If you press a wrong button in step 4, Step 2: checking if the code number works, If the commander doesn'tseem to be working – Sony RM-V8A User Manual

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If you press a wrong button in step 4

Press .\nd release the

S

(St't) button and then go back to step 3.

Step 2: Checking if the Code Number Works

1

Power on the component vou want to set up.

2

Aim the Remote Commander at the component and press a button

to check it that button works.
For example, press the

POWER

button to see if it works on your

component.

3

Check that the other buttons of the Commander is operating the

corresponding functions of the component.

If the Commander Doesn'tSeem to Be Working...

• First, try repeating these setup procedures using the other codes

listed for your component (see the tables in "Component Code
Numbers").

• If - after trying all the codes listed for your component - you still

cannot get the Commander to work properly, try the search
method described in "Searching for the Correct Code."

Searching for the Correct Code

If you've tried all the code numbers listed for your component and
you still cannot get the Commander to work (or if your components
is not listed in the "Component Code Numbers" tables), try these
steps.

1

Power on the component you want to set up. Insert a tape if

necessary.

2

Press and release the

S

(Set) button.

c

CH

0 (

power

)

3

Press the button of the component on

VCR CABLE

the Commander that you want to set
up.

4

Press and release the

CH

+ button. Then

press and release the

POWER

button.

5

Repeat step 4 until the correct code number is found.

Each Hme you press the

CH

+ button and then the

POWER

button,

a new code number will be transmitted.
Keep trying until your component operates by receiving the
transmitted signal from the Commander (e.g., the power turns off,
the

CH

+ function works, playback starts, etc.). Be patient as you

do this; it rnay take 50 or 60 tries until the correct code number is
located.

6 When the correct code is found, press and

release the

ENTER

button to'store the code

number in the Commander's memory.

7

Check that the Commander is operating the other functions of

your component by pressing the corrsponding buttons on the
Commander. If they seem to be working properly, you're done
setting up the Commander.

If the component does not operate properly, repeat steps 1 to 6 and
search for another code. As the searching always starts from 01, it
will stop again at the same code as the last searching. Pass the code
and continue searching until the next code by which the component
operates.

If you still cannot get the Commander to work properly, see
"T roubleshooting."

(

enter

)

Operating a Component

VCR CABLE TV

D

1

Press the button of the desired

component on thé Commander.

2

Point the Commander directly at the component.

3

Press the button for the function you want to use.

See "Remote Button Descriptions" for complete descriptions of the
buttons on the Commander.

Notes on Using the Remote Commander

, uso tliis c. ommandor in the same wav as the Commanders

supplied witli vour components.

• Using this Commander will not increase the functions of your

components. The functions of the Commander are limited to the

functions of the components themseU es. For example, if your TV dix's
not have a MUTING function, the

MUTING

button on this Commander

will not function with \’our TV.

• Some functions of the component may not work with this Commander.
• If \ our cable box can control volume, be sure to set its volume switch to

a medium position. If the volume on the cable box is turned down
completely, you will not be able to adjust your TV's \’olume with the
Commander.

Specifications

Operable distance

Power requirements

Battery life

Dimensions

Mass

Approx. 7 m (23 ft) (varies depending of the
component of each manufacturer)
Two size AA (R6) batteries (not supplied)
Approx. 6 months (varies depending on
frequency of use)
Approx. 61 X 191 X 30 mm (w/h/d)
(2'/2

x

7V«

x

1'/4 in.)

Approx. 100 g (3.5 oz.) (not including batteries)

Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.

Component

No.

TV

Cable Box

VCR

It will be useful to write down the code numbers of your components in
the chart above, so that you can refer to them when registering the code
numbers with the Commander.

Remote Button Descriptions

Operating a TV

m To set up the Commander.
[2] To turn on/off a "window"

picture (Picture-in-Picture).

[3] To change the input mode.
[4] To change the channel. For

example, to change to
channel 5, press

0

and

5

(or,

press

5

and

ENTER).

U] To display the current

channel on TV.

f6l To move the cursor upward,

downward, to the right, or to
the Içft.

[Tl To call up the MENU display
Ul Volume up: +

Volume down: -

[9]

To mute the volume on the

TV.

IÏÔI To turn on arid off.
[ÏÏI Press before operating a TV.
3^ To operate SLEEP function

on the TV. (Works only for a
TV with the SLEEP function.)

03 To enter the selection.
03 Channel up: +

Channel down: -

01 To operate

JUMP,

FLASHBACK

or

CHANNEL

RETURN

function on the TV

depending on the setting of
the TV's manufacturer.

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