Contents The Remote Control Editor..................... 3 Installation .......................... 3 The menu..........................4 The command sets ......................5 1. Select the application ....................7 2. Program the remote control ..................8 3. Check the assignments....................11 4. Done! .......................... 11 The options......................... 11 Remote Control (English)
The Remote Control Editor. Installation The Remote Control Editor was installed together with the TV software. The program can be launched from its system tray icon or the configuration menu of the TV software. In the confi- guration menu, select the "Options" tab and click the "Remote Control" icon under "Miscella- neous".
The menu If you have not made any changes, the window displayed above appears, with similar con- tents. This overview shows the currently loaded settings for various applications. Of course, some of the applications which appear in the screenshot may not be set up on your system. In order to select other sets of commands than these, or to switch these off, simply click the corresponding field and a dialog window opens with all command sets and the entry "---".
While developing the software interface between the operating system on the one side and the TerraTec hardware on the other, our first priority was to provide the user with as much flexibility as possible, and thus not to restrict the remote control options to TerraTec applica- tions.
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Where's the program? When the warning symbol appears as the icon, it indicates that a command set cannot be used at this time. This can happen if you have uninstalled an appli- cation, or a preinstalled command set cannot find the executable file in the application's default directory.
1. Select the application In order to allow the Windows Calculator to be operated via remote control, we must first create a new command set. To do this, click the icon in the upper area, or right-click an existing list entry to open the context menu and select New. Context menu Icon Meaning...
"Remote control" pulldown menu to select the TerraTec product you want to use right now. Below it, you see the name of the button you have just pressed, in this case Channel + . This is also indicated by a red outline around the image of the remote control.
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Unfortunately, things now become a little more complicated. Because of the wide range of options provided for command assignments, we won't try to provide a thorough description of every parameter here, but just an overview of them in table form. The possible commands can be subdivided into five areas using the "Command type"...
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Here is a detailed overview of the individual functions, listed according to command type parameter… On-screen display menu (OSD) Display parameter Function Main menu Use this button to call up the main menu; in the default assignment, the menu is called up using the APP/OSD button.
Now, about the options: there, you can switch the on-screen display menu (OSD) on and off completely, and modify its display options. If you have installed more than one TerraTec product with infrared receivers, here you can choose which one you want enabled. You can select the "Start with Windows" option to ensu- re that the Remote Control Editor loads automatically to manage the command sets each time the system is started.