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M-LINK™ – A STEP INTO THE FUTURE OF HOME CINEMA START YOUR ENTERTAINMENT FUN WITH A TOUCH OF A BUTTON C ongratulations and thanks for buying Philips product! Your TV set has the added value of streamline your home cinema experience. Gone is the By pushing one of the colored macro buttons on the remote control, you can set in motion a series of accessory-device functions that will be performed automatically, one after another.
CONTENTS FEATURES Intelligent Control • the feature that allows your TV to “talk” to the external multimedia devices. • Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 • Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Learning • the ability of the M-Link™ microprocessor to “learn” and store one set of code per accessory device, up to a maximum of six different devices. • Hooking up the IR Blaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HOOKING UP THE IR BLASTER T he (infrared) IR Blaster is a small transmitter that enables you to use your TV remote control to work the various functions of your VCRs, DVDs, or other accessory devices. Follow these steps to properly set up the IR Blaster. NOTE: For M-Link™ to work, the IR Blaster must be connected to the TV (as shown below) before the TV is turned ON. 2 IR Blaster Remote Sensor Window Connect the IR Blaster plug into the M-Link input located on the rear jack panel of the TV.
HOOKING UP ACCESSORY DEVICES T he M-Link™ system can handle up to five input devices (choose from cable box, satellite, VCR, DVD, LD, VCD, or an STB) and one output device (external amplifier [stereo hi-fi]) at one time. This page presents only hookup examples; the order of hookup and devices you choose may vary. Also, please refer to the owner’s manual for each device for proper connections.
M-LINK™ REMOTE NAVIGATION AND MACRO BUTTONS POWER SLEEP PIP TV/VCR ON/OFF POSITION 8 PIP FREEZE TV/VCR A/CH INCR. SURR. ON/OFF POSITION FREEZE A/CH SWAP SURF SOURCE SWAP MULTI RECORD M LINK INCR. SURR.
SETTING UP A PHILIPS ACCESSORY DEVICE T hese simple instructions tell you how to set up a Philips accessory device to work with the M-Link™ feature. You will need to follow all of the steps contained in each of the following sections (“Selecting the Device,” “Choosing the Source,” and “Choosing the Brand and Testing Remotes”) to set up the device.
SETTING UP A PHILIPS ACCESSORY DEVICE CHOOSING THE SOURCE NOTE: If you are setting up an external amplifier hi-fi (AMP), you don’t have to choose a source; proceed to the next section, “Choosing the Brand and Testing Remotes.” VCRSETUP SELECT DEVICE CHOOSE SOURCE CHOOSE BRAND DELETE DEVICE While in the SETUP menu, press the CURSOR DOWN button once to highlight CHOOSE SOURCE. Press the CURSOR LEFT or CURSOR RIGHT button to enter the CHOOSE SOURCE menu. The CHOOSE SOURCE menu will shift to the left.
SETTING UP A PHILIPS ACCESSORY DEVICE CHOOSING THE BRAND AND TESTING REMOTES VCR-AV3 SETUP R emote codes for Philips brand accessory devices have been preprogrammed into M-Link™ . Follow these steps to choose the Philips brand and find the right set of remote codes (test REMOTE 0, REMOTE 1, and so on) for your accessory device.
SETTING UP A NEW OR MULTIBRAND ACCESSORY DEVICE T hese simple instructions tell you how to set up a New or Multibrand device to work with the M-Link™ system. You will need to follow all of the steps contained in each of the following sections (“Selecting the Device,” “Choosing the Source,” and “Choosing the Brand and Learning Remote Commands”) to set up the device.
SETTING UP A NEW OR MULTIBRAND ACCESSORY DEVICE CHOOSING THE SOURCE NOTE: If you are setting up an external amplifier hi-fi (AMP), you don’t have to choose a source; proceed to the next section, “Choosing the Brand and Learning Remote Commands.” VCRSETUP SELECT DEVICE CHOOSE SOURCE CHOOSE BRAND DELETE DEVICE While in the SETUP menu, press the CURSOR DOWN button once to highlight CHOOSE SOURCE. Press the CURSOR LEFT or CURSOR RIGHT button to enter the CHOOSE SOURCE menu.
SETTING UP A NEW OR MULTIBRAND ACCESSORY DEVICE CHOOSING THE BRAND AND LEARNING REMOTE COMMANDS VCR-AV3 12 While in the SETUP menu, press SETUP the CURSOR DOWN button twice to highlight CHOOSE BRAND. SELECT DEVICE CHOOSE SOURCE CHOOSE BRAND DELETE DEVICE 13 Press the CURSOR LEFT or VCR-AV3 SETUP CHOOSE BRAND PHILIPS NEW CURSOR RIGHT button to enter the CHOOSE BRAND menu. 14 Press the CURSOR DOWN butSETUP CHOOSE BRAND PHILIPS NEW ton once to highlight NEW.
SETTING UP A NEW OR MULTIBRAND ACCESSORY DEVICE 17 To learn an accessory device remote control function: Point the remote control of the accessory device at the IR Blaster (Hold the remote control no farther than about four and one-half inches from the IR Blaster.) Then press the button on the remote control that corresponds with the highlighted function in the LEARN menu (POWER/STBY, PLAY, STOP, etc.).
TESTING LEARNED REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS A fter the remote control functions of accessory devices have been learned by M-Link™, you can test whether the functions shown on the screen are being correctly carried out by the accessory device. VCR-AV3 TV Press the M LINK button on your TV remote control to enter the M-Link™ menu.
DELETING ACCESSORY DEVICES FROM THE M-LINK™ SYSTEM Y ou can remove any accessory device you have set up to work in the M-Link™ system by following these steps. Press the M LINK button on your TV remote control to enter the M-Link™ menu. VCR-AV3 CVI MACRO SETUP SELECT DEVICE CHOOSE SOURCE CHOOSE BRAND DELETE DEVICE Press the CURSOR LEFT or CURSOR RIGHT button until SETUP is highlighted.
REVIEWING MACRO FUNCTIONS A macro is a set of functions programmed into your TV that you can activate with one touch of a button on your TV remote control. Three buttons have been preprogrammed to play videotapes or DVD/LD/VCD movies or to record with your VCR: HOME VIDEO, HOME MOVIE, and ITR/REC (Interactive Touch Record). You program the the PERSONAL macro button. Follow these steps to review the functions that each button will activate.
PROGRAMMING YOUR PERSONAL MACRO Y ou can program your Personal macro to automatically perform the functions you desire with one touch of the PERSONAL macro button on your TV remote control. You may want to use the macro to automate functions that you use often. For example, you can set up your Personal macro to record DVD movies to your VCR. Or perhaps you’d like to program it to turn ON or OFF all of the accessory devices connected to your TV.
PROGRAMMING YOUR PERSONAL MACRO Press the CURSOR DOWN or CURSOR UP button to highlight the action you want to record. RECORD PERSONAL ADD DELAY Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to record the function in your PERSONAL macro. “RECORDING” will flash at the bottom of the screen. RECORD PERSONAL ADD DELAY VCR 12345678 DELETE STEP VCR NOTE: A default delay time of two seconds will occur between each function when the Personal macro is activated.
PROGRAMMING YOUR PERSONAL MACRO I g /A la rm f you have infrared remote-controlled room lighting, you can use the Personal macro to control the lighting. The room lighting remote functions can be learned into M-Link™ as the USER1, USER2, and USER3 items in the list of device functions for a DVD, for example. If you want to program the lighting into the Personal macro, follow these steps. L ig h ti n 1 Set up the infrared lighting model you want to use.
DELETING FUNCTIONS FROM YOUR PERSONAL MACRO W hen programming your Personal macro, you may have made some mistakes. The following instructions will show you how to delete accessorydevice functions (steps) from your Personal macro. Press the M LINK button. Then press the CURSOR LEFT or CURSOR RIGHT button until you enter the MACRO menu. To delete another step, press the CURSOR UP button and repeat steps 6 and 7.
RUNNING MACROS RUNNING THE HOME VIDEO MACRO Press the HOME VIDEO button to run the Home Video macro. The series of steps will be carried out, one after another. The name of each function will flash on the screen as it is activated. Use the BACK, STOP, PLAY, FORWARD, and other buttons on your TV remote control to work the the various VCR functions.
RUNNING MACROS RUNNING THE ITR MACRO Y ou can connect two VCRs (referred to as VCR1 and VCR2 on the M-Link™ menu) to your TV at once for use with M-Link™ , if you’d like. In order to use the Instant Touch Recording macro, however, you must have your cable or antenna signal (RF) connected to one of the VCRs (VCR1) and to the TV. Then with your VCR in TV mode you can press the ITR/REC button to begin recording a program or to set start and stop times for recording later.
RUNNING MACROS SETTING THE ITR MACRO TO RECORD LATER 11:00 AM Press the ITR/REC button to bring the ITR menu to the screen. Press the CURSOR DOWN button to highlight the START TIME input area. Then press the CURSOR RIGHT button. START TIME NOW 11:00 AM Press the CURSOR RIGHT or CURSOR LEFT button to move to each spot in which time numbers can be input. Then press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN button to input the time; or press the number buttons to do so.
TABLES FOR RECORDING MULTIBRAND REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS VCR M-Link™ New or Multibrand DVD M-Link™ LD New or Multibrand M-Link™ New or Multibrand CBL M-Link™ POWER/STBY POWER/STBY POWER/STBY POWER/STBY PLAY PLAY PLAY CH. UP STOP STOP STOP CH. DOWN FF/FORWARD SCAN NEXT SCAN NEXT CH. ALT REW/REVERSE SCAN PREV. SCAN PREV. MENU PAUSE PAUSE PAUSE LEFT RECORD SKIP LEFT SKIP LEFT RIGHT EJECT SKIP RIGHT SKIP RIGHT UP CH. UP FRAME/STEP FRAME/STEP DOWN CH.
TABLES FOR RECORDING MULTIBRAND REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS STB SAT M-Link™ New or Multibrand M-Link™ VCD M-Link™ New or Multibrand New or Multibrand AMP M-Link™ POWER/STBY POWER/STBY POWER/STBY POWER/STBY CH. UP CH. UP PLAY MUTE CH. DOWN CH. DOWN STOP VOL. UP TV/VIDEO TV/VIDEO SCAN NEXT VOL. DOWN MENU MENU SCAN PREV.
TROUBLESHOOTING P lease make these simple checks before calling for service. Because charges for adjustment of customer controls are not covered under your warranty, these tips can save you time and money. Things to Remember about the IR Blaster The IR Blaster transmits commands to your accessory devices to carry out functions (POWER/STBY, PLAY, STOP, etc.).
TROUBLESHOOTING Difficulty Accessory Devices Will Not Respond When Macro Buttons Are Pressed (continued) Remedy ITR/REC—a VCR tape must be inserted and rewound in the VCR player, and the VCR must be in standby mode. The macro may not work for an accessory device that is not turned ON by the POWER/STBY button on the device’s remote control. • For the PERSONAL macro button to work, you must program the macro steps. See “Programming Your Personal Macro” on page 17.
INDEX accessory device deleting, 15 hooking up, 5 remote control functions, table of, 24–25 selecting, 7, 10 setup, 7, 10 brand, choosing, 9, 12 Home Movie macro, running, 21 Home Video Macro, running, 21 IR Blaster, hooking up, 4 ITR macro, running, 22 macros, reviewing functions, 16 Parts Information Center phone number, 4, 5, 26 Personal macro programming, 17 adding time delays between steps, 18 running, 21 remote control buttons, 6 remotes (Philips accessory-devices), testing, 9 source, choosing, 8, 11
