User's Manual

URC PLUS User’s Guide

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V2.3 for URC Plus v3.8

URC PLUS Registration with Hydra without URC PLUS logo

1. Press and hold the OK button on the Hydra front panel for about 5 seconds. When the OK button is

released, the Hydra front panel Standby/On indicator blinks twice (alternates red and green), then stays

lit red to indicate that the Hydra is now in remote registration mode.

Figure 2-8 Hydra in Remote Registration Mode

2. On the URC PLUS, press and hold the “STB” button for approx. 5 seconds. The “STB” button backlight

will illuminate. Now the URC PLUS is in registration mode.

Figure 2-9 URC PLUS in Remote Registration Mode (for box without URC PLUS logo)

3. Select the decoder to register by:

 Press “1” to register URC PLUS to decoder 1.

 Press “2” to register URC PLUS to decoder 2.

 Press “3” to register URC PLUS to decoder 3.

After you enter a registration event, the “STB” button backlight on the URC PLUS and the Hydra front

panel Standby/On indicator will blink twice to indicate that the registration process was successful.

Pressing a key other than “0”, “1”, “2”, “3” or a button is not pressed within 10 seconds, the “STB”

backlight will extinguish and the URC PLUS registration process will be terminated.

4. If the Hydra does not receive any URC PLUS registration event within 30 seconds, the process will be

terminated.

NOTE:

 While the URC PLUS is in “STB” mode, the volume +/- and MUTE key signal will be sent to the TV.

 By Default, if the URC PLUS is in “STB” mode, the POWER key signal will be sent to the STB ONLY.

 If the URC PLUS is in “TV” mode, the “POWER” key signal will be sent to the TV ONLY.

 However, the POWER key can be configured to control both the STB and TV while the URC PLUS is

in “STB” mode, please refer to the section “Toggle Power Key Punch Through Functionality” in Chapter

4 for details.