Entone Hydra HD for 3-rd Party Remote Control - Manual (Page 17)

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4 Programming 3rd Party Universal Remote Control
The 3rd Party Universal Remote can be programmed to control Hydra HD using learning mode or preprogrammed
device code entry.
4.1 Learning Mode
If learning mode is used, the 3rd party universal remote learns the key code from Entone URC+.
1. Register the Entone URC+ to the decoder you wish to control, for detailed steps on Entone remote registration
please refer to the Entone URC+ User Manual.
a. Press the OK button on the Hydra HD for 5 seconds until the “RC REG” message displayed on the
Front Panel
b. Press the STB button on the remote for 5 seconds until the backlight illuminates, the Entone remote
is in registration mode
c. Press the STB button again and both the STB and AUX button will be illuminated
d. Press “1” or “2” or “3” on the remote if you wish to control decoder 1, 2 or 3 respectively
e. The Hydra HD front panel would display “RC REG Dx” if the remote registration is successful, where
Dx refers to decoder 1, 2 or 3.
2. Change the Entone URC+ to IR mode
a. Press the STB button on the remote for 5 seconds until the backlight illuminates, the Entone remote
is in registration mode
b. Press the STB button again and both the STB and AUX button will be illuminated
c. Press “0” on the remote to set it to IR only mode.
3. Learn the key according to the 3rd party universal remote. You may refer to the user manual of the 3rd
Universal Remote for details.
NOTE: After programming your universal remote, it will control the decoder which you have registered in step 1d above.
4.2 Preprogrammed Device
For preprogrammed device entry, you will need to locate the supported device keycode from the 3rd party universal
remote. Hydra HD supports 4 device keycodes: MAGNAVOX 10024-B, CENTURION 00092-B, TOSHIBA TSR-202,
HITACHI HDS-100R. You can select the IR keycode and decoder being controlled by the IR in the Entone User Menu.
1. To bring up the User Menu, press INPUT and Menu on the Entone URC+. Press Down arrow key to navigate
to the URC IR KeyCode. To change the IR keycode, press OK to set focus on the item. Press Up arrow or
Down arrow to select the keycode. Press OK again to leave this item after the change is made.
The item “URC IR Command Sent To” specifies which decoder would respond to the IR command. You can
set the IR command to be sent to decoder 1 or 2 or 3.