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Page 1: Setup Guide
Setup Guide Everything you need to get going with your new Xsight™ Touch remote control: >> Out of the Box >> Installing the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard >> Creating Activities >> Creating Favorites & Profiles >> Troubleshooting... - Page 2 Out of the Box Quick Look: > Unpack > Charge the remote > Get to know the interactive touchscreen > Remote setup > On-remote setup of TVs, A/V components, and other devices Unpack The first step is to make sure you’ve got the following parts in your package: Li-ion battery Cradle base Remote...
- Page 3 Charge the remote The next step is to install the Xsight™ Touch’s rechargeable battery, plug in its cradle, and let it charge for 3 to 4 hours. Remove the battery door from the back of the Xsight™ Touch. Press up on the latch to release the door.
- Page 4 The interactive touchscreen The top of the Xsight™ Touch features a customizable touch screen that can be set up using keys on the remote or by connecting the remote to your PC. To use the functions displayed, simply touch the screen where the function is.
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Page 5: Remote Setup
Remote Setup Once the remote has finished charging, pick it up from its cradle. The Xsight™ Touch has sensors that wake the LCD screen up automatically (you can also wake it up by pressing a key). The Xsight™ Touch has screens that guide you through the initial setup process. - Page 6 On-Remote Device Setup The Xsight™ Touch lets you set up your devices in seconds, right on the remote, with a built-in library of codes for the most popular models of the most common home theater devices: DVD players, plasma and LCD HDTVs, and much more.
- Page 7 Don’t see your device? Try the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard! On-remote device setup supports the most popular models of the most popular brands. The EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard handles everything else! So, if you don’t see your device listed in the on-remote device setup, you can set it up using your PC and the EZ-RC™...
- Page 8 Can’t find a code that works your device (or one that does everything you want it to do)? Use the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard! The setup wizard lets you enter your device’s model number to find exactly the right code for your device. If you find a code that does most of what you want to do with a device, you can learn additional keys from your original...
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Page 9: Using The Remote
How to see what you’ve set up so far If you’re not sure what devices you’ve already added to the remote, press the (Devices) shortcut key on the remote at the beginning of device setup (in the “What is it?” or “Select brand” screens). Use the slider bar to browse through the devices you’ve already programmed. - Page 10 Installing the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard Quick Look: > System Requirements > Install the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard > Launch the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard > Sign in > Connect your remote Make sure your PC satisfies system requirements Minimum hardware requirements •...
- Page 11 Install the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard Launch the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard. Sign into the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard. Installing the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Wizard Insert the CD-ROM that came with your Xsight™ Touch into your PC. The EZ- RC™...
- Page 12 Connect your remote when prompted If you see a progress bar in the corner of the screen... It means your remote’s firmware is being updated. Don’t disconnect the remote! The Xsight™ Touch is constantly being updated and improved, to get the latest codes and provide the most advanced functionality available.
- Page 13 Installing the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Wizard In the first setup screen after you’ve connected your remote, check the Upload and edit a setup from your remote option. Then confirm that you want to proceed. This tells the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard that you want to save the settings you created during the on- remote setup.
- Page 14 Activities Quick Look: > Set up the Hello activity (all on) > Set up the Good Night activity (all off) > Set up a Watch Movie activity > Set up a Watch Satellite or Cable activity Set up your first activities Activities give you one-touch control over your entire home theater...watch movies, your favorite TV shows, listen to music, all with the touch of a button.
- Page 15 Add a Hello activity. Activities In the main menu, click Activities and select Add an activity from the submenu. Choose Smart Wizard Then click the button to continue. A screen appears showing you the steps you’ll go through to set up the activity using the Smart Wizard.
- Page 16 Configure the Hello activity for your devices. Set the power on commands Once you’ve given the Hello activity the name you want (or left it as “Hello”), the next Wizard screen lets you set how each of your devices are powered on. Use the pull-down menu for each device to set that device’s power-on command.
- Page 17 Test the Hello activity with your devices. 12:35 Press the power button on the next page to turn off or on your devices in this activity. 12:35 12:35 Sony TV Harmon/Kardon Onkyo DVD Audio DirecTV Satellite Box Activities Once your remote is ready to test, the screen to the right appears. Carefully disconnect the remote from your PC.
- Page 18 12:35 Through out the Activity test, point the remote toward your devices. Begin Test 12:35 Reconnect USB to verify Activity. Test again Test the entire activity The next screen lets you test the Hello activity with your entire system. IMPORTANT: Make sure all your devices are off before you start. Also make sure your remote is pointed directly at your home theater.
- Page 19 Finish up the activity. If the activity worked with your remote, you’re just a step from the finish. If the activity did not work as you thought it should, you can use the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard to make adjustments or troubleshoot. Activities Select Yes if the activity worked.
- Page 20 Setting up the Good Night activity (all off) Add a Good Night activity. Choose Smart Wizard. Then click the Next button to continue. A screen appears showing you the steps you’ll go through to set up the activity using the Smart Wizard. Click the Next button to continue. If you’re re-accessing the EZ-RC™...
- Page 21 Configure the Good Night activity for your devices. Activities Set the power off commands Once you’ve given the Good Night activity the name you want (or left it as “Good Night”), the next Wizard screen lets you set how each of your devices are powered off.
- Page 22 Test the Good Night activity with your devices. 12:35 Press the power button on the next page to turn off or on your devices in this activity. 12:35 12:35 Sony TV Harmon/Kardon Onkyo DVD Audio DirecTV Satellite Box Once your remote is ready to test, the screen to the right appears. Carefully disconnect the remote from your PC.
- Page 23 12:35 Through out the Activity test, point the remote toward your devices. Begin Test 12:35 Reconnect USB to verify Activity. Test again Activities Test the entire activity The next screen lets you test the Good Night activity with your entire system. IMPORTANT: Make sure all your devices are off before you start.
- Page 24 Finish up the activity. If the activity worked with your remote, you’re just a step from the finish. If the activity did not work as you thought it should, you can use EZ-RC™ to make adjustments or troubleshoot. Select Yes if the activity worked. Select Make adjustments if you know what needs to be changed (for example, if you noticed one of your devices didn’t turn on).
- Page 25 Setting up a Watch Movie activity The next activities, Watch Movie and Watch Satellite (or Watch Cable), are different from the Hello and Good Night activities. For these activities, you will use the Advanced Wizard. The Advanced Wizard gives you more options to customize these activities to fit exactly the way your home theater is set up.
- Page 26 Add a new activity in the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard. Choose Advanced Wizard For the Watch Movie activity, choose the Advanced Wizard and click the Next button to continue. A screen appears showing you the steps you’ll go through to set up the activity using the Advanced Wizard.
- Page 27 Build the Watch Movie activity for your devices. Activities Once you’ve given the Watch Movie activity the name you want (or left it as “Watch Movie”), the next Wizard screen asks if you want to build the sequence of commands to configure your home entertainment system to watch a movie. Select Yes.
- Page 28 If you see this screen... Don’t worry—the Xsight™ Touch will create this soft key for you. Just click Yes and continue building your activity. 2. Scroll through the commands available for this device. (The list also includes extended functions that the Xsight™ Touch will create if needed.) Find the key(s) that you want to enter for that device.
- Page 29 Activities To change the timing between commands (sometimes useful if a device needs to respond to one command before it can respond to another): click the clock icon in the second line of the command and use the arrows to adjust the number of seconds to wait before giving the next command.
- Page 30 Setting up a Watch Satellite or Watch Cable activity Write down which devices you use to Watch Satellite or Cable. Look at the following example setup for “Watch Satellite”, then fill in the information for this activity in your home theater.
- Page 31 Add a new activity in the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard. Choose Advanced Wizard For the Watch Satellite or Watch Cable activity, choose the Advanced Wizard and click the Next button to continue. A screen appears showing you the steps you’ll go through to set up the activity using the Advanced Wizard.
- Page 32 Build the Watch Satellite or Watch Cable activity for your devices. Once you’ve given this activity the name you want (or left it as-is), the next Wizard screen asks if you want to build the sequence of commands to configure your home entertainment system to watch a movie.
- Page 33 Activities 2. Scroll through the commands available for this device. (The list also includes extended functions that the Xsight™ Touch will create if needed.) Find the key(s) that you want to enter for that device. 3. When you see a key command you want to use, highlight it and press the on-screen arrow button to include it in the list of commands for this activity.
- Page 34 Set the volume/channel/transport controls The final setup screen for the Watch Satellite or Watch Cable activity lets you set which devices you use to change volume and channels, and control playback when you’re watching satellite or cable. To change which device a group of keys controls, click the device listed to display the drop-down menu and select the device you want this group of keys to control.
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Page 35: Using Your Activities
Using your activities 12:35 1. Press the Activities 2. When you start using your home theater—before you turn anything on—choose the Hello Hello activity. 12:35 Good Night Hello 12:35 Assist Watch Movie Activities Back Hello Good Night 3. Choose the home entertainment activity you want to perform (for example, Watch Movie). Watch Movie Need help after a Watch.. - Page 36 What if Assist doesn’t work? If the Assist screens are not helping you find the correct inputs on your devices, check the following: • Is the wrong device changing inputs? Make sure the input key you see on the No Sound/No Picture screen is the correct one for the device you’re trying to change.
- Page 37 Favorites and Profiles Quick Look: > How to make the Xsight™ Touch remote Yours > Create a Family Favorite Channels list > Create individual Profiles for each family member How to make this remote all yours The Xsight™ Touch has powerful customization tools to make this remote truly your own. Favorites gives you access to your Favorite Channels and settings for the whole family.
- Page 38 Set up your favorites. In the main menu, click Favorites and select Set up Favorites from the Favorites submenu. The next screen shows you the steps you’ll complete to set up your favorites. Press Next to continue. Set the device you use to change channels If you subscribe to a satellite programming service, for example, you probably use your satellite box to change channels, not your TV.
- Page 39 Choose your favorite channels. Favorites & Profiles Select a channel Click the scroll bar to find a channel you want to add to your favorites. The channels are listed in alphabetical order. Highlight a channel you want to add, and click the arrow that appears to the left of the channel to add it to your favorites.
- Page 40 Type in the channel number When the channel icon or label appears on the replica remote screen, type in the number for the channel in your programming. Add the next channel Click the next space in the replica remote screen to add another channel to your favorites.
- Page 41 Choose the devices controlled by each section of the remote. Favorites & Profiles In the final step in creating your Favorite channels list, you set what different groups of keys control by default when you’re using your favorite channel list. Set this screen for the way you usually use a remote while watching your favorite channels.
- Page 42 Creating Individual Profiles Once you’ve created the Favorites list, you can create individual profile lists for each member of the family. If you select Yes from the final screen of the Favorites setup wizard, you’re ready to start creating your first profile.
- Page 43 Choose the channels for this profile. Favorites & Profiles Click the scroll bar to find a channel you want to add to this profile. Highlight a channel you want to add, and click the arrow that appears to the left of the channel to add it to this profile.
- Page 44 Choose the devices controlled by each section of the remote. In the final step in creating this profile, you set what different groups of keys control by default when you’re using this profile. This is useful, for example, if the person using this profile prefers to use the surround sound system when watching TV—or if the person using this profile should not use the surround sound system! Once you’ve set up the keys on this screen, you won’t need to switch device modes to control the volume, channels,...
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Page 45: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Most common problems with your Xsight™ Touch can be resolved by trying one of the following solutions. If you have any further questions, please call our help line toll-free at 1-800-276-0509. Initial setup • My remote doesn’t come on automatically when I pick it up. Press the OK key to wake the remote up. -
Page 46: Setting Up Activities
Windows XP users must have Service Pack 3 and .Net 3.5 To find out what service pack version you have: 1. Right click on My Computer on your PC desktop. 2. Choose Properties from the drop-down menu. 3. In the General Tab, the Service Pack is listed under System. To update to SP3: 1. - Page 47 • My Hello activity didn’t work. On the remote screen, press Assist. Then press Power On/Off. Press the key for each device to turn that device on. Use the slider to access more devices. Make sure your remote is pointed directly at your home entertainment devices and that there’s nothing obstructing the path.
- Page 48 Xsight™ and EZ-RC™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Universal Electronics Inc. Windows® is a registered trademark Of Microsoft Corporation. All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. ARRX18G NA Setup 03...