen will
change from MAIN to TV,
and all the buttons on RF30
will work your TV. To oper-ate
another Component,
simply press the MAIN
button again to return to
Page 1 of the MAIN menu

and select the next
Component you want to
operate.

If you don’t see the
Component you want to
control on Page 1 of the
MAIN menu, just use the
PAGE (

) ( ) display buttons
at the bottom of the screen
to bring up Page 2 of the
MAIN menu which displays
an additional eight
Components.

Each Component is provided
with four pages of pre­labeled command display
buttons (or space for addi­tional command display but­tons). Once again, simply
use the PAGE (

) ( ) display
buttons to take you to the
next command page, or
return you to the previous
command page.

Activating Component Commands –
Simple, Easy, Intuitive

Light Button

The fully backlit keypad makes the RF30 easy to use in the
dark or dim lighting conditions. Simply press the LIGHT
button to backlight all the keypad buttons and LCD touch
screen. To turn off the backlight, press the LIGHT button
again, or just wait ten seconds (the backlight automatically
shuts itself off). Lights out!

Try it out!

TV DISPLAY

BUTTON

FAV

BUTTON

PAGE

BUTTONS

MAIN

BUTTON

LIGHT

BUTTON

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Overview &

Pre-Programmed Code Method

BASIC SETUP

Pre-Programmed Code Method

BASIC SETUP

STEP 1:

The pre-programmed 3-digit
codes are found in the back of
this Manual on page 44. The
codes are listed by Component
category (i.e., TV, VCR, DVD,
etc.), then by brand name. For
instance, if you want to locate
a code for a Sony TV, first
locate the TV category, and
then look for the Sony brand.

Once you have located the
3-digit code (or in some cases,
several code numbers) for the
Component that you want to
operate with your RF30, write
them ALL down on a piece of
note paper. It’s important that
you write down all the codes
because only one code is going
to work for you.

STEP 2:

Now, turn on the Component
you want to program... let’s say
your TV to start. Look up your
TV’s manufacturer setup code
from your reference list.

STEP 3:

Press and hold the MAIN and ENT
(Enter) buttons at the same time
for approximately 3 seconds, until
the word “SETUP” is displayed at
the top of the LCD touch screen.
This signals that you are now in
setup mode.

Pre-Programmed Code Method

Basic Setup - Overview

There are two ways to program the RF30:

• The Pre-Programmed Code Method

• The Learning Method

The Pre-Programmed Code Method allows you to set up
all the buttons at once, so it’s the fastest and easiest of
the two methods. The Learning Method allows you to
transfer functions from other remotes (old or new), one
button at a time.

IMPORTANT:
You now have 30 seconds to perform
the next step while you are in SETUP
mode. If you don’t press a button
within 30 seconds, SETUP will disap­pear from the screen, signaling that
you have exited setup mode and you
will need to start over.

MAIN

BUTTON

ENTER

BUTTON

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Pre-Programmed Code Method

BASIC SETUP

Pre-Programmed Code Method

BASIC SETUP

STEP 4:

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

The screen will then display the
seven Components (and FAV) on
Page 1 of the MAIN menu.

To display Page 2 of the MAIN
menu that lists an additional
eight Components, simply press
the ( or ) Page buttons at the
bottom of the screen.

STEP 5:

Press the Component button
you want to program. For
example: If you want to setup
the TV Component button,
press the TV Component but­ton. The display at the bottom
of the LCD screen will flash
“FROM - TABLE”.

STEP 6:

In this step you verify the type
of component you plan to
operate with this component
button. For example: If you plan
to operate the TV component
with the TV button, simply press
the TV button once again.
However, if for example you are
setting up AUX to operate a
second DVD Player, you would
first need to press AUX in Step
5, and then DVD in Step 6.

DEVICES

FAV

BUTTON

P-PRO

BUTTON

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Pre-Programmed Code Method

BASIC SETUP

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Pre-Programmed Code Method

BASIC SETUP

STEP 7:

Point the RF30 toward the
Component you want to
program, (in this example, TV),
and punch in the 3-digit code
that you wrote down for that
specific Component. Use the
Number buttons 0-9 on the
remote to punch in the code.
If the 3-digit code number that
you just punched in is correct,
the Component will turn off. If
the Component does not turn
off, continue entering code
numbers from your list until the
Component turns off. Some
brands have several possible
code numbers.

STEP 8:

When the Component turns off,
press the ON button to turn the
Component back on. Now you
can test the Volume and
Channel buttons (for TV), or
PLAY and STOP (for VCR and
DVD) to make sure they all
work. If any of the buttons do
not work properly, you need to

find a new correct code. For
example, maybe your Sony TV
turned off with code number 147,
but the volume controls did not
work properly. If this is the case,
try the next code number listed
for that Component until you find
a perfect match.

ON

BUTTON

VOLUME

BUTTONS

CHANNEL
BUTTONS

PLAY

BUTTON

STOP

BUTTON

UP & DOWN

BUTTONS

NUMBER

BUTTONS

NOTE:
If the Component fails to turn off after you have entered
all the code numbers listed for your brand, you can scan
through all the other code numbers that are pre-loaded
into the RF30 for that Component (in this case TV) by
using the UP or DOWN buttons on the screen. (There is
a chance that your Component was actually manufactured
by another brand.) However, most of the code tables are
so large that it is usually faster to use the Learning Method
on Page 15.

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Pre-Programmed Code Method

BASIC SETUP

Pre-Programmed Code Method

BASIC SETUP

STEP 9:

Once you have found the right
code, save the code number by
pressing the SAVE button that
appears on the LCD screen.
The LCD screen will blink
“SAVED” two times, signaling
that the code number has been
successfully saved.

STEP 10:

Exit SETUP mode by pressing
the MAIN button two times.
When the LCD screen displays
MAIN, you are back in normal
operating mode.

SAVE

BUTTON

MAIN

BUTTON

NOW, PROGRAM THE REST OF YOUR
COMPONENTS BY REPEATING STEPS
1 THROUGH 9. IN MOST SYSTEMS,
YOU CAN FINISH BASIC SETUP IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES AND PUT ALL
YOUR OLD REMOTES AWAY.

IF YOU ARE STILL MISSING COM­MANDS TO CONTROL ANY OF YOUR
COMPONENTS, USE THE LEARNING
METHOD ON PAGE 15.

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Learning Method

BASIC SETUP

Learning Method

BASIC SETUP

MAIN

BUTTON

ENTER

BUTTON

LEARN

BUTTON

STEP 1:

Line-up the RF30 with the other
remote control, head-to-head,
one or two inches apart.

STEP 2:

On the RF30, press and hold the
MAIN and ENT (Enter) buttons
at the same time for approxi­mately three seconds, until the
word “SETUP” is displayed at
the top of the LCD touch screen.
This signals you are now in
SETUP mode.

STEP 3:

Press the LEARN button on the
LCD screen. The top of the
screen will change to “LEARN”
and display the seven
Components (and FAV) from
Page 1 of the MAIN menu.

To display Page 2 of the MAIN
menu that lists an additional
eight Components, simply press
the ( or ) Page buttons at the
bottom of the screen.

STEP 4:

Select the Component you want
to teach commands to by
pressing that Component button
on the LCD screen (in this
example, TV). The top of the
screen will change to “TV”.

IMPORTANT:
You now have 30 seconds to perform
the next step while you are in SETUP
mode. If you don’t press a button
within 30 seconds, SETUP will disap­pear from the screen, signaling that
you have exited setup mode and you
will need to start over.

NOTE: If you want to teach any com­mand to a Component button, press the
Component button once the top of the
screen displays “MAIN”, by pressing the
PAGE button. The top of the screen will
change to "READY". Then go to STEP 6.

The RF30 can actually ‘learn’ commands from other remote
controls (old or new), one-button-at-a-time, so it will never
become obsolete. RF30 is the last remote you’ll ever need!
Just follow these simple steps:

Learning Method

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Learning Method

BASIC SETUP

Learning Method

BASIC SETUP

STEP 5:

Press any button on the RF30
that you want to teach a
command to. The top of the
screen will change to "READY"
and the bottom of the screen will
display the button you pressed.

STEP 6:

Press and hold the button on the
other remote control that you
want to ‘teach’ to the RF30 until
the LCD display on the RF30
changes to either “GOOD” or
“FAILD”. If the “GOOD” label
appears on top of the display
and “SAVED” flashes on the bot­tom, you were successful. If
the “FAILD” label appears on
top of the display, try ‘teaching’
the same button to the RF30
once again by repeating STEPS
5 and 6.

STEP 7:

Now, continue to teach the RF30
any other commands from your
old remotes by repeating STEPS
4 through 6 (to go back to STEP
4, simply press MAIN once).

STEP 8:

Once you have completed
teaching all the button
commands to the RF30, return to
normal operation by pressing the
MAIN button twice.

Test all your new commands. If
any of them don’t work, try the
Learning Method again, follow­ing these suggestions:

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

• Even though the old remote
seems to be working fine, put in
fresh alkaline batteries.

• Gradually vary the distance
between the remote controls.

Try 1”, 2” and so on, up to
4 feet.

• Try tapping the button on your
old remote instead of pressing
and holding it during the
learning process.

Some additional Information
regarding the Learning Process:

• Learned functions override any
existing pre-programmed
functions on the remote control.

• All buttons can be learned
except for the PAGE, MAIN and
LIGHT buttons.

• Learned functions are
automatically erased when a
new function is learned on the
same button.

• Learned functions are retained
even after a different Setup
Code Number is programmed
into the remote.

• To return to an original pre­programmed function, a learned
function must be erased.

NOTE: If you don’t see the display button
you would like to teach on the LCD
screen, use the (

or ) PAGE buttons at
the bottom of the screen.The only
buttons you can’t teach are the PAGE and
MAIN buttons.

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Transmitting (Busy Signal) Icon

CUSTOMIZING

Customizing the LCD Touch Screen

CUSTOMIZING

STEP 1:

Press and hold the MAIN and
ENT (Enter) buttons at the same
time for approximately 3 seconds,
until the word “SETUP” is
displayed at the top of the LCD
touch screen. This signals that
you are now in setup mode.

STEP 3:

Press the TEXT button. The
screen will display the list of
Components and “EDIT” will
appear at the top of the screen.

STEP 4:

Navigate to the Component and
page where there is a button
label you want to EDIT, selecting
between the FAV, MAIN,
COMPONENT; then using the
PAGE button.

STEP 2:

Press the EDIT button. The LCD
display will change to the EDIT
menu.

IMPORTANT:You now have 30 seconds to
perform the next step while you are in
SETUP mode. If you don’t press a button
within 30 seconds, SETUP will disappear
from the screen, signaling that you have
exited setup mode and you will need to
start over.

NOTE: If you wish to change the name of
a Component button, press the Page (

)
button twice.The top of the display will
change to MAIN, and you can navigate to
MAIN page 1 or page 2 before going on
to Step 5.

When a command is being transmitted, an icon will appear
in the upper right corner of the LCD screen. This indicates
that a signal is being sent. This is particularly useful when
setting up Macros and FAVs, since it flashes with every step
of a sequence of commands.

Transmitting (Busy Signal) Icon

After you’ve finished all your basic setup, you can choose
to make operation easier by customizing the RF30 just the
way you want, using the Special Advanced Setup Features
described in this section.

Customizing Your RF30 with Special
Advanced Features

You can easily edit or change the name of any of the
display buttons (including Favorite Channels) on the LCD
screen by following these steps:

Customizing the LCD Touch Screen

CHILD LOCK FEATURE

This ‘child-lock’ feature prevents the unauthorized use of
the remote control by children. It blocks all operations of
the remote control.

To Activate:

Press the +10 and ENT (Enter) buttons simultaneously for
3 seconds. The bottom of the LCD will blink “LOCKED” three
times and then display “LOCKED”.

To Return to Normal Operation:

Press the +10 and ENT (Enter) buttons simultaneously again
for 3 seconds. The LCD will display the last use mode.