SBC RU660/00 Yo u n ien tro l nd o a mm ung Il t an uo dis de Jou tel t wa eco anc fsta i ndb mand a edi o eni ng Su Vo t Ih re rR ma re t élé Fe r em co nb ot e ed Co Instructions for use You just made a great choice by buying this Philips universal remote control! It takes the place of as many as six separate remote controls and can operate the most-used functions of almost any brand of TV, VCR, satellite tuner/cable decoder and AUDIO equipment. SHIFT Instructions for use SHIFT: to get access to additional functions (press together with other function keys). Depending on the age of your equipment, the result is for example: SHIFT + PROG+: increases brightness or menu up function SHIFT + PROG-: decreases brightness or menu down function SHIFT + VOL+: increases colour or menu right function SHIFT + VOL-: decreases colour or menu left function Try other shift/key combinations on your equipment to discover which functions are available. Remember that you can't get access to additional functions if these functions were not available on the original remote control of your equipment! M EN Installing the batteries Your SBC RU 660 needs two 1.5V batteries, type R03, UM4 or AAA. Put them in like this: LR03 / AAA U To operate menu control. To confirm your selection. SLEEP: to activate and vary the sleep timer (if available on your equipment). To switch on teletext. To stop changing teletext pages. To enlarge the teletext display on screen. To put subtitling on your screen (if available on your equipment), or to switch teletext off. If you use the memory out key (fi) to access the next teletext page on your Philips TV, you can use the subtitle key to access. For more details see Memory Out section under Troubleshooting. Fasttext Red VCR Rewind Record Green Stop Play Blue Forward Pause LR03 / AAA OK T IP · Remember to replace the batteries at least once a year. · Don't leave the batteries out for longer than one hour, otherwise you will need to set-up the SBC RU660 again. · While the remote control is actively being moved about, the back-lighting stays on. This consumes more power than normal and may require you to change your batteries more frequently. You can easily turn the back-lighting function off to conserve power. To do this please follow the instructions in the backlighting section. KEYS & FUNCTIONS Power: to switch TV/VCR/SAT/CD/AUDIO1/AUDIO2 on and off. SAT CD VCR TV AUDIO 1 AUDIO 2 Mode Selector: to select TV, VCR, Satellite mode, CD, AUDIO1 or AUDIO2. Mute: to switch the TV sound on and off. + PROG PROG Channel Up/Down: to select next / previous channel. Volume Up/Down: to control the TV volume. VOL VOL + 1 - 9 Number Keys: for direct channel selection and other functions. To switch between one and two-digit channel selection and display. Yellow AV To switch between the external inputs of your equipment. PP To switch to the last selected channel. 2 3 English English Instructions for use SET-UP FOR USE A DVICE Instructions for use 4 Press the power key to start the search. Make sure that you keep the remote control pointed at your equipment. ­ Each time the green LED flashes, another code is sent. When the right code is found, the equipment switches off. Immediately press the power key to stop the search. If the green LED flashed again after the equipment switched off, this means you missed the correct code! If you missed the code, follow the next proccedure, starting at step 5. If the LED did not flash again after the equipment switched off, go to step 7. English English VCR TV SAT CD AUDIO 1 AUDIO 2 VCR TV SAT CD AUDIO 1 AUDIO 2 Carefully read the complete procedure before starting! Your equipment is a Philips brand: 1 Press the mode selector key for the device you want to operate. Press the power key to test. ­ The green indicator LED under each device (TV, VCR, SAT, CD, AUDIO1, AUDIO2) lights up to confirm the mode you're in. 2 C HECK PROG Press a few keys to check correct response. 5 Switch the equipment manually back on. 6 Press `PROG-' (down only!) repeatedly to send previous codes until the equipment switches off again. Your equipment is of another brand, or your equipment is a Philips brand, but not all keys respond correctly: 1 Press the mode selector key to select the device (TV, VCR, SAT, CD, AUDIO1, AUDIO2) you want to operate. 2 Look up the brand name of the device you want to operate in the code list (centre of this manual). Make sure you choose the correct code list for your device! 3 Make sure the device is switched on. 4 Press and hold keys 1 and 3 simultaneously - for about three seconds- until the green LED lights up. (Release the keys: the green LED should stay on) 5 Enter your 3-digit code using the number keys, within 30 seconds. ­ The green LED flashes twice. 7 Press the power key to lock the correct code in the SBC RU660's memory. ­ The green LED flashes twice. C HECK Switch equipment on manually. Press a few keys to check correct response. If response is not correct, repeat procedure beginning at step 1. 1 3 N OTE 1 - 9 - The search time averages about 90 seconds. (Maximum search time is 5 minutes for TV, 2 minutes for VCR, 4 minutes for SAT and 3 minutes for CD/AUDIO). - Autosearch stops automatically after all codes have been tested. C HECK MAKE A NOTE OF YOUR CODE! A DVICE That's it! Press a few keys to check correct response. If response is not correct, repeat procedure beginning at step 1. Carefully read the complete procedure before starting! Note the code inside the battery case and in the codelist in the centre of this booklet. This may be useful if you ever need to set up the SBC RU660 again. You used the auto search procedure or you forgot to note the code after set up? No problem! You can still `read out' the code from the remote: 1 Make sure you've selected the right mode with the mode selector key. 2 Press and release keys 1 and 6 simultaneously. Important: after pressing the keys, you have to release them immediately! ­ The green LED lights up. 3 Press the two digits key. ­ The green LED goes out. 4 Press key 1 and count the number of times the green LED flashes. This is the first digit of the 3-digit code. (No flashes means the digit is zero.) 5 Press key 2 and count the number of flashes for the second digit. 6 Press key 3 and count the number of flashes for the third digit. 7 Note the code. 5 N OTE - If the LED displays one long flash, the code was not recognised. Please go back to step 1 and repeat the procedure, using the next 3-digit code in the list. - If no key is pressed within 30 seconds, you have to start again at step 1. VCR TV SAT CD AUDIO 1 AUDIO 2 A DVICE 1 6 Carefully read the complete procedure before starting! VCR TV SAT CD AUDIO 1 AUDIO 2 You do not know the brand of your equipment/you can not find the right code in the code list » auto search: 1 Press the mode selector key to select the device (TV, VCR, 2 SAT, CD, AUDIO1, AUDIO2) you want to operate. Make sure the device is switched on (if the device is a VCR, please insert a tape and start playback). Press and hold keys 1 and 3 simultaneously -for about three seconds- until the green LED lights up. (Release the keys: the green LED should stay on) 1 2 3 1 3 3 4 Instructions for use ADVANCED TIPS AND TRICKS A DVICE Instructions for use Punch-Through Sound English Punch-through sound enables you to control the audio level of your first or second TV, regardless of what device mode the remote control is in. EXAMPLE: You have installed a second TV under SAT mode. You can control that TV's volume when you are in VCR mode. This feature is installed as a default setting for a first TV. To install this feature for a second TV: 1 Press the mode selector key to select VCR. English VCR TV SAT CD AUDIO 1 AUDIO 2 Carefully read the complete procedure before starting! Changing the device keys With the mode selector it is possible to select 6 categories of devices you want to operate. Each category (TV, VCR, SAT, CD, AUDIO1, AUDIO2) is meant to operate a specific group of equipment: VCR SAT CD AUDIO 1 AUDIO 2 TV tv VCR vcr dvd laserdisc tape SAT sat cable CD/AUDIO1/AUDIO2 cd amplifier miscellaneous audio receiver phono TV 1 9 VCR TV 6 9 SAT CD AUDIO 1 AUDIO 2 2 Press and hold keys 1 and 6 simultaneously -for about 3 seconds - until the green LED lights up. 3 3 On the keypad, press keys 9, 9, and 3. 4 Press the mode selector key to select SAT (second TV). 5 Press the power key. ­ That's it! The LED flashes twice to indicate successful set up. The Volume up/down keys now control the volume of your second (SAT) TV when you're in VCR mode. Once you have programmed the functions of a device in one of the categories, it is not possible to program another device in the same category. There is, however, a solution in case you want to program two devices in the same category (2 TV's, VCR's, etc.). The following example explains how. EXAMPLE: The SAT mode on this remote control is factory preset to control many Philips satellite receivers. You can change the SAT mode (or any mode) to operate another type of device. The following example shows you how to use the SAT mode to operate a second TV: 1 Press the mode selector key to select SAT and make sure the second TV is switched on. Functional back-lighting When you pick up the SBC RU660 and tilt it over about 60 degrees, the main keys for the device you want to operate are automatically back-lit. In VCR mode for example, only the main keys that are needed to operate the VCR are back-lit. You can choose to have all of the keys back-lit, or you can switch off the functional back-lighting feature completely. 1 6 2 Press and hold keys 1 and 6 simultaneously - for about 3 seconds - until the green LED lights up. 2 9 VCR TV 9 SAT CD AUDIO 1 3 On the keypad, press keys 9, 9 and 2. 4 Press the mode selector key to select TV mode. 5 Press key 1. ­ The LED flashes twice to indicate successful set up. That's it! Don't forget to set up the SBC RU660 to operate this second TV. See the section Set-up for use. 1 9 AUDIO 2 1 To back-light all of the keys: · Press keys 1 and 9 simultaneously - for about 3 seconds until the green LED flashes twice. ­ The functional back-lighting is now de-activated and all keys light up when you pick up the remote control. Pressing keys 1 and 9 simultaneously again - for about 3 seconds - will return the back-lighting to its preset functional setting. N OTE The back-lighting turns off if you don't move the remote control or if you don't press a key within 4 seconds. 6 7 Instructions for use T English 7 9 1 6 9 9 1 SHIFT Instructions for use 5 Press the subtitle button (= the key under which you 6 Press Teletext on. 1 IP The automatic back-lighting provides you with unparalleled ease of use, even in the most dimly-lit of rooms. While the remote control is actively being moved about the backlighting stays on. This consumes more power than normal and may require you to change your batteries more frequently. You can easily turn the back-lighting function off to conserve power. To do this please follow the instructions below. To remove the back-lighting completely: · Press keys 7 and 9 simultaneously - for about 3 seconds until the green LED flashes twice. ­ The back-lighting is now de-activated. Pressing keys 7 and 9 simultaneously again - for about 3 seconds -will return the back-lighting to its preset functional setting. SHIFT 9 7 Press the number of the subtitling page. 8 Press Shift for 3 seconds to indicate the end of a string. You have now programmed the subtitle feature. When you select your favourite channel and press the Subtitles key, the remote control turns on Teletext and switches to the subtitle page. N OTE Maximum number of macros that can be programmed is 3. Maximum number of keys in total may not exceed 15. To remove a macro: 1 Press and hold key 1 and 6 at the same time - for about 3 seconds - until the green LED lights up. 1 1 6 Programming macros A macro is a short-cut to performing a series of functions, simply by pressing one key. You can program your own macros: 1 Press and hold the key 1 and the 6 at the same time - for about 3 seconds - until the green LED lights up. 9 9 2 Press keys 9, 9 and 1. 3 Press the key you programmed the macro under. 4 Press Shift for 3 seconds to indicate the end of a string. The macro is now removed and the key sends it's normal function again. TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE · Problem: ­ Solution: · Device is not responding and the green light does not flash when you press a button. ­ Replace batteries with two new 1.5 volt, type RO3, UM4 or AAA batteries. · Device is not responding, but the green light does flash when you press a button. ­ Aim the SBC RU660 at the device and be sure that there are no obstructions between the SBC RU660 and the device. · The SBC RU660 is not performing commands p ...