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Acoustic Research Xsight plus Setup Manual

Acoustic Research Xsight plus Setup Manual

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Setup Guide
Everything you need to get going with your new
Xsight™ Plus remote control:
>> Out of the Box
>> Installing the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup
Wizard
>> Creating Activities
>> Creating Favorites
>> Troubleshooting
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  • Page 1 Owners Manuals Manuels des utilisateurs PLUS Setup Guide Everything you need to get going with your new Xsight™ Plus remote control: >> Out of the Box >> Installing the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard >> Creating Activities >> Creating Favorites >>...

  • Page 2: Install Batteries

    Out of the Box Quick Look: What you’ll be doing by the end of this section: > Unpack Controlling your home theater devices > Install batteries > Tips for using the remote screen > Remote setup > On-remote setup of TVs, A/V components, and other devices Unpack The first step is to make sure you’ve got the following parts in your package: •...
  • Page 3 Tips for using the remote screen To select an item on the remote screen, all you have to do is highlight and select. To highlight an item: Use To select an item: Press the up and down arrow key. keys beneath the screen. Many remote menus have more items than will fit on a single screen.

  • Page 4: Remote Setup

    Remote Setup Once you’ve installed the remote’s batteries, you’re ready to start setting it up. The Xsight™ Plus has sensors that wake the LCD screen up automatically (you can also wake it up by pressing a key). The Xsight™ Plus has screens that guide you through the initial setup process.
  • Page 5 On-Remote Device Setup The Xsight™ Plus lets you set up your devices in seconds, right on the remote, with a built-in library of codes for the most popular models of the most common home theater devices: DVD players, plasma and LCD HDTVs, and much more. After the tutorial, select “Remote”...
  • Page 6 Choose your device’s brand. Don’t see your brand? Add Device Use the arrow keys below the screen to go through the pages of Select Brand Try the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard! brands for this device. When you see your brand, highlight it and On-remote device setup supports the most press to select it.
  • Page 7 player, you definitely want the transport keys to work (play, stop, Test Codes Can’t find a code that works fast forward, etc.). So you should test at least these keys for a DVD Code 2/6 your device (or one that does player.

  • Page 8: Using The Remote

    Want to start over? Using the remote Home You can reset the remote to its settings screen when you first unpacked it. This removes all Now you’re ready to start using the Xsight™ Plus with your information about your devices, activities, home entertainment devices.
  • Page 9 Installing the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard Quick Look: What you’ll be doing by the end of this section: > System requirements Using the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard to set up your > Install the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard remote’s advanced features.
  • Page 10 Install the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard Insert the CD-ROM that came with your Xsight™ Plus into your PC. The EZ-RC™ installation program should start automatically after a minute or so. Follow the CD-ROM’s on-screen instructions to install the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard.
  • Page 11 Connect your remote when prompted Use the USB cable that came with your remote to connect it to a USB port on your Welcome Shannon! The EZ-RC wizard will now help you set up your new universal remote control in just few easy steps.
  • Page 12 In the first setup screen after you’ve connected your remote, check the Upload and edit a setup from your remote option. Perfect! You’ve successfully connected your Xsight Plus. Now you’re ready to set it up. Just choose one of the options below then click Start.
  • Page 13 Activities Quick Look: What you’ll be doing by the end of this section: > Set up the “Hello” activity (all on) Controlling your entire home entertainment system with one > Set up the “Good Night” activity (all off) touch. > Set up a “Watch Movie” activity >...
  • Page 14 Add a “Hello” activity. In the main menu, click Activities and select Add an activity from the submenu. Main menu Here, you can set up your Devices, Activities, Favorites and Advanced features in minutes. You currently have 0 Devices Activities set up. You can select Add, Modify or Delete Activities below.
  • Page 15 Configure the “Hello” activity for your devices. Set the power on commands Main menu Set up Hello Activity 1 2 3 4 5 6 Once you’ve given the “Hello” activity the name you want (or left it as “Hello”), the next Wizard screen lets you set how each of your devices are powered on.
  • Page 16 Test the “Hello” activity with your devices. Once your remote is ready to test, the screen to the right appears. Main menu Set up Hello Activity 1 2 3 4 5 6 Carefully disconnect the remote from your PC. The remote screens guide you through Disconnect the remote.
  • Page 17 Test the entire activity Test Activity The next screen lets you test the “Hello” activity with your entire system. IMPORTANT: Throughout the Make sure all your devices are off before you start. Also make sure your remote is Activity test, point pointed directly at your home theater.
  • Page 18 Finish up the activity. If the activity worked with your remote, you’re just a step from the finish. If the activity did not work as you thought it should, you can use the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard to make adjustments or troubleshoot. Select Yes, it works! if the activity worked.
  • Page 19 Setting up the “Good Night” activity (all off) Add a “Good Night” activity. Choose Smart Wizard. Main menu Set up Activity Then click the Next button to continue. How would you like to set up your activity? A screen appears showing you the steps you’ll go through to set up the activity using the Follow the smart wizard and answer a few simple questions (recommended) Use the advanced wizard to set up the activity.
  • Page 20 Configure the “Good Night” activity for your devices. Set the power off commands Once you’ve given the “Good Night” activity the name you want (or left it as “Good 1 2 3 4 5 6 Main menu Set up Good Night Activity Main menu Set up Good Night Activity 1 2 3 4 5 6...
  • Page 21 Read about the test Test Activity The first screen gives you some information about the test. Use the arrow keys below the Use the power screen to go to the next page. buttons on the next page to turn IMPORTANT: Make sure all your devices are on before you start. off or on your devices in Test individual power commands...
  • Page 22 Try several times with the remote in different positions. If it still doesn’t work, go ahead and reconnect to PC to troubleshoot and correct the activity. Reconnect the remote to your PC Main menu Set up Good Night Activity 1 2 3 4 5 6 Once you’ve reconnected the remote, press Continue on the EZ-RC™...
  • Page 23 Setting up a “Watch Movie” activity The next activities, “Watch Movie” and “Watch Satellite” (or “Watch Cable”), are different from the “Hello” and “Good Night” activities. For these activities, you will use the Advanced Wizard. The Advanced Wizard gives you more options to customize these activities to fit exactly the way your home theater is set up.
  • Page 24 Add a new activity in the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard. Choose Advanced Wizard Main menu Set up Activity For the “Watch Movie” activity, choose the Advanced Wizard and click the Next button to How would you like to set up your activity? continue.
  • Page 25 In the screen that follows, enter the series of keypresses you use to watch a movie on Main menu Setup Watch Movie 1 2 3 4 your entertainment system. Here you can control each step by selecting the device and the keys to send when starting the activity.
  • Page 26 Don’t see the key command you want? First, make sure you’ve selected the correct device from the drop-down menu. Then, double check your original remote and make sure you’ve written down the key name correctly. If you still don’t see the key command you’re looking for, you can have the Xsight™ Plus learn this key from your original remote.
  • Page 27 Setting up a “Watch Satellite” or “Watch Cable” activity Write down which devices you use to “Watch Satellite/Cable”. Look at the following example setup for “Watch Satellite”, then fill in the information for this activity in your home theater. What device do you use to... What device do you use to...
  • Page 28 Add a new activity in the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard. Choose Advanced Wizard Main menu Set up Activity For the “Watch Satellite” or “Watch Cable” activity, choose the Advanced Wizard and click How would you like to set up your activity? the Next button to continue.
  • Page 29 In the screen that follows, enter the series of keypresses you use to watch a movie on your 1 2 3 4 Main menu Setup Watch Satellit entertainment system. Use the chart for YOUR setup on page 27 to add the keypresses. Here you can control each step by selecting the device and the keys to send when starting the activity.
  • Page 30 To delete a command from the sequence: Click the X icon next to the icon in the sequence. Answer Yes to the dialog box that appears to delete the command from the sequence. To change the timing between commands (sometimes useful if a device needs to respond to one command before it can respond to another): click the clock icon in the second line of the command and use the arrows to adjust the number of seconds to wait before giving the next command.

  • Page 31: Using Your Activities

    Using your activities Press the (Activities) shortcut key. When you start using your home theater—before you turn anything on—choose Hello the Hello activity. How do I know when an activity has finished? Hello Assist When you see the Assist and soft keys for one of your devices Assist? Picture on the remote screen, the remote has finished sending the...
  • Page 32 What if Assist doesn’t work? If the Assist screens are not helping you find the correct inputs on your devices, check the following: • Is the wrong device changing inputs? Make sure the input key you see on the Sound/Picture screen is the correct one for the device you’re trying to change. If it isn’t, press the key and try the other Assist option (for example, Sound if you chose Picture first) If that option is still changing inputs on the wrong device, connect the remote to your PC and launch the EZ-RC™...
  • Page 33 Favorites Quick Look: What you’ll be doing by the end of this section: > Create your Favorite Channels list Using the Xsight™ Plus your way, all at the touch of a button. Creating your Favorite Channels list Favorites lets you set your Favorite Channels (up to 12) and preferred settings for channel surfing. Set up your favorites.
  • Page 34 Set how many digits your channels have Main menu Set up Favorites 1 2 3 For example, if your channels go up to 999, then you should select 3 digits. If the How many digits does your DirecTV Satellite Box use for channel tuning? channels go to up to 99, you should select 2 digits.
  • Page 35 Main menu Set up Favorites 1 2 3 Channel Line Up: Please choose from the channel list below to add to your favorites page. Add your favorite channel by If you don’t see your channel listed... clicking on the arrow. You can add it manually by choosing Other at Then type in the text you want to use and Other...
  • Page 36 Choose the devices controlled by each section of the remote. 1 2 3 Main menu Set up Favorites You can decide what your remote’s buttons control during this In the final step in creating your Favorite channels list, you set what different groups of activity by choosing the device from the drop-down lists.

  • Page 37: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Most common problems with your Xsight™ Plus can be resolved by trying one of the following solutions. If you have any further questions, please call our help line toll-free at 1-800-276-0509. • I don’t see my device in the “What is it” screen. Initial setup Try the EZ-RC™...

  • Page 38: Setting Up Activities

    The EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard Xsight™ Plus is constantly being updated and improved, to get the latest codes and provide the most advanced functionality available. • The EZ-RC™ program won’t install on my PC. • I get an error message after I connect my remote. Your PC must be running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 (Windows You might need to change your ActiveX settings in Internet Explorer for the 2000 is not supported).

  • Page 39: Using Activities

    Using Activities you want to modify, and Key Command Sequence. In the Key Command Sequence, check that you’ve chosen the correct input commands for each • How do I know when an activity has finished? device. When you see the Assist key and soft keys for one of your devices on the remote screen, the remote has finished sending the activity’s commands and Using Favorites is ready to do something else.
  • Page 40 Need help setting up this remote? Please call our help line toll-free at 1-800-276-0509. Xsight™ and EZ-RC™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Universal Use of the software provided with this product may require the most recent Electronics Inc. Windows® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Windows®...