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FCC certification information This product is certified under US FCC ID: YOURXT9000‐18XXE Amulet Devices makes the following representations: This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Per FCC regulation 47 CFR 15.21: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Amulet Devices, as the party responsible for compliance, can void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: – Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna – Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver – Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected – Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help...
Getting started with your Amulet remote 1 Installing your Amulet Remote. 1 First Switch On 5 How to get help. 6 Working with media 8 Common commands 8 Volume Control by voice. 8 Navigation within Screens. 8 Playing Music 9 Artists, Albums & Songs 9 Playlists, Genres and Favorites 13 TV, Videos and Movies 15 Navigation within Media. 15 Movies 16 Videos. 18 Recorded TV / TV Series 20 Live TV / TV Guide 22 Photos 24 Media Center Pages 25 Help Commands 25 ...
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Controlling other bits of equipment 42 Normal Media Center Learning 42 Additional Learned Key Combinations 43 Special Key Combinations 43 A – Z Command reference 44 ...
Chapter Getting started with your Amulet remote This chapter will introduce your Amulet remote and allow you to get going straight‐away. Installing your Amulet Voice Remote. You will find an Installation Guide and Getting Started guide in the shipping box. The details within the Installation guide and quick start guides are reiterated here for reference. If you have already installed and run through the getting started guide you may want to skip this section of the guide.
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2a. Putting in the battery The rechargeable battery for your remote has been removed for shipping. To insert the battery: Hold the remote with the battery The battery cover falls cover facing down. Slide the release downwards and can then be clip towards the top to release the removed. cover. 2b. Putting in the battery Insert the battery with the metal Push down on the back of the battery to clip it in place. Replace contacts face down and facing the top of the remote. the cover. ...
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4. Link the Media Center to the Remote To allow you to use voice commands, the remote is linked to the Media Center through the USB dongle. The dongle can be plugged into any free USB port. When you plug in the dongle it will be recognised as a ...
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Setup will select the correct version. If you see a requester asking if you want to allow the software to make changes to your computer, click Yes. 5b. Install the Software After installation is finished, a demonstration video plays to show you some of the ways you can use your Voice Remote. While the video is playing, Amulet performs a quick initial scan of your media. (A full scan continues in the background, and may take up to an hour to complete.) When the video is over, Media Center will restart. Soon afterwards, you will hear the message “Welcome to Amulet". This means Amulet is ready to respond to your voice commands. ...
Tips for using the remote • Wait until the logo lights solid red before speaking. • Hold the remote 6-8 inches from your mouth. • Lower the remote between commands. • Speak clearly and distinctly to allow the software to learn your voice.
This User Guide is designed as a drop‐in guide for guidance on complex operations that are not covered elsewhere. If you need to do something just look it up in the contents page and go to the step by step instructions for that operation. This guide also provides help in setting up your system to get the best from your Amulet Remote. Finally, if you get into difficulty, this guide is the place to come for troubleshooting advice. Quick Reference Cards The quick reference cards included in the box will help you get started. Keep these handy to try out some commands. Video guides You can access the Amulet user interface pages using the Amulet menu strip available on the Media Center start page. Introductory videos demonstrating how to use the software are located under Help Videos on the Amulet menu strip. The following Videos are available: • Amulet Remote Hardware – Demonstrates the key elements for installation and charging of the remote. • Amulet Introduction.wmv – Plays during installation to introduce the product. • General Help – Provides an overview of the key features of the Voice Remote. • Music Help.wmv – Demonstrates how Amulet lets you control your music. • TV and Video Help.wmv – Demonstrates how Amulet allows you to work with your TV and Videos programs •...
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The keystroke sequences used to achieve operations within Windows Media Center are not cover. For these sequences refer to your Windows Media Center Documentation. Where should you start it your want to understand it all? It is recommended that you read the Common Commands section first to be familiar with these before looking at particular media types. You can also read in sequence if you want to be familiar with all operations before starting. If something is not doing what you expect, check the troubleshooting topics. What are all the red bits? The command descriptions within the guide have the following syntax: Curved ( ) brackets around a set of words means that only one of these can be said following a command word Square [ ] brackets around a word or words means that the words are optional Curly { } brackets around a set of words indicates that the enclosed words should be substituted by an appropriate phase, such as "Black Eyed Peas", to make a selection What can I say and when? Within the guide commands are grouped by Media type. This is for ease of understanding. In general all commands can be spoken at all times. For example, you do not need to be in the music screen before you can select an artist. Similarly, you do not need to be in the Recorded TV screen to select a TV program. You can speak commands at any time. ...
Chapter Working with media This chapter will explain how to access and control each of the key media elements of the system. Common commands The following commands are common to all areas. Volume Control by voice. Volume OLUME N ULL OLUME OFT OLUME UIET ORMAL OLUME OLUME P OUD ...
Playing Music To get an overview of how Amulet allows you to work with music watch the Video “Music Help” from the help video icon on the Amulet Strip in Windows Media Center. To see your music collections just say: ...
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Begins play of music by a randomly selected artist. Loads LAY OMEONE HOW NOTHER RTIST the selected artist’s albums and songs for selection. Selection can be made either by the artist name or the associated number. Loads the selected artist’s albums and songs for selection. HOW OMEONE Selection can be made either by the artist name or the associated number. Show or hide song name display. This display automatically HOW IDE RTISTS appears when an Album is selected. LBUM ESCRIPTION ...
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ESCRIPTION } Plays the selected Song by the currently displayed artist. LAY ONG SONG NAME } LAY ONG UMBER SONG NUMBER SONG The name of a song in your music library by the most recently selected musical artist or band. For example, in order to listen to Beautiful Day by U2, you first select the artist with “Play Artist U2” and then select the song, “Play Song Beautiful Day”. When the Recognize Partial Song & Album Names setting is enabled, saying only part of the song name is enough to select it. SONG The number of a song in your music library by the most recently selected musical artist or band. Song numbers are shown in the song window on the Amulet Music Page, displayed when you say “Show Songs”. XAMPLES LAY ONG OMETHING SO ...
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LAYBACK ONTROL ESCRIPTION Voice equivalent of standard Media control operations TOP ONG TOP RACK AUSE ONG AUSE RACK ONTINUE EXT REVIOUS EXT REVIOUS RACK AST ORWARD AST ORWARD RACK ...
Playlists, Genres and Favorites LAYLISTS ESCRIPTION ? A selection of your playlists is spoken back to you. HAT LAYLISTS O ? HAT LAYLISTS AN If you say this again further suggestions are ELL E Y LAYLISTS made. ELL E BOUT LAYLISTS ? HAT RE HE LAYLISTS ...
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ENRES ESCRIPTION ? A selection of your playlists is spoken back to you. If HAT ENRE O ? you say this again additional suggestions are made. HAT ENRE AN ELL E Y ENRE ELL E BOUT ENRE ? HAT RE HE ENRE ] Plays the selected Genre. LAY ENRE GENRE NAME ...
TV, Videos and Movies To get an overview of how Amulet allows you to work with music watch the Video “TV and Video Help” from the help video icon on the Amulet Strip in Windows Media Center. O O ...
KIP VER KIPS FORWARD A DEFINED AMOUNT IN RECORDED TV TO AVOID ADS Movies AVIGATE OVIE ESCRIPTION ] Displays a list of Movies. O O OVIES O O ILMS HOW OVIES HOW ILMS ...
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} Displays details of the named movie. HOW OVIE MOVIE NAME } HOW ILM MOVIE NAME } Removes the named Movie from your collection. Amulet ELETE OVIE MOVIE NAME will confirm that you wish to delete the movie. } ELETE ILM MOVIE NAME LAYBACK ONTROL ESCRIPTION ] Voice equivalent of standard media control operations. TOP RACK ] AUSE RACK ...
Recorded TV / TV Series AVIGATE TO ECORDED ESCRIPTION ] Displays a list of Recorded TV Programs. O O ROGRAMS ] O O ECORDED ] O O ROGRAMS HOW ROGRAMS TV HOW ECORDED ...
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} ELETE ERIES PROGRAM NAME LAYBACK ONTROL ESCRIPTION Voice equivalent of standard media control TOP ROGRAM AUSE ROGRAM operations. ONTINUE ] EXT REVIOUS RACK ] AST ORWARD RACK ] AST EVERSE RACK ] EWIND RACK ] ...
Live TV / TV Guide TV IVE ESCRIPTION ] Starts to play the named Live TV Channel. O O ] Starts to play the named Live TV Channel. O O UIDE Starts to play the named Live TV Channel. ATCH HANNEL CHANNEL } ...
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LAYBACK ONTROL ESCRIPTION Voice equivalent of standard media control TOP ROGRAM AUSE ROGRAM operations. LAY ROGRAM ONTINUE ] EXT REVIOUS RACK ] AST ORWARD RACK ] AST EVERSE RACK ] EWIND RACK ] AST EWIND ...
TVTIME TIME OF DAY WHEN A PROGRAM MIGHT BE BROADCAST IMES ARE GIVEN IN 12‐ 24‐ THE HOUR OR HOUR CLOCK AND HAVE FIVE MINUTE GRANULARITY XAMPLE TIMES O’C 9:30 INCLUDE LOCK 23:45. ] ECORD HIS ROGRAM ] ECORD HAT ROGRAM ...
Media Center Pages EDIA ENTER ESCRIPTION Display the media Center Movie page. O O EDIA HOW EDIA ] O O TART ] O O ETTINGS ] O O CREEN AVER ] O O ORE ROGRAMS ...
Voice Typing ELP ESCRIPTION TART YPING TOP YPING } YPE N LETTERS } ROWSE O LETTERS N YPING ESCRIPTION } LETTERS ORKING WITH DIALOG BOXES ESCRIPTION ...
ELECT ROFILE PROFILE HIS S PROFILE Refreshing and updating the Media Indexes. PDATE INDIVIDUAL NDEXES ESCRIPTION ‐ PDATE NDEX INDEX HOTOS ‐ PDATE NDEX INDEX ...
Chapter Troubleshooting This chapter will explain how to overcome typical issues you may experience. What to do if Amulet does not respond to commands correctly. The Amulet Remote is designed to recognize 98% of people at installation time. If you experience issues with Amulet recognizing your particular voice then there are several things you can do. The Amulet program group gives you access to the relevant tools. Select Start Menu‐>All Programs‐>Amulet Devices ‐>Speech Setup. This gives access to three tools which should be used in the following order: Audio Output settings This option allows you to confirm that the recording levels are correct to get good voice recognition. If you select this option you will see a tabbed display for the playback and recording devices on the system. Select recording devices and speak into the amulet remote. Check that the green level meter fills a significant part of the slider. If this is not the case you will need to run the setup wizard again to reset the recording level. Try speaking more quietly during the setup to allow your system to boost recording levels. Sound Recorder This option allows you to confirm that there are no external interference sources interfering with voice recognition. If you select this option you will invoke the Microsoft voice recorder. Start the recorder and speak several commands. Stop the recording, saving the recorded speech to your desktop or another convenient place. Now replay this recording to confirm there are no distortions in the playback. If the recording is distorted try to identify interference sources close to the media center and re‐run the setup wizard to reset the remote’s input levels to remove this distortion. ...
Logo not lighting up at all Check the battery installation and place the remote on charge. See the installation section of this document and the Amulet Remote Hardware video for guidance. Microphone Level not going up when Speaking Check that the Amulet Voice Remote is the default audio input device. Restart Media Center after this is corrected. Logo flashing red while tilted Move the remote close to the USB dongle. Check that a solid or flashing blue LED can be seen on the dongle. If not, plug the dongle into a different USB port. If the dongle light remains flashing blue when the remote's logo is flashing red, try recharging your remote. If the problem persists, check out the PAIRING section below. Re-pairing the remote to the USB dongle. During the manufacture process a particular USB Dongle is linked to a particular Voice Remote. In the unlikely event that the link established between the USB Dongle and the Voice Remote is broken or you need to pair to a new USB Dongle please follow the following procedure. To complete this procedure you will need a paper clip or similar thin piece of metal to reach the pairing buttons on the USB dongle and Voice Remote. The diagrams below show the locations of the pairing buttons on the USB Dongle and the Voice Remote. To access the pairing button on the voice remote you will need to remove the battery compartment cover. Follow the instruction in section to do this. If you are having difficulties watch the Amulet Remote Hardware video to see this done. ...
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Place the USB Dongle in pairing mode. This is done by slotting the USB Dongle into the Media Center and then pushing and holding the pairing button on the USB dongle, until it starts to flash rapidly. At this point remove the paper clip. The USB Dongle is now ready to receive the pairing request from the Voice Remote. To get the Voice Remote to issue the pairing request you must push the pairing button on the remote until the light on the USB goes solid. At this point the USB dongle and Voice Remote have been paired. You can now retry the operation you have an issue with previously. ...
C O M M A N D R E F E R E N C E Chapter All the Buttons Explained. This chapter will explain what all the Buttons do and how you can control stuff beyond your Media Center. The Amulet Logo The circular logo at the top of the Amulet remote lights in different colors, to show what the remote is doing: Microphone on, listening for ON speech commands Unable to establish wireless microphone link: check USB dongle ...
The Standby button is included in this functional group even though the button is placed on a different part of the remote control (to prevent the user from accidentally pressing the button when using the remote control).
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TV Power This button performs addition the action the user has controlling configured Windows Media Windows Sleep button. Center, the remote can control Typically, that action puts TV power. See the section on Windows Media Center computer into controlling other...
C O M M A N D R E F E R E N C E Chapter Amulet Setting - Customizing your experience. This chapter will explain how to customize your Amulet experience using the Settings page on the Amulet Strip within Media Center. <General> Welcome Message – Define what is said when the Amulet software starts. Default : “Welcome To Amulet” Start Page – Select an Amulet Page to Go To after the Amulet Software starts. Default : “Welcome To Amulet” Automatically Show Song Window – Include totals against each category. Default : “Yes” Ad Skip Duration – Define how much to skip forward when the “...
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C O M M A N D R E F E R E N C E <Listener> Speaker’s Profile ‐ Set the speech profile to be loaded when Media Center starts. Spoken Command Prefix (optional) – Set a prefix to be used before commands. This is optional but may help with recognition accuracy. Learn Speaker’s Voice – Set the system to continue to learn as you speak or to stop learning. It can be useful to turn this off to allow more voices to be recognized. Show Speech Commands – Control whether speech commands are shown on the screen as they are recognized. Spoken Commands Confidence Level – Define the % confidence that a recognition match must have to be acted on. Default : 70% Music Commands Confidence Level ‐ Define the % confidence that a recognition match must have to be acted on within the Music screen. Default : 60% Profile Commands Confidence Level Define the % confidence that a recognition match must have to be acted on when selecting a user profile. Can be helpful to adjust this is the voice are types are diverse. Alternatively you can use the profile button. Default : 30% <Talker>...
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C O M M A N D R E F E R E N C E <Talker Volumes> Adjust Volume While Talking – Decide whether the audio tracks for music and visual Playback are lowered when Amulet is delivering a audio response. Normal Music Volume ‐ % of 100% Volume Level Music Volume While Talking ‐ % of 100% Volume Level Normal Video Volume ‐ % of 100% Volume Level Video Volume While Talking ‐ % of 100% Volume Level <General Volumes> Full Volume ‐ % of 100% Volume Level Loud Volume ‐ % of 100% Volume Level Normal Volume ‐ % of 100% Volume Level Medium Volume ‐ % of 100% Volume Level Soft Volume ‐ % of 100% Volume Level ...
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C O M M A N D R E F E R E N C E <Extras> Panel Options – Change the look of the Amulet Movie and TV screens. ALL – Highlight each area in own panel (Default) INFO – Highlight the Info Panel MENU – Highlight the Info Panel NONE – Do not apply Highlights. Numbered Lists – Include numbers with item names. Show Totals for Lists – Include totals against each category. Recognize Partial Song and Album Names – Enable Partial matching of item names for music. Default: Enabled Recognize Partial TV and Movie Names – Enable Partial matching of item names for Movies and TV. Default: Enabled Recognize Partial Photo Names – Enable Partial matching of item names for Photos. Default: Enabled Default music page – Specify what page you want to go to if you select music from the TV or Movies. ...
C O M M A N D R E F E R E N C E Chapter Working with Multiple speakers. This chapter will explain how to use Voice profiles to support multiple speakers with your Amulet Voice remote. The Amulet Remote is designed to recognize 98% of people at installation time. It uses a learning algorithm to learn your voice as you use it. If several people with very different voices will be using your Amulet Remote you should consider the use of voice profiles to improve each individuals experience rather than using the same profile for everyone. Speech profiles allow multiple speakers to be supported. Watch the video “Speech Profile Help” to see how to use and setup voice profiles. At installation a single “Default” profile is created but additional profiles can be created and. Once setup, Speech profiles can be selected via voice or if the individuals using the remote are too diverse via the Profile Button on the Remote. When the Profile Button is pressed, the name of the current profile is spoken. Each subsequent button press will select an alternative profile. To setup a voice profile you will need to access the speech properties page. The simplest way to get there is to use Amulet. Simply say, “ ” ...
C O M M A N D R E F E R E N C E The Voice Profile Button and Voice Profile Commands When the Profile Button is pressed, the current profile is identified as " speaker " < > HIS IS while newly loaded profiles are just referred to as "<speaker>". If you want to know what profile is active simply ask Amulet : THIS? LISTENING ...
C O M M A N D R E F E R E N C E Chapter Optimizing your Media setup This chapter will give some guidance and tips on how best to setup your Media to allow voice selection. One of the critical elements in getting the best from your Voice Remote is to arrange your media to make it available for voice selection. Amulet identifies three forms of video files: DVDs (stored in VIDEO_TS folders on the hard drive) Videos (stored in .avi, .mkv, .wmv, and other files) Recorded TV programs (stored in .dvr_ms or .wtv files) Amulet uses a combination of filename, foldername, embedded metadata and online databases to determine where each video file should be grouped in the Amulet media hierarchy, and what is the most appropriate spoken vocabulary name to use. Generally, an item's title is used as its vocabulary name, though for episodes, both the series title and episode title are recognised. Movies: Anything recorded from TV, where the TV guide metadata says its a movie Any video files or DVD folders where the filename gives a successful result at TheMovieDB.org Movies grouped according to genre, as reported by TheMovieDB.org TV Series: Anything recorded from TV which is marked as episodic in the TV guide ...
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C O M M A N D R E F E R E N C E DVD title is taken from the parent name folder, or from a dvdid.xml file if present Additional metadata is downloaded from TheMovieDB.org Home Movies: Any video filename of the form abcd#### (e.g. DSCF1234.AVI) Any video filename of the form MOV##### (e.g. MOV00123.AVI) Any video stored using motion JPEG compression internally Videos are grouped according to parent folder name Unsorted: All other videos or DVD Videos are grouped according to parent folder name ...
Notes • By default, the VOL + and VOL - buttons on the remote control for Media Center PC control the system volume on your computer, and the TV button has no command assigned to it until it “learns” one.
C O M M A N D R E F E R E N C E 2. Press the OK button twice. The logo on the remote will go a solid Blue for a few seconds and then flash and go off. Following this operation, the TV button will have no command assigned to it and the VOL + and VOL – buttons will adjust the Media Center PC system volume. Additional Learned Key Combinations In addition to the standard Media Center programmable buttons the Amulet Voice Remote allows up to 4 remapping schemes for the buttons on the remote to conrol more devices and more functions. Learn a Key OK+DVD ‐> Enters learning mode. Then press TV/Power, Vol+, Vol‐, or MusicNote immediately to train that button in Media Center mode. Alternatively, press a coloured button (red, green, yellow, blue) followed by any other button to train that button when the appropriate coloured keymap is selected. Once selected, the LED will flash Cyan; point the slave remote towards the Amulet IR learning window on the side, then press the slave button being taught to the Amulet until the flashing LED goes solid. ...
C O M M A N D R E F E R E N C E Appendix A – Z Command reference This Appendix gives a breakdown of all possible commands...
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A-Z SPEECH VOCABULARY Index Music Index Slideshows Index Dvds Be Quiet Index Photos Browse To Index Tv Back Jump Back {Number} Minutes Cancel Jump Forward {Number} Minutes Continue Jump Over Ads Jump To {Number} Seconds Delete <Mediaitem> Jump Back {Number} Seconds Jump Forward {Number} Seconds Jump To {Number} Minutes Fast Rewind Jump To (Start, Middle Or End) Fast Forward Track Finish Fast Reverse Track Fast Forward Maximise Media Center Full Volume Next Chapter Go Back [1 To 9]) Next Song Go Left [1 To 9] Next Go To Dvds Next Day/Previous Day Go To More Programs Name That Song Go To Music Albums Next Page Go To Music Songs ...
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A-Z SPEECH VOCABULARY Play Tv Program {Program Name} Stop Video Play Track Set Media Center Fullscreen Play Video Number {Number} Show Dvd {Dvd Name} Previous Track Show Music Queue Pause Program Show Speech Pause Song Silence Play Another Song Skip Back {Number} Seconds Play Another Genre Play/Show Genre Number X Skip Forward {Number} Seconds Previous Skip To {Number} Minutes Skip To (Start, Middle Or End) Stop Track Quiet Soft Volume Show Artists Rate That [As] [1‐5] Stars Show Genres Re‐Index Channel Names Show (Program | Tv Program | Tv Show) <X> Re‐Index Music Show Playlists / Show Genres / Hide Playlists / Hide Re‐Index Slideshows Genres Rate This As Xxxx Record <Channel> At <Time> Record <Channel> At <Time> On <Date> Type In Rate This Song [As] [1‐5] Stars Type Clear Rate This Song. ...
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