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6101 Gateway Drive, Cypress, CA 90630-4841, USA. www.uei.com

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  • Page 1 User Manual 6101 Gateway Drive, Cypress, CA 90630-4841, USA. www.uei.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Nevo™ User Manual Table of Contents About Nevo... 2 Understanding infrared technology ... 3 The home page explained ... 4 Quick reference to icons and buttons ... 5 Setting up a device ... 8 Setting up a room... 10 Setting up a favorite ... 12 Creating an activity...

  • Page 3: About Nevo

    PDA into a sophisticated and easy-to-use wireless home control and automation device. With Nevo, accessing every infrared (IR) controlled device in the home or office has never been easier or faster. Control more than 20 device types, such as televisions, VCRs, DVDs, audio, lights, fans, and other home automation devices.

  • Page 4: Understanding Infrared Technology

    Understanding infrared technology Infrared (IR) technology allows devices to communicate without wires. Using the beam of infrared light from an electronic display, such as your PDA, Nevo can connect with any office, entertainment or home automation equipment that supports infrared technology, giving you the freedom to wirelessly access and control your devices.

  • Page 5: The Home Page Explained

    Nevo™ User Guide The home page explained The device wheel in the middle of the home page shows all the available devices. The Power button ( ) turns on the device at the top of the wheel. Above the device wheel are icons for the page types: home (...

  • Page 6: Quick Reference To Icons And Buttons

    Main contents Device wheel icons The device wheel fills the center of the Nevo home page. Power icon. This icon turns the power on or off for the device at the top of the wheel. Two icons on the wheel let you add devices and activities.

  • Page 7: Configuration Icons

    Nevo™ User Guide Add devices icon. This icon starts the device setup wizard, which allows you to tell Nevo which device you want to control. Add activities icon. This icon starts the activities wizard, which allows you to set up a one touch macro to issue commands to multiple devices when switching activities like watching DVD.
  • Page 8 Nevo™ User Guide Cycle button ( on the KeyGuide). This button changes page types and cycles between home ( ), control screen(s) ( Page button ( on the KeyGuide). This button changes control screen pages. Another way to change pages is to tap one of the arrow icons at the bottom of the control screen.

  • Page 9: Setting Up A Device

    Nevo™ User Guide Setting up a device Before you can use Nevo to control a device, you must add the device to the device wheel. Each device has a control code that identifies its characteristics. Nevo provides device control codes for thousands of brands of devices. You can download more device control codes from MyNevo.com.
  • Page 10 Choose an icon (image) for the device A preset icon for each device is built into Nevo. This page allows you to change this icon to one of the other standard icons or to an icon you downloaded from the Internet.

  • Page 11: Setting Up A Room

    Main contents Room setup - room image A preset image for each room is built into Nevo. This page allows you to change this image to one of the other standard room images. Tap the arrow to open the room images list and select an image, for example, Living Room.
  • Page 12 Nevo™ User Guide Defining devices for the room Tap the room icon at the bottom of your screen and select the room, for example Home Office. Tap the add devices icon ( ) or tap > Add Device... to start the Device Wizard.

  • Page 13: Setting Up A Favorite

    Tap the correct key sequence for the channel, for example 0 4. If your device requires you to press Enter on a standard remote control, include Enter in your key sequence, for example 0 4 Enter. Nevo records your key sequence. When you are finished entering the key sequence, tap and select Stop.
  • Page 14 Nevo™ User Guide and test to see if the key sequence works. Then tap Type a label for the favorite, for example the name of the channel. Main contents Add favorite - select channel In this page, you associate the channel number with the name, source, and icon you defined in the previous steps.

  • Page 15: Creating An Activity

    Nevo™ User Guide Creating an activity After setting up individual devices, you can program Nevo to turn on more than one device at a time. For example, Nevo can turn on your CD player, begin playing your favorite track, turn on the lights, and dim them all in one continuous operation.
  • Page 16 Nevo™ User Guide After entering your keystrokes, tap and select Stop. Tap Test to test your keystrokes. Tap Finish Wizard to continue the activity setup. Creating an activity Changing an activity Main contents Activity setup - finish Type a label for your activity, for example Turn on TV and DVD.

  • Page 17: Accommodating Preferences

    User setup - introduction You can set up multiple users for Nevo. If the members of your family want to specify their own preferences, set up a user profile for each person. Then each person can set up their own favorites.

  • Page 18: Downloading Device Codes And Key Functions

    Nevo™ User Guide Downloading device codes and key functions If you cannot find the correct setup code or key functions for your device in Nevo, you can download additional codes and functions from MyNevo.com. To download device codes and key functions, register as a user at http://www.MyNevo.com.
  • Page 19 Nevo™ User Guide Downloading key functions See the instructions on MyNevo.com's device advanced keys download center. The first time you set up Nevo to synchronize with ActiveSync, you need to perform the following steps to ensure a smooth synchronization with MyNevo.com: •...
  • Page 20 Nevo™ User Guide Once you've downloaded the graphics and your Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC has synchronized up the files, go to your device. If you downloaded new buttons and activate any of the key wizards (add, edit, etc.) your downloaded key graphic will appear on the pull-down list in the key button selection area.

  • Page 21: Making Changes

    Nevo™ User Guide Making changes If you upgrade or replace a device you can change its setup information. You can also change a stored favorite channel or track, change room information, edit keys to perform different functions, edit user preferences or change a key sequence that you set up as an activity.

  • Page 22: Editing User Preferences

    Nevo™ User Guide In the Activity Wizard, make sure you check the "Record a new sequence of keystrokes?" box if you want to change keystrokes. After entering your keystrokes, tap and select Stop. Tap Test to test your keystrokes. Tap Finish Wizard to continue the favorites setup.
  • Page 23 Tap Finish Wizard to continue the activity setup. Main contents Adding, Editing or Learning function keys Nevo simplifies creating custom control pages by allowing you to add or edit function keys on a page Adding a key and select Add Key from the Customize Controls menu.
  • Page 24 Main contents Copy, Moving and Deleting keys Nevo simplifies creating custom control pages by allowing you to copy, move, and delete function keys between devices within the same room. For instance you can copy or add keys to an existing device page or you can create an extra page on your device and your most used keys to it.

  • Page 25: Moving Keys

    Nevo™ User Guide Moving keys and select Move Key from the Customize Home menu. Follow the on-screen instructions for moving a key and then placing it on your custom page. NOTE: You need to have a blank space on your page to drop your moved key to.

  • Page 26: Deleting Devices, Activities And Rooms

    Nevo™ User Guide Deleting devices, activities and rooms To delete a device, tap its icon, tap and select Delete Device... To delete an activity, tap its icon, tap and select Delete Activity... To delete a room, tap the room icon at the bottom of your screen and select the room you want to delete, for example, Master Bedroom.

  • Page 27: Key Icons Defined

    Nevo™ User Guide Key Icons Defined TV/Video Last Channel Up Channel Down Mute Volume Down Volume Up Wide Screen Menu Exit Picture in Picture On Picture in Picture Swap Picture in Picture Off Right Left ©1999-2002 Universal Electronics Inc. www.MyNevo.com...
  • Page 28 Nevo™ User Guide Down Audio Input Play Stop Rewind Forward Previous Track Next Track Pause Record/Eject Record Eject Guide Page Up Page Down ©1999-2002 Universal Electronics Inc. www.MyNevo.com...
  • Page 29 Nevo™ User Guide Info Select Display Enter Brighten All On All Off Main contents ©1999-2002 Universal Electronics Inc. www.MyNevo.com...

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