Testing; Downloading To Test Pre-Programmed Ir Commands From The Database; Preparing The List Of Buttons To Be Learned - Home Theater Master MX700 Manual

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Testing

In most home theater systems, you will find that some codes have to be learned. You may have a brand new com-
ponent whose codes are not yet in the Universal Database or you may have most of the codes for a component, but
a few are missing. To find out what you'll need to learn, you must rigorously test all of the codes you have pro-
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grammed using the IR Database and correctly label the buttons that have to be learned. Of course you can simply
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test a button and if it doesn't work, go into learn mode, test the command, relearn as necessary and so on. However,
this wastes much time. The best approach is to download, test all the commands, make a list, then use MXEditor to
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modify labels, delete un-necessary codes
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Downloading to TEST Pre-Programmed IR Commands From The Database

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When you choose Download from the File Menu or click on the Download button of the Toolbar, the Download
window appears.There are two choices for downloading:
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Partial Download - This quickly downloads all of the pre-programmed codes from the database.This stage of pro-
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gramming (before any learning or macro programming has been accomplished) is really the only time you can use this
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option. It does save you time!
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Full Download - This is the normal download you will use most of the time. It takes a little longer, but all com-
mands, macros and programming are downloaded to the remote control.
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Once you've selected a Partial or Full download, click on the Download button.

Preparing the List of Buttons to be Learned

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1 Test ALL Buttons
Begin testing the codes you downloaded to the MX700 remote control. Make sure that you test all but-
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tons (hard buttons and the LCD buttons on each page or every device). Don't try to learn new commands
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yet, wait until you can do all of them at once systematically.
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2 Make a List of all buttons that don't work.
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3 Compare the original remote control to the MX700 - Add missing functions that need to be learned to
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the List.
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