5-1935.fm Page 1 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM Cat. No. 15-1935 OWNER’S MANUAL 7-in-One Home Theater Remote Control Please read before using this equipment.
15-1935.fm Page 2 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM INTRODUCTION Your RadioShack 7-in-One Home Theater Remote Control can replace up to seven infrared remote controls. You can use it to control your TV, VCR, cable converter, satellite receiver, CD player, tuner, phonograph, video accessory, digital audio tape, cassette, or laser disc player.
15-1935.fm Page 3 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM CONTENTS Preparation ........................................................................ 4 Installing Batteries ........................................................ 4 Setting the Clock .......................................................... 5 Quick Setup ....................................................................... 6 A Look at Your Remote .................................................... 8 Setting Up the Remote ................
15-1935.fm Page 4 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM PREPARATION INSTALLING BATTERIES Your 7-in-One requires four AAA alkaline batteries (not supplied), available at your local RadioShack store. Cautions: • Use only fresh batteries of the required size and recommended type. • Do not mix old and new batteries, different types of batteries (standard, alkaline, or rechargeable), or rechargeable batteries of different capacities. To install the batteries: 1.
15-1935.fm Page 5 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM • To extend battery life, the display turns off after 10 seconds of keypad inactivity and turns on again when you press any key. • Device codes you have programmed into the 7-inOne remain stored in memory while you replace the batteries. However, you must reset the clock. SETTING THE CLOCK Follow these steps to set the clock on the 7-in-One’s display. 1. Hold down SETUP until TIMED SEQ. appears. 2. Press MENU twice. CONFIGURE appears. 3.
15-1935.fm Page 6 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM QUICK SETUP The steps in this section tell you how to quickly set up the 7-in-One to operate all of your devices. To set up devices individually, or add a device after you have set up the 7-in-One, see the appropriate section under “Setting Up the Remote.” Note: For the best operation, you should be within 15 feet of the device you want to control. Follow these steps for quick setup. 1. Turn on all of the devices you are setting up. 2. Press TV. 3.
15-1935.fm Page 7 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM 10. Point the remote at your VCR and press POWER. Your VCR should turn off. If it does not, enter the next code from the list and press SELECT then POWER again. When your VCR turns off, press CBL. CABLE appears. 11. Continue setting up devices by pressing the appropriate device key, entering your device’s code and pressing SELECT.
15-1935.fm Page 8 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM A LOOK AT YOUR REMOTE AMP, TUN, TV, CBL, CD, VCR, SAT, and PLUG ’N POWER — let you select the device you want to control. HOME THEATER — lets you control all the functions of a home theater system. POWER — turns the remote on and off, and controls ALL LTS ON in the PLUG ’N POWER mode. MENU — works like the Menu or OSD (on-screen display) key on your original remote. Use , , , and (Menu Up, Down, Right and Left) to navigate your onscreen menus.
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15-1935.fm Page 10 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM SLEEP (SHIFT + MUTE) — controls the Sleep Timer in TV, CABLE, SAT, and AMP or TUN modes for devices which have this feature. If your device does not have a Sleep Timer, SLEEP activates the remote’s built-in sleep timer. CH+ (Channel Up) and CH– (Channel Down) — work like the Channel Up and Down keys on your original remote. CH+ and CH– also control Preset Up/Preset Down in AMP or TUN mode and ON/OFF in Plug n’ Power mode.
15-1935.fm Page 11 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM LAST — works like the Previous Channel or Recall key on your original TV remote. DISPLAY (SHIFT + LAST) — controls the Display function of your devices. If you are operating an RCA satellite system, DISPLAY controls the Select function in your On-Screen Guide and Display when you are viewing a program. If you are operating a CD player, it controls the Time function. PIP — controls your TV or VCR’s Picture-in-Picture fea- ture.
15-1935.fm Page 12 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM SETTING UP THE REMOTE Note: For the best operation, you should be within 15 feet of the device you want to control. TO OPERATE YOUR TV Locate the codes for your TV in “Setup Codes for TVs” and write them in the space below. The brands are listed in alphabetical order, with the most popular codes listed first. Codes: _____________________________________ Then follow these steps to program the 7-in-One to operate your TV. 1. Turn on your TV. 2.
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15-1935.fm Page 16 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM TO OPERATE YOUR VCR OR TV/VCR COMBINATION Locate the codes for your VCR or TV/VCR combination in “Setup Codes for VCRs” on Page 16 or “Setup Codes for TV/VCR Combos” on Page 19 and write the codes in the space below. The brands are listed in alphabetical order, with the most popular codes listed first. Codes: _____________________________________ Then follow these steps to program your 7-in-One to operate your VCR or TV/VCR combination. 1.
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15-1935.fm Page 20 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM Note: If your TV/VCR works using a code (from the table) highlighted with an asterisk (*), you might need to program a separate TV code to control the volume. Check the list below and follow the instructions in “To Operate Your TV” on Page 12 to program the supplied TV code.
15-1935.fm Page 21 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM TO OPERATE YOUR CABLE CONVERTER Locate the codes for your cable converter in “Setup Codes for Cable Converters” on Page 22 and write them in the space below. The brands are listed in alphabetical order, with the most popular codes listed first. Codes: _____________________________________ Follow these steps to program the 7-in-One to operate your cable converter. 1. Turn on your cable converter. 2. Press CBL. 3.
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15-1935.fm Page 24 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM TO OPERATE YOUR SATELLITE RECEIVER Locate the codes for your satellite receiver in “Setup Codes for Satellite Receivers” on Page 24 and write them in the space below. The brands are listed in alphabetical order, with the most popular codes listed first. Codes: _____________________________________ Then follow these steps to program the 7-in-One to operate your satellite receiver. 1. Turn on your satellite receiver. 2. Press SAT. 3.
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15-1935.fm Page 26 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM TO OPERATE YOUR CD PLAYER Locate the codes for your CD player in “Setup Codes for CD Players” and write them in the space below. The brands are listed in alphabetical order, with the most popular codes listed first. Codes: _____________________________ Follow these steps to program the 7-in-One to operate your CD Player. 1. Turn on your CD player and insert a disc. 2. Press CD. 3. Hold down SETUP until TIMED SEQ appears. 4. Press MENU .
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15-1935.fm Page 29 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM TO OPERATE YOUR TUNER/ RECEIVER Locate the codes for your tuner/receiver in “Setup Codes for Tuners/Receivers” on Page 29 and write them in the space below. The brands are listed in alphabetical order, with the most popular codes listed first. Codes: _____________________________________ Then follow these steps to program the 7-in-One to operate your tuner/receiver. 1. Turn on your tuner/receiver. 2. Press TUN. 3.
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15-1935.fm Page 31 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM TO OPERATE YOUR AMPLIFIER Locate the codes for your amplifiers in “Setup Codes for Amplifiers” on Page 32 and write them in the space below. The brands are listed in alphabetical order, with the most popular codes listed first. Codes: _____________________________________ Then follow these steps to program the 7-in-One to operate your amplifier. 1. Turn on your amplifier. 2. Press AMP. 3. Hold down SETUP until TIMED SEQ appears. 4. Press MENU .
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15-1935.fm Page 33 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM TO OPERATE OTHER DEVICES In addition to the labeled devices (AMP, TUN, TV, CD, CBL, VCR, or SAT), the 7-in-One can also operate laser disc players (LDP), cassette decks, digital audio tape (DAT) players, video accessories, and miscellaneous audio devices (graphic equalizers and digital audio service terminals, for example).
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15-1935.fm Page 37 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM SPECIAL FEATURES SEARCHING FOR A CODE Before Setup If you have tried all the codes from the list and your device still will not respond to the 7-in-One (or if your brand is not listed), try searching for your code. For example, to find the code for a TV: 1. Turn on your TV, then press TV. 2. Hold down SETUP until TIMED SEQ appears. 3. Press MENU . CODE SETUP appears. 4. Press SELECT. DEV SET UP appears. 5. Press MENU . DEV SEARCH appears. 6.
15-1935.fm Page 38 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM After Setup After you have set up your devices, you might need to find out which code is operating one of them. For example, to find out what three-digit code is operating your TV: 1. Press TV. 2. Hold down SETUP until TIMED SEQ appears. 3. Press MENU . CODE SETUP appears. 4. Press SELECT. DEV SET UP appears. 5. Press MENU twice. DEV NUMBER appears. 6. Press SELECT. TV and the code for that device appear.
15-1935.fm Page 39 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM 2. Press MENU twice. CONFIGURE appears. 3. Press SELECT. THEATER SEL appears. 4. Press MENU twice. SLEEP LOCK appears 5. Press SELECT. DISABLE appears. 6. Press MENU . ENABLE appears. 7. Press SELECT to stop programming. Whenever you press SLEEP (SHIFT then MUTE), SLEEP 15 appears. To add time to the sleep timer, press MENU . Each press of MENU adds 15 minutes to the sleep timer, up to a total of 60 minutes.
15-1935.fm Page 40 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM 7. Press CBL. TV2 appears. 8. Program the converted device key (CBL) with the code for the second TV. (See “To Operate Your TV” on Page 12.) Repeat these steps for each key you want to convert. VOLUME LOCK The 7-in-One lets you choose one device to control the sound volume for all the devices the 7-in-One operates. When you first set up the 7-in-One, each device with a volume control operates its own volume.
15-1935.fm Page 41 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM Note: You might need to use the MENU or VOL keys to control volume, depending on which device you selected during these steps. Resetting Volume Lock To restore volume control to each individual device: 1. Hold down SETUP until TIMED SEQ appears. 2. Press MENU twice. CONFIGURE appears. 3. Press SELECT. THEATR SEL appears. 4. Press MENU twice. VOL LOCK appears. 5. Press SELECT. LOCK appears. 6. Press MENU . UNLOCK appears. 7. Press SELECT.
15-1935.fm Page 42 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM 2. Press MENU twice. CONFIGURE appears. 3. Press SELECT. THEATR SEL appears. 4. Press MENU four times. KEY MACRO appears. 5. Press SELECT. SEL MACKEY appears. 6. Press VID. SELECT SEQ appears. 7. Enter the sequence of up to 15 keystrokes that you want the 7-in-One to memorize, then press ESC.
15-1935.fm Page 43 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM 2. Repeatedly press SELECT until START and the time appear, with the first digit blinking. Enter the time in 12-hour format. AM/PM flashes. 3. If necessary, press MENU to toggle between AM and PM, then press SELECT. ONCE appears. or to toggle between ONCE, 4. Press MENU DAILY, and WEEKLY. When the desired frequency appears, press SELECT. The day of the week display appears. 5.
15-1935.fm Page 44 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM appears. If there are more timed sequences, the next one appears. SETTING UP THE HOME THEATER KEY The 7-In-One lets you operate all of the most commonly used home theater functions in one mode. When setting up the Home Theater mode, you choose which devices will control volume, channel changing, playback, picture-in-picture, and menu functions. 1. Press HOME THEATER. 2. Hold down SETUP until TIMED SEQ appears. 3. Press MENU twice. CONFIGURE appears.
15-1935.fm Page 45 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM 9. Press SELECT then the appropriate key to select the device you want to control the menu features in Home Theater mode. Then press SELECT again to stop programming. Setting Up a Power Key Macro After you set up the HOME THEATER mode, you can create a macro sequence that lets you use POWER to turn on and off all of your Home Theater devices. 1. Press HOME THEATER, then hold down SETUP until TIMED SEQ appears. 2. Press MENU twice. CONFIGURE appears.
15-1935.fm Page 46 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM in-One’s memory. It does not erase the setup codes you programmed. To reset the 7-in-One using the Clear All feature: 1. Hold down SETUP. TIMED SEQ appears. 2. Press MENU twice. CONFIGURE appears. 3. Press SELECT. THEATER SEL appears. 4. Press MENU . CLR ALL appears. 5. Press SELECT. CLR ALL appears. 6. Press SELECT again. CONFIRM appears. 7. Press SELECT once more. Your 7-in-One is reset.
15-1935.fm Page 47 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM After you have set up the 7-in-One to control your devices (see “Quick Setup” on Page 6 or “Setting Up the Remote” on Page 12), follow these steps to set up the Command Center: 1. Choose a location about 8 feet in front of the components you want to control. The location should be near an easily accessible standard AC outlet, with line-of-sight access to your components. 2.
15-1935.fm Page 48 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM 3. Use the supplied double-sided tape to attach the IR signal extension cord to the device, with its LED on or next to the device’s IR sensor. 4. Be sure the remote is not pointing toward your equipment, then test the Command Center by pressing POWER. The Command Center converts the 7-in-One’s RF signal into an IR signal, and transmits that signal to the device through the cord.
15-1935.fm Page 49 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Display begins to fade, does not appear, or the red light blinks five times when you press a key. The 7-in-One does not operate your device. Solution Replace the batteries with four fresh AAA alkaline batteries. Try all of the codes listed for your brand of device in the “Setup Codes” section. If this does not work, try searching for your code (see “Searching for a Code” on Page 37).
15-1935.fm Page 50 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM Problem Solution Problems changing chan- If your original remote required an ENTER keystroke when nels. changing channels, press the ENTER key on the 7-in-One after you enter the channel number. The red light blinks when Press the appropriate device key (MAN, TUN, TV, CBL, CD, you press a key but you receive no response from VCR, SAT, PLUG ’N POWER) for the device you are trying to your device. operate.
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15-1935.fm Page 52 Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:37 AM Limited Ninety-Day Warranty This product is warranted by RadioShack against manufacturing defects in material and workmanship under normal use for ninety (90) days from the date of purchase from RadioShack company-owned stores and authorized RadioShack franchisees and dealers.
