Additional Features Your ARi3G remote has other features, described later in this manual: • Code Search • Volume Lock • Input Select • Learning Getting Started Step 1: Unpack Your ARi3G remote package contains: • The ARi3G Remote Control • The ARi3G User Guide •...
® to control with the MEDIA key, you don’t need to program the key. If, however, you want to use the MEDIA key with a different device, follow the directions below to program the ARi03G to control that device. Direct Programming To set up the ARi3G to control your device: 1. Find the code for your brand of device in the accompanying code list. Codes are listed by brand name. Make sure...
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that the device you want to control is switched on (not in standby). 2. Press the device key for the device you want to control (TV for a television, AUD for an audio receiver, or MEDIA for a docking station) to select the device. 3.
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7. Turn your device back on and try all the remote’s functions to ensure they are working properly. If the functions work properly: Congratulations! You’ve programmed this key. If the functions do not work properly: Repeat steps 1-5 using another code listed under your brand.
Did your device turn off? Yes: Press and hold the Menu key until the device key (e.g., TV) blinks twice. This indicates that the code has been saved. No: Repeat step 5 again. 6. Try the following keys with your device: If these keys work your device, you’ve finished programming this device key.
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3. Press The device key blinks twice. 4. To see the code for the first digit, press Count the number of indicator blinks (for example, three blinks = 3), and write down the number in the appropriate code listing at the top of this column.
Tour of the Remote The Power key turns your devices both on and off. The Active Device Key flashes blue to show the remote is working. The MEDIA key allows the remote to control a docking station or Apple TV product. This key is set by default to control Apple TV or other Apple remote-controlled products.
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The Volume down and up keys operate just as on your original remote control. Track +, rewind, fast forward, track –, stop, or play/pause on the current disc or media device. The transport keys also work as the number keys on your remote:...
Programming a Learned Key NOTE: If more than 10 seconds pass between key presses, the remote exits programming. 1. Place the ARi3G remote head-to-head (about 2” apart) from your original remote control. Also locate the key (on your original remote control) that you...
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5. Hold the teaching remote close to your ARi3G remote’s IR LED and press the key to be taught. Continue to press the teaching key until the ARi3G mode key blinks twice. The ARi3G will then illuminate all of its backlighting—this...
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Deleting a Single Learned Key This process returns the key to its original programming for the mode you select. You can also delete learned programming by teaching a different function to the key (see “Programming a Learned Key” ). NOTE: If more than 10 seconds pass between key presses, the remote exits programming.
Volume Lock allows you to control the volume through the device you use to turn system volume up or down, regardless of which mode you are using. On the ARi3G remote, Global Volume Lock is preset to TV, so you can control TV volume while in the AUD or MEDIA mode.
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5. The light blinks 4 times. Now, after you select a device that has volume unlocked (e.g., MEDIA), pressing the (mute), will control only that device’s volume. Unlocking All Volume Control (Restoring Global Unlock) Performing these instructions will set independent volume control for all programmed devices.
Media mode. For example, if you have your media device connected to the HDMI1 input on your TV, the ARi3G tells the TV to go to the HDMI1 input when you press the Input key in Media mode. To use this capability on your ARi3G, your TV or audio device must have direct input capability.
Using Master Power On/Off The ARi3G remote has a unique feature that allows you to sequentially turn up to 3 of your home entertainment devices on or off with a single key press. NOTE: MASTER POWER only works in the MEDIA mode.
Menu until MEDIA blinks once and remains lit (it goes off when you release Menu). The Tilt Switch Your ARi3G remote is equipped with a tilt switch that automatically enables electroluminescent (EL) backlighting of your remote whenever you move it. By default the tilt switch is enabled.
To Enable the Tilt Switch 1. Press and hold until the backlighting blinks twice, then release. 2. Press The backlighting flashes four times. The tilt switch is now activated: the backlighting will come on when you move the remote. Resetting Your Remote To reset all the functions of the remote control to the factory defaults (the original, out-of-the-box settings), follow...
Pairing Pairing Apple TV with the ARi3G Remote 1. Choose Settings from the Apple TV main menu. 2. Choose Pair Remote Control. When you’ve successfully paired your Apple Remote, Apple TV displays a chainlink symbol above a picture of a remote. Apple TV now works only with the paired remote.
Problem: The remote does not control my device. Solution: Press the device key on the ARi3G remote to make sure the remote is in the right mode to control the device you want to control. The device key should blink when you press a key in that mode.
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Solution: The remote must be programmed to control devices other than your Apple TV. Refer to “Step 3: Program the ARi3G” on page 4 for details. Problem: Volume keys do not control the volume on my audio receiver or TV when the remote is in MEDIA mode.
12 Month Limited Warranty Audiovox Electronics Corporation (the “Company”) warrants to the original retail purchaser of this product that should this product or any part thereof, under normal use and conditions, be proven defective in material or workmanship within 12 months from the date of original purchase, such defect(s) will be repaired or replaced with a new or refurbished product (at the Company’s option) without charge for parts and repair labor.