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  • Page 1 Xtender Installation Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Welcome Chapter 1 Now You Can Setup Overview What You Need Basic Definitions Remote Lights – Understand What the Remote is Trying to Tell You Installing the SuperCombiner Chapter 2 Locate Your Cable/Satellite TV Box Locate the Splitter Find the main Cable Feed Connecting the SuperCombiner Installing the Extender Chapter 3...

  • Page 3: Chapter 1 Welcome

    Chapter 1 Welcome to the World of Whole-Home Entertainment Choices The BOCS Xtender will allow you and your family to Xtend the entertainment options from your main system to all the TVs in your home. This sounds like a simple proposition, but until now you could only do this by adding redundant equipment or have a very expensive and complicated audio/video distribution system installed in your home.

  • Page 4: What You Need

    Wiring Pack - SuperCombiner - Welcome Anything like a DVD player, VCR, TiVo DVR, Cable box or other device that you plug into Xtender to watch throughout your home The main Xtender device – looks like a small A/V device with...
  • Page 5 – Alternating flash of power button light and Xtender Channel lights (Red/Green/Blue) – this occurs if the remote is too far from the Xtender – either move closer to the Xtender or purchase a BOCS Repeater to Xtend the range of your wireless remotes.

  • Page 6: What's On The Front Panel

    What’s on the Front Panel? 1. Learning Window 2. Xtender Activity Lights 3. Remote “Pair” Button Welcome Xtender has the ability to learn remote control codes just in case you can’t find one in our remotes that works. There is a simple procedure to follow in the “Programming the Remote”...
  • Page 7 What’s on the Back Panel? 1. Power 2. Reset Button 3. Red Channel Input 4. Red Channel IR Output 5. Red Channel Video Output 6. Green Channel Input 7. Blue Channel Input 8. Green Channel IR Output 9. Blue Channel IR Output 10.
  • Page 8 1. Xtender Channel Activity Lights – blink when you send a command to one of the devices connected to Xtender. For instance if you press the Red BOCS channel button, then push play the red light flashes letting you know that the play command went to the Red channel.

  • Page 9: Installation Overview

    Step 1 – Install SuperCombiner The SuperCombiner is a device that is installed just before your main home “root splitter” to distribute your new BOCS channels all over your home. In this step you will: Decide where to put your Xtender.

  • Page 10: Installing The Supercombiner

    Step 1 Installing the SuperCombiner Chapter 2 Select Location for the Xtender Minimum Location Requirements • Coaxial cable outlet nearby • AC power nearby Likely Locations – Choose One: • If you already have a stack of A/V equipment in one place (TiVo DVR, cable box, satellite box, DVR, DVD jukebox etc.), you can put Xtender on top of that stack of equipment.

  • Page 11: Locate Your Cable/Satellite Tv Box

    room name in your cable splitter box. If not, we provide a tool in the installation kit so you can find the right wire. To find the right wire, we apply power to that coax wire so that an indicator light on the other end can identify when the correct wire is found.

  • Page 12: Locate The Splitter

    Locate the Splitter It will be in your cable box and will likely look like one of the following. And it will have wires hooked into most or all of its connectors, so it might be behind a cluttered mess. Find the Powered Cable The cable that was powered in the previous step should be connected to one of the outputs of the splitter.

  • Page 13: Connecting The Supercombiner

    Connecting the SuperCombiner • Plug the cable you located with the Cable Finder Tool in the step above into the Xtender port of the SuperCombiner. • Unplug the IN cable from your current splitter and connect it to the RF IN on the SuperCombiner.

  • Page 14: Connect Xtender

    Center, VCR, VOD box, or anything else with composite audio/video output. Default settings on your Xtender are: • Red Channel – Tivo with a cable box • Green Channel – TiVo DVR • Blue Channel – DVD player or DVD changer Installing the Xtender...

  • Page 15: Red Channel Setup

    Red Channel Set Up • TiVo DVR with a cable box that it controls Connect the Device to the Xtender Connect the Audio/Video output of the device to the inputs on the Red channel of the Xtender. (white and red are audio Left and Right, yellow is composite video) Let’s start with a more difficult one –...

  • Page 16: Green Channel Setup

    Repeat the same steps as the Red Channel. That is, connect your TiVo device to Xtender by plugging the Audio/Video connectors from the audio/video outputs on the DVD player to the inputs on Xtender’s Green Channel. Connect the “IR Blaster”...

  • Page 17: Blue Channel Setup

    Default DVD Player/Changer Connect the Device to the Xtender As an example, we will connect a DVD player to the Blue Channel. Repeat the same steps as the Red Channel. That is, connect your DVD device to Xtender by plugging the Audio/Video connectors from the audio/video outputs on the DVD player to the inputs on Xtender’s Blue Channel.
  • Page 18 Using the RED Channel Out A/V cable connection allows you to pass the A/V device through to your TV for the best possible picture – many people connect their cable DVR box to the Red channel and when watching cable on the TV next to Xtender use the “Video”...

  • Page 19: Programming The Remotes

    You can check to see if a remote is bound to Xtender – just go stand in front of the Xtender and press the “BOCS-Red” channel button on the remote. If the red light on the remote blinks once and the red light on Xtender blink once, it is paired.
  • Page 20 • If the TV does not turn off or on enter the next five digit code – keep trying codes until you find the one that works best with your TV Important you will repeat these steps for each room/TV where you want a BOCS remote control, but for now go to step 3. Important We highly recommend that you try out all the buttons you think you will use and make sure that the code you chose works for all those buttons.
  • Page 21 Look up the code for a TiVo (from the list that is one of the following: 17002 17020 17123 17124 17129 17623 17624) each one to find the one that works best for your TiVo • Hold down “Info” and “BOCS-Red” and the power light will come on • Punch in 17002 •...
  • Page 22 "local TV" output, depending on whether the TV is tuned to a TV channel or a BOCS channels. This switching allows you to watch TV channels that would otherwise be replaced by the BOCS channels. When you press the red, green, or blue button on the "Local Master"...

  • Page 23: More Programming Options

    By default, the remote sends the TV-Input button to the currently selected local or BOCS device. To redirect the TV-Input button to the AUX device (when the remote is in any local mode), or return it to its default behavior, use this procedure: Press and hold one of the following combinations for at least 2 seconds: "AUX"...
  • Page 24 LED will pulse rapidly for one second, and then turn off. Learn IR Code(s) Learning allows the BOCS remote or the Xtender to output IR codes that are identical to those output by another remote. Note that all Xtenders can learn IR codes to control devices plugged directly into them, but to learn IR codes for a TV or other “local device”...
  • Page 25 "AUX" and "Enter/#" for the local AUX device. The power LED will turn on. Press the button that the learned code will be assigned to on the BOCS remote (the receiving button). Within 5 seconds, press the button to teach on the existing remote.
  • Page 26 Channel Tuning Mode (2 or 3 digits or use the +100 key) Important When you press one of the red, green, or blue BOCS buttons, the remote sends two or more IR digits to the local TV to tune it to the channel for the red, green, or blue device.
  • Page 27 Press and hold the "Menu" and "1" for at least 2 seconds. The power LED will turn on. While observing the BOCS signal on the television, press the up arrow or down arrow as appropriate to optimize the signal. When you have found the best gain setting, press Select/OK to confirm. To exit without changing the gain, press any other button, or just wait 10 seconds for the function to time out.

  • Page 28: Chapter 5 Using The Remotes

    Using the Remotes Chapter 5 Controlling the TV Press the Local TV button, the remote will now control the TV. The remote automatically tunes the TV in front of you to your favorite TV channel. To set your favorite TV channel: •...
  • Page 29 When you press a button, one of the following buttons on the remote will light up briefly, indicating which device the remote is transmitting the button press to: • Red (button sent to the red channel device) • Green (button sent to the green channel device) •...

  • Page 30: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting: General Video Quality Programming the Remotes Sometimes while I’m It’s possible someone else in the house watching an Xtender has pressed the same Xtender channel channel, the channel button and has taken control. Consider or program changes splitting the programs – perhaps Blue for kids and Green for adults.
  • Page 31 Local-TV it switches back to putting out good quality Cable TV signals Sometimes, when One of the other remotes in the home watching BOCS has also been set as the “local master channels on the TV remote” – and when someone pushes...
  • Page 32 3) Do a category code scan – hold down Guide and the device you are trying to program (Local[-TV for TV, BOCS Red, Green or Blue, or DVD, AUX, or CBL) then press the kind of device you are trying to program (Local TV...
  • Page 33 Programming the Remotes pointed there until the TV goes where you want - some TVs take a while to respond. if the TV only sees one digit, wait until that clears before you try pushing the Xtender channel button again. One other thing to watch for, some TVs need a long time in between pressing buttons - if you press the Red button...
  • Page 34 press Select/OK to confirm 1 for a pause time of 1/10th of a second (fastest channel changing) 2 for a pause time of 1/5th of a second (a little slower...) 3 for a pause time of 1/2 of a second 4 for a pause time of 3/4 of a second 5 for a pause time of 1 second 6 for a pause time of 2 seconds...

  • Page 35: Television

    00177 00178 00180 00185 00236 00282 00463 00623 01394 01911 01928 01929 01944 16863 16386 16977 17662 17863 25251 25397 25844 Envision 00813 01365 Epson 00833 00840 00812 00171 01944 25397 25844 Fisher 00154 00159 Fujitsu 00186 00683 00809 Fujitsu...
  • Page 36 00178 01347 01919 01926 16624 17419 17621 Petters 01523 Philco 00054 00030 Philips 01454 00054 00690 01154 01961 25430 25836 Pilot 00030 Pioneer 00166 00679 00866 01260 Polaroid 00765 00865 01262 01276 01314 01316 01326 01327 01328 01341 01498 01523 Portland 00092 Prima...

  • Page 37: Tv/Vcr/Dvd Combination

    TV/DVD Combination Advent 01933 25592 Akai 01675 01935 25271 Apex Digital 01943 25406 Audiovox 01937 01951 01952 Audiovox 25647 25697 25698 Axion 01937 25647 Broksonic 01935 25271 Citizen 01935 25271 Emerson 01394 25251 25844 TV/VCR Combination America Action 00180 16662 Audiovox 00180 16662 Broksonic...

  • Page 38: Cable & Satellite Box

    Cable & Satellite Box Device Codes Appendix B Cable Box 04099 04104 04110 04113 Americast 04995 Amino 05698 05918 Bell & Howell 04110 Bell South 04995 Clearmaster 04979 ClearMax 04979 Coolmax 04979 Digeo 05283 Digi 04733 Director 04572 Dumont 04733 Gen.l Instrument 04572 04906 04372 04099 GoldStar...

  • Page 39: Dvd Player

    Video Device Codes Appendix C DVD Player Accurian 25648 25992 Advent 25592 Aiwa 25217 Akai 25271 25346 25475 25665 Alco 25366 Allegro 25445 Amphion M.W. 25448 25448 Apex Digital 25248 25293 25331 25370 25372 25373 25406 25580 25596 25632 25637 25676...
  • Page 40 Laser Disk Player Carver 20674 Denon 20539 20652 Disco Vision 20503 Harman/Kardon 20674 Hitachi 20503 Magnavox 20674 20697 Marantz 20674 18356 Admiral 16432 16593 Adventura 16384 Aiko 16662 Aiwa 16421 16384 16508 Akai 16425 Alienware 18356 America Action 16662 American High 16419 Asha 16624...

  • Page 41: Digital Video Recorder (Dvr)

    Teac 16384 16425 Technics 16419 16546 Teknika 16419 16421 16384 Thomas 16384 Tivo 17002 17020 17123 17124 17129 17623 17624 18380 17887 16624 Toshiba 16429 16427 17229 17392 17529 17887 18356 18380 Digital Video Recorder (DVR) 18356 Alienware 18356 Amino 09807 09865 CyberPower 18356...

  • Page 42: Audio Amplifier

    Auxiliary Device Codes Appendix D Audio Amplifier Adcom 33345 Bose 33442 Curtis Mathes 33068 Durabrand 34329 Elan 33415 32846 Harman/Kardon 33660 33099 Audio Accessory Accurian 33874 Aiwa 32927 Altec Lansing 33824 34253 Apple 33883 34412 Cambridge SW 34298 Creative 33640 Audio CD Aiwa 37021...

  • Page 43: Home Automation

    Marantz 29861 29941 28711 28861 29961 28711 Mitsubishi 30065 28992 Norcent 30061 Nova 30061 Onkyo 28807 29514 29970 29992 30203 Optimus 29695 28858 29203 29342 29746 Oritron 30038 30169 Panasonic 29980 30190 28711 28981 29960 29988 30220 30305 30435 30436 Philips 29861 29941 28861 29938...
  • Page 44 This function outputs an indication of the IR codes currently set for all the local IR devices and the devices attached to the BOCS red, green, and blue channels, by flashing the corresponding LEDs on the remote. Once you get your system up and running well, it is a good idea to record all the codes you are using in case you ever need to reprogram the system.
  • Page 45 Remote Control Special Function Quick Reference Function: Pair a remote to an Xtender Set IR device type Scan IR device type Learn IR pattern for key and device Unlearn IR pattern for key and device Enable volume punch-through to AUX device Disable volume punch-through to AUX device Enable INPUT punch-through to AUX device Disable INPUT punch-through to AUX device...

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