X10 Wireless Technology IR34A User Manual

IconRemote

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Owner’s Manual

Model IR34A

SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS

FCC Caution

Remember to exercise good common sense when using the Home Automation features of your remote

- especially when scheduling unattended devices. There can be some unexpected consequences if not used with care. For example, an empty coffee pot can be remotely turned on. If that should happen, your coffee pot could be damaged from overheating. If an electric heater is turned on by remote control while clothing is draped over it, a ﬁ re could result. DO NOT USE the remote for the control of high power heating appliances such as portable heaters.

Caution: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not

disassemble any part of the Home Automation System’s plug-in Modules or Controllers. No user serviceable parts are inside. If you spill liquid on a unit, disconnect the unit from the AC outlet to prevent possible ﬁ re or shock hazard and consult authorized service personnel.

Powerline operated equipment or accessories connected to any of these units should bear the UL listing or CSA certiﬁ cation mark and should not have been modiﬁ ed in any way that might defeat their safety features.

Warning: To prevent electric shock hazard, do not expose any part of the Home Automation System to rain or moisture.

THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS: (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, AND (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED, INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION.

This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used properly, that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturers instructions, it may cause interference to radio and television reception. It has been type tested and found to comply with the limits for remote control devices in accordance with the speciﬁ cations in Sub-Parts B and C of Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installation. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by unplugging the equipment, try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient the antenna of the radio/TV experiencing the interference.

• Relocate the interface with respect to the radio/TV.

• Move the interface away from the radio/TV.

• Plug the interface into an outlet on a different electrical circuit from the radio/TV experiencing the interference.

• If necessary, consult your local Dealer for additional suggestions.

NOTE: Modiﬁ cations to any of the components in this kit will void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Introduction ................................................................................5

Hard Key Functions ...................................................................6

Setup ........................................................................................8

Battery Installation ...............................................................8

Battery Saver ........................................................................8

Permanent Memory ..............................................................8

Using the Wizard ........................................................................9

Setting Up Your Devices ..........................................................10

Setting Up Your Favorites ........................................................12

Setting Up X10 Devices ...........................................................15

Setting Up Your Remote to Send RF ..................................15

Using The Remote ...................................................................19

X10 RF Devices .................................................................19

Labeling Feature .................................................................21

Sleep Macro Steps ....................................................................21

Favorite Key .............................................................................22

Mode Key .................................................................................23

QuickPower ..............................................................................23

Sleep ......................................................................................24

Learning ...................................................................................25

Tips On Learning ................................................................25

Learning Main Keys ................................................................27

Learning a Macro - Main Keys ................................................28

Learning Side Keys ..................................................................30

Learning Macros - Side Keys ..................................................33

Setting Up More .......................................................................36

Setting Up More Devices ...................................................36

Setting Up More Favorites .................................................37

Adding/Editing Favorites ..................................................38

Reordering Favorites ..........................................................39

Deleting Favorites ..............................................................40

Renaming Favorite Groups ................................................41

Clearing Settings in the Remote .........................................42

Advanced Settings ...................................................................43

Options ...............................................................................43

Device Codes ......................................................................43

Programming Combo Device Codes ..................................44

Punchthrough .....................................................................44

KidSafe ...............................................................................46

X10 Home Control ...................................................................47

X10 Macros ..............................................................................48

Deleting X10 Favorites ............................................................49

Audio & Video Compatibility ..................................................50

Voice Dialer Security Console .................................................51

Troubleshooting .......................................................................52

Congratulations on your purchase of the IR34A IconRemote. The IR34A IconRemote has the ability to combine many types of remotes into a single remote. It has many unique features that are available through the high quality color screen and the conﬁ gurable menus. The screen displays icons that are easily set up to represent your favorite channels. You can select any channel by simply pressing the key next to the icon that represents the channel.

The IR34A IconRemote may provide additional functions that are not available on your device, and there may be functions (e.g., menu functions) that initially may not be controlled by the remote; but in such cases, the IR34A IconRemote can easily learn the commands from your original remote. The IR34A IconRemote remote is capable of many other features that are also described in this manual.

The IR34A IconRemote can also control X10 RF devices, which allows you to control different electrical devices located in various physical locations around the house, using radio frequency (RF) signals. This gives you the freedom to control devices that are not in the same physical location as the remote.

The IR34A IconRemote is very intuitive and has builtin Help, but it’s very useful to become familiar with the remote by ﬁ rst reading this manual. After you’ve become familiar with the IconRemote, the ﬁ rst thing you need to do is to install the batteries and setup your remote using the on-screen instructions.

Thank you for purchasing this remote, and we trust that it will give you many years of service.

All trademarks or registered trademarks used in this product are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Hard Key Functions

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Note: Blue and Yellow text on the remote is for Home Control.

Hard Key Functions, cont.

1. HIS/HERS - Quick access keys for favorites stored under His/Hers

groups. Pressing either HIS or HERS button a second time accesses the X10 Home Automation modules that you’ve set up in All Rooms.

2. SIDE KEYS - Used to access on-screen features.

3. LCD - (Liquid Crystal Display).

4. MODE - Selects mode (TV, VCR, etc.) for the remote.

5. HOME - The starting screen on the LCD for most operations.

6. MENU - Brings up the Menu screen - use with the UP, DOWN, LEFT &

RIGHT navigation keys (26).

T-CENTRAL - The TiVo key for TiVo Central.

7. OK/SELECT - Selects menu items for the device you are controlling, or

conﬁ rms selections on the screen.

8. INFO - Displays/selects on-screen channel information.

9. VOLUME UP/DOWN - Changes the volume level of the device,

normally the TV. Also Bright/Dim for Home Control.

10. CC (SUBTITLE) - TV Closed Caption (if your TV has this feature) or

DVD Subtitle toggle.

11. SAP - Selects Secondary Audio Program channel if available.

12. RECORD, PLAY, STOP, REW, FF, PAUSE - Operates your VCR,

DVR, or DVD Player. Also operates DVD Scan -/+. Note, the Record key needs pressed twice to operate.

13. REPLAY - Replays the last 8 seconds of a program.

14. THUMBS DOWN - Sets your TiVo Thumbs ratings.

15. +100 - Used for channels greater than 100.

(-) Used for digital channels, e.g., 2-3.

16. ENTER - Used after direct channel number entry (if required) to

immediately change to the selected channel.

17. NUMBERS - Enter numbers for direct channel selection. Functions in

red are available in Audio Mode.

18. ADVANCE - Catches you up to the live broadcast.

19. THUMBS UP - sets your TiVo Thumbs ratings.

20. INPUT - Brings up the DVD Player’s Setup Menu. Or acts as TV/VCR

select. LIVE TV goes to Live TV broadcast.

21. LAST - Returns to the previously selected channel, or DVD repeat toggle.

REPEAT performs DVD players “A-B Repeat” (or RPT A.B) function

for repeat play of current Chapter or Track.

22. ZOOM - Zooms or enlarges a speciﬁ c area of the screen.

ARC - Aspect Ratio Control selects viewing format for the displayed

picture, e.g., Wide, Zoom, etc.

23. CHANNEL UP/DOWN - Changes the channels. CHAPTER +/-

controls DVD/CD track selection, i.e., DVD/CD Track Skip Up/Down (in DVD and SAT

24. QUIT/RETURN - Exits On-Screen Menus/Returns to previous On-

Screen selection.

25. MUTE - Turns off the TV sound, while the picture remains.

26. UP, DOWN, LEFT & RIGHT - Used to Navigate menus and X10

screens.

27. GUIDE - Displays on-screen program or channel guides.

28. FAVORITE - Used to access favorites for all groups and X10 devices for

all locations.

29. POWER - Turns device for remote’s current Mode On or Off .

modes). Also On/Off for Home Control.

Setup

Battery Installation

• On the back of the remote, push down

on the tab and lift the cover off.

• Match the batteries to the + and -

marks inside the battery case, then insert 3 AA Alkaline batteries. Make

sure you use new batteries. You can have problems with learning codes if your batteries are old.

• Press the battery cover back into

place.

Battery Saver

Your remote automatically turns off if the keys are depressed for more than 30 seconds. This will save your batteries should your remote get stuck in a place where the keys remain depressed (e.g., between the sofa cushions). Also, the screen turns off a short time after no keys have been pressed for a while (or a short time after a key has been stuck for 30 seconds). The duration before the screen turns off can be adjusted from about 2 seconds to about 120 seconds from the Setup, Advanced, and Options menu (see page 43).

Permanent Memory

Using the Wizard

After you insert the batteries and choose “English” the Setup Wizard screen (1) appears. You can exit the Wizard at any time by pressing the HOME key (located just below the screen). Press any key at screen (1) to continue and follow the instructions on the screens.

Pressing OK at screen (2) takes you to the next screen (3). Pressing the Left navigation key (Back key) on the remote at screen (3) takes you to screen (4) that has 10 yellow arrows. This is an exception to the rule because we’re teaching you how to use the remote. But pressing Back again at this point does take you “back.”

Try pressing the Back key a few times to go back through the Wizard and then follow the instructions on the screens again to familiarize yourself with how to step through the screens and go back. You can go back and forth through the Wizard but once you’ve set up your devices and quit to save the settings, you won’t see the Wizard again unless you do a Master Reset.

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All the devices you set up, their codes, punchthrough settings, and all your favorites, etc., are stored in permanent memory while you are changing batteries so you will not lose any codes or settings stored in the remote while you are changing batteries.

After you insert the batteries you’ll see a screen asking you to choose your language (English, Spanish, or French (Canadian). Let’s assume you choose English; proceed to page 9.

To do a Master Reset: Press the HOME key, Setup, More, Advanced, Clear Settings, More, and then Master Clear. Note: This will erase everything you have set up in the remote.

Pressing any of the 10 Side Keys (K1 thru K10) at screen (4) takes you to the screen where you set up your ﬁ rst device (TV). See next page.

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Setting Up Your Devices

Setting Up Your Devices, cont.

How to set up a TV

After you’ve been through the Wizard for the ﬁ rst time, the screen (1) shown to the right appears. This is the start of the Wizard to set up your devices (TV being the ﬁ rst one). Manually turn on the device(s) to be set up (TV, VCR, etc.).

If you know your brand of TV, select Yes, which results in a faster search for your TV’s code. (Selecting No searches the complete library of TV codes, rather than just the codes for your brand of TV).

Pressing the Side Key next to Yes at screen (1) takes you to a screen (2) where the most common brands are shown next to the Side Keys. If your brand isn’t shown you can press the Side Key adjacent to Next to show more brands, (shown alphabetically) or press the Side Key adjacent to Back to go back to the previous screen of brands. Note, on the very ﬁ rst screen of brands, the Side Key adjacent to Back takes you to the last screen of brands (so you can go back through the list instead of forward through it if you prefer). In this case we selected Philips.

Screen (3) tells you to point the remote directly at your TV and repeatedly press (but not hold) Power (or Chan Up/Down, or Play for VCRs, etc.) until your device responds. Pressing Power sends the Power command to your TV and screen (4) shows that you’ve selected code 1 of xx (xx will vary by brand). Keep pressing Power until your TV responds and then press Save.

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Pressing Save displays screen (5) that instructs you to try a few other keys on the remote to make sure you’ve found the correct code. Tip: Try keys like Menu, and Guide. Power might work yet you still might not have the correct code. If several keys seem to work ﬁ ne, press Save Code. If some keys don’t work, select Change Code (or press Back) to go back and ﬁ nd another code that works better. Selecting Label lets you rename the device, e.g., you could call it My TV. You can ignore this for now and try it later if you like. See pages 13, 14, and 32 for more details on entering text to change labels.

Pressing Save Code at screen (5) takes you to screen (6) where you set up a Cable box. You can quit at this point and set up other devices later, or you can continue and set up other devices - SAT, DVR, DVD, VCR, Audio, CD Player, or an AUX device. (Directions on how to set up X10 Home Automation devices are shown on pages 15-20.)

Let’s assume for now that you go ahead and set up a TV, Cable, and SAT.

If you select No at screen (1) on the previous page the procedure will be similar to the above, except that you will be searching through the entire library of codes for your device to ﬁ nd the one that works best (instead of just searching through the codes for your brand of device, e.g., Philips).

If you say Yes when asked if you know your Brand, but subsequently don’t ﬁ nd a code that works, you are asked if you want to try again (in case you missed it), or try all the codes for your device. If you try all codes for your device type, and still don’t ﬁ nd a code that works, you can skip it, or select Learn. If you select Learn you can later learn the commands you want for that device type.

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Setting Up Your Favorites

Once you’ve gone through the Wizard and set up at least a TV, and set up more devices, or skipped the rest of them, you arrive at screen (1) to the right.

Press any digit key, say digit 4, to enter a channel number. This takes you to screen (2). You can enter more digits if desired. The channel number can include a dash (-) for digital channels, e.g., 2-3, or can include ENTER, or OK, if your device requires it to change channels, e.g., 472Ok, or 550Ent.

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Setting Up Your Favorites, cont.

If you want to add a label to the logo, press the Side Key next to Label. This is optional so if you don’t want to add a label to the logo you can just select Save to save the setting for this favorite. If you save this favorite, Set Favorite 2 of 10 is now shown at the bottom of the screen to indicate that you can add another favorite channel. Again, just press a channel number key on the remote, choose a logo and change the Device Type (if you want to). Add a few more favorites (up to 10). You can add more later, or delete or edit them later, or even reorder their positions. Select Done when you’re ﬁ nished setting up favorites.

If you select Label, you see the screen to the right with a small label on top of the logo. Initially the label will be the channel number for that logo. If you Save this, the logo will have a small label representing the channel number for that logo in it’s bottom right hand corner, see screen (5).

Press the Side Key next to Pick Logo on screen (2). You are shown a screen (3) of popular channel logos. You can select Next (Side Key 10) or Back (Side Key

5) to see more logos. In this example we pressed the NBC logo (Side Key 4). Screen (4) now shows that we’ve chosen channel 4 and the NBC logo. Note, you could also select the top left position which would display “4” as the favorite rather than a logo.

The Default device in this case was Sat, but you can select Pick Device to change it. In this case we changed it to Cable. Make sure you select the device

that you want each favorite to control, e.g., TV, Cable, or Sat.

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(5) But you can type in a new label if you want one. You enter the new name for the key using the numeric keys on the remote in a similar fashion to typing in text on a cell phone.

In this example, press the 5 key twice to enter the letter K. Then, wait a second, and then press the 4 key repeatedly until the letter I is displayed. Then, wait a second and press 6 to select N. Then, wait a second and press the 4 key to select G.

Setting Up Your Favorites, cont.

Setting Up X10 Devices

Note: “Triple tap” name entry works in a similar fashion to text entry on a cell phone. Tap each numeric key to cycle through ALL caps, numbers, and lower case letters. E.g., repeatedly pressing the number 2 key cycles through A, B, C, 2, a, b, c. Pressing the 9 key cycles through W, X, Y, Z, 9, w, x, y, z. A “space” can be selected with the 0 (zero) key. The number 1 key selects 1 . @ ? ! - & and :. You can backspace an entry with the key to the left of the 0 (zero) key. Press OK to conﬁ rm your new name.

You can continue to add favorites, up to a total of 10 (You can add more later; see page 38.) At screen (6) you choose if the favorites you just set up are stored in the “His” group or the “Hers” group. Later you can set up favorites in lots of different Groups, not just His and Hers. Selecting His takes you to screen (7) showing that you now have NBC set as the ﬁ rst favorite in the His Group (at the location next to Side Key K1), as well as any other favorites you set up. (Note, you can reorder, i.e., move the positions of the logos later.)

When you’re ﬁ nished setting up your favorites, press the HOME key (located to the left below the screen) to go back to the Home screen.

At any time you can press the FAVORITE key and then select His, or press the His key at the top left hand side of the remote to go to screen (7) above. Pressing the key next to the NBC logo will (in this case) change the channel on your Cable box to NBC (in this case channel 4).

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The IR34A IconRemote - coupled with other X10 Home Automation Modules - gives you the ability to control everything electrical in your home. Once you set up your remote, you can control most any electrical device from the remote, using the keys that have been conﬁ gured for X10 Home Automation Modules.

Description

X10 Home Automation systems use three types of signals Infrared (IR), Radio Frequency (RF), and Power Line Carrier (PLC). The IR34A remote can send either IR, RF signals, or both, depending on how you’ve set up the remote to control different equipment.

Setting Up Your Remote to Send RF commands

When the IR34A is in X10 mode, it transmits RF commands to X10 devices that respond to RF signals. The following example describes how to use RF to control a TV (so you can control it from anywhere in your home). Keep in mind that when you set up a non RF device to be controlled by RF signals, you need to use a device like the RE549, which converts the RF signals it receives back in to IR signals to turn the TV on or off (see pages 50 and 51 for more details).

• Press Home.

• Select Setup using the Side Key.

• At the following screen select More

using the Side Key.

• At the following screen select Wireless.

• The Mode screen appears; select the

Device you want to set for RF by pressing its Side Key. (In this example, it’s TV.) The RF symbol appears on the

TV icon. Press OK to Save.

Note: After following the above steps, when you make selections in TV Mode, you will notice that the transmit signals at the bottom of the screen are now Green. This indicates that the remote is sending RF and IR to the TV. If the signals are in Red, it means that the remote is transmitting IR only.

Note: See page 19 “Using the Remote” for related His and Hers features.

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Setting Up X10 Devices, cont.

When triggering an X10 module or wall switch using the IR34A IconRemote, the signal is typically sent from the remote using RF on a speciﬁ c house code. The RF signal is received by the transceiver (either TM751, RR501, CM15A, or security console) on the matching house code. The transceiver then forwards the signal onto the house wiring. This is now a PLC signal. Any modules that match the house and unit code transmitted will either turn on or off, depending on the signal sent.

Setting Up the IR34A to control the TM751 Transceiver using Housecode “B.”

The TM751 Transceiver receives RF signals to control lights and appliances. Do the following to setup this transceiver.

• Press the HOME key to display the setup screen. Select Setup.

• Select X10.

• Select Add/Edit at the next screen.

• Choose the room where you will locate the TM751.

For this example choose Basement.

• Press the Side Key to select.

• At the add an X10 device screen, press OK.

• Select Pick Device.

• Select Appliances and then scroll until you see the TM751 icon. Select TM751 using the appropriate Side Key.

• At the following screen select Address.

• Using the Side Keys, select “B.”

• Select Save using the Side Key.

• Select Done using the Side Key.

• Select Mode Button then the X10 device icon side key.

• Next select the room that you’ve set the device in (Basement).

• Press the icon to test the RF transmission for the device.

In the following example we’ll set up the remote for an LM465 Lamp Module located in the “Basement.”

• Press the HOME Button to display the Home screen.

• Select Setup using the Side Key.

• Select X10 using the Side Key.

• Select Add/Edit at the next screen using the Side Key.

• Select Basement (for this example) using the Side Key.

• At the Let’s add an X10 device screen, press the OK key to

continue.

• Select Pick Device and at the next screen select Lamps using the Side Keys.

• Go through the following screens to ﬁ nd the correct module using the Next Side Key.

• Select the LM465 Module by using the Side Key.

• Press Save using the Side Key.

• Select Address using the Side Key.

• Use the Side Keys to set the values to B3.

• Note: The values in the Address screen must match the physical hardware settings for the LM465 Lamp Module. In this example, the settings are set at B3. This means that B3 matches the physical settings at the Lamp Module. (See the following example on page 18 for setting up a Lamp Module to a B3 setting.)

• Press Save using the Side Key to save the values.

• Select Pick Logo using the Side Key and choose an appro- priate image by using the Next Side Key, and then select the image by using the Side Key.

• Press Save and Done using the Side Keys.

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