User's Manual

DVD Player
A/V Receiver
TV
Activities give you seamless, one-touch control
of your home entertainment system. But they
require a little bit of homework on how your
system is set up. This worksheet takes you
through the steps to build your own activity. By
the end of this worksheet, you’ll be watching a
DVD on your home theater with the press of a
single key!
Activity Worksheet
What devices do you use in the activity?
Example setup
In the example setup, our
DVD player is connected to
the A/V receiver, and the
A/V receiver is connected to
the TV. So, we can ll out our
worksheet like this:
1
Look at the following example setup for a “Watch DVD” (or “Watch
Movie”) activity. Then ll in the information for the same activity
in your home theater.
How do you turn these devices on?
2
Not every device responds to a simple POWER command from
the remote; some devices use separate ON and OFF commands.
To nd out for what the exact command is for a device, nd the
remote that came with that device.
Example setup
Devices To turn on, press...
DVD player POWER
A/V receiver POWER ON
TV ON•OFF
Your setup
Look at your home theater and nd out exactly what key turns on
each of the devices you need for this activity.
Devices To turn on, press...
Example setup
For this step, we need to nd out what device and what input we use
to watch and listen to DVD. We don’t need to do anything to the DVD
player at this step, so we leave its space blank.
Devices Input to watch/listen to DVD
DVD player
A/V receiver HDMI1 input
TV INPUT2
Next we need to nd out what keys to press to get to those
inputs. In our example, we get:
Devices, Input To get to input, press...
DVD player
A/V receiver,
HDMI1 input
HDMI1
TV, INPUT2 INPUT, 2, ENTER
Your setup
Look at your home theater and nd out which inputs you need to
select to watch and listen to DVD. Remember that you probably
won’t need to do anything to your DVD player.
Devices Input to watch/listen to DVD
Next nd out what keys to press to get to those inputs. To make
sure you get the right key names and sequences, test them rst
with your home theater.
Devices, Input To get to input, press...
How do you select the right inputs on
these devices?
3
Build the activity.
4
Your Setup
Find the keypresses you wrote down to (1) turn the devices
on and (2) select the correct inputs and write them next to
each device you need for the activity below. Remeber that you
probably won’t need to enter any commands to select an input
on the DVD player.
Turn On Devices
Device 1:
DVD
Key:
Device 2: Key:
Device 3: Key:
Find Correct Inputs
Device 1:
DVD
Key(s):
Device 2: Key(s):
Device 3: Key(s):
Now we have all the information we need to build our activity,
using the charts we’ve lled in for each step in this worksheet.
Example setup
Turn On Devices
Device 1:
DVD
Key:
ON•OFF
Device 2:
A/V Receiver
Key:
POWER ON
Device 3:
TV
Key:
POWER
Find Correct Inputs
Device 1:
DVD
Key(s):
not needed
Device 2:
A/V Receiver
Key(s):
HDMI1
Device 3:
TV
Key(s):
INPUT
2
Enter
Connect your remote to EZ-RC and
create the activity.
5
Double-click on the EZ-RC icon
on your PC’s desktop. Then follow
the prompts until you get to the
screen shown here.
To add your activity:
1. Choose Activity. Then choose Add an activity from the pop-
up box.
2. Read the instructions in the next screen and click Next.
3. In the Setup Activity screen, choose the activity type that
comes closest to what you want this activity to do. In our
example case, we’ll pick Watch Movie.
4. In the Setup Watch Movie screen, we can customize our
activity’s name. Choose Next when you’ve nished.
5. The next screen asks if you want to build the IR sequence—in
other words, if you want to create the activity step-by-step
as we’ve prepared it here. Select Yes and click Next.
Now we’re ready to use this worksheet to create the activity
step-by-step. Look at the table you lled in above. This is where
you put in the information from that table. For each step from
the table:
1
1. Choose the device from the
drop-down menu.
2. Choose the key you press in
the step.
3. Click on the arrow to place
this keypress in the activity.
2
3
When the keypress appears in the activity, you’re ready to add
the next one. Just repeat these three steps for each key: (1)
choose device, (2) choose key, (3) click arrow.
Click the Next key when you’re nished entering the keypresses.
Then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the activity
and download it to your remote.
If you have any questions, call our help line toll-free at
1-800-276-0509.
Devices used in activity
DVD player
A/V receiver
TV
Your setup
Now look at your home
theater and write down the
devices you need for your
“Watch DVD” activity.
Devices used in activity