Sony RM-V18A User Manual

Rm-vi8 a, Sony, Remote commander

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SONY

3-864-372-12(1)

RM-VI8 A

Remote Commander

Operating Instructions
Manual de instrucciones (parte posterior)

© 1998 by Sony Corporation

Printed in Malaysia

English

For the customers in the U.S.A.

WARNING

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment

generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is

no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to
radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning

the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from

that to which the receiver is coimected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly
approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this

equipment.

Setting Up the Remote Commander

Before you can start using the Commander, you must first set it up.

This manual describes everything you need to know to set up the
Commander, including:

• Installing the batteries.
• Presetting the Commander with the codes for your TV, VCR, Cable

box and other audio components.

About Presetting the Commander
The Commander is preset at the factory to operate Sony brand
components.
If you're using the Commander with a Sony component, you won't

need to preset the Commander before you start using if.
To set up the Commander to use with other (non-Sony)

manufacturers' components, or to use with a component that is not
preset at the factory, you'll need to follow the instructions in this
manual to preset the Commander with the correct code number for
your components. (See the supplied "Component Code Numbers"

also.)

Component that can be preset

Button

Factory setting

'TV

TV

Sony TV

VCR

VCR

Sony VHS VCR

Cable box/Receiver/CD player/

CABLE

Tape deck/TV/VCR

AVI

Sony Receiver

AV2

Sony CD player

Notes

• The Commander can be set up to tqjerate only one component per

button - unless their code numbers happen to be the same. For

example, you carmot set up the Commander to operate a Sony TV
and a Panasonic TV simultaneously (because they use different
code numbers).

• You may not be able to operate even a Sony brand component with

the factory presetting. In such a case, follow the procedure in
"Setting the Code."

Installing the Batteries

Slide open the batter)' compartment and insert tw'o size AA (R6)
batteries (not supplied).
Be sure to line up the + and - on the batteries with the + and - on the

battery compartment.

When to replace the batteries
Under normal conditions, batteries will last up to six months. If the

Commander does not operate properly, the batteries might be worn
out Replace the batteries with new ones.

Notes
• Replace both batteries with new ones.
• Do not take more than 20 minutes to replace the batteries;

otherwise, your setting of the code numbers will be ereised.

Notes on Batteries
• Do not mix old batteries with new ones or mix different types of

batteries together.

• If the electrolyte inside the battery should leak, wipe the

contaminated area of the battery compartment with a cloth and
replace the old batteries with new ones. To prevent the electrolyte
from leaking, remove the batteries when you plan not to use the

Commander for a long period of time.

Setting the Code

Follow the steps 1 and 2 below for each component you plan to use
with the Commander.

Step 1: Entering the Code Number

1

See the supplied "Component Code numbers", «md find the code

number in double figures for the desired component.

If more than one code number is listed, use the number that's
listed first to complete the steps below.
For example, if you're setting up a Philips' VCR, you would use

the code number 13.
If your component isn't listed, see "Searching for the Correct

Code."

2

Press and release the

S

(set) button.

3 Press the button of the component that

you want to set up.

Note
On the

AVI, AV2,

and

CABLE

buttons,

"receiver", "CD player", <md "cable box"

are tissigned respectively at the factory. But
you can also assign other components on
these buttons. For details, see "Changing
the Component Type on the

AVI, AV7,

and

CABLE buttons."

OD

VCR CABLE

c

AVI

AV2

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