User manual ROTEL RD-500

[. . . ] â· LCD display provides simple menu-driven operation with customizable labels for every command. â· Backlighting for ease of use in dark rooms along with optional beep whenever a button is pressed. â· Four MACRO keys send a sequence of up to 10 commands with the press of a button. When the batteries are weak and need to be recharged, a "LOW BATTERY" indicator appears in the display. [. . . ] Select your component's brand name from the list appearing in the display (pressing M4 or M3 for additional listings). the prompt "press POWER key to test" appears in the display 7. Press the POWER button on the right side of the RD-500 to test the first available code for your brand. If the POWER command turns on or off the desired component, you have found a code that may work. You can test additional commands by pressing MENU COMMAND keys corresponding to commands for that 4-digit code shown in the display. If the POWER command does not work, press the POWER button to test the next available code for that brand, with the new 4-digit code being tested shown in the display. Continue pressing the POWER button and testing codes until you have found a code that works, saving it by pressing the DEVICE button. If none of the available codes for that brand work, you will be asked to search the entire library of codes for that kind of component. Select YES to jump to the search procedure (step 5 in the following section). Select NO to return to the main menu Auto-Search Programming To search for a code from the full list of available 4digit codes for a type of component: 1. Select SETUP from the LCD display menu by pressing the MENU COMMAND key above the first letter of the SETUP label. To memorize additional commands, press the selected MACRO button to confirm the previous memorized command and then memorize the next command. When the entire macro sequence has been entered, press the MENU button to store the macro sequence. Enter the new label for the device by pressing MENU COMMAND keys corresponding to the letters in the display (using the M3 or M4 buttons to move to the next page of letters). Press a DEVICE button to select the device where the first command you wish to copy to the CUSTOM PAGE is located. Press the COMMAND key for the first command you wish to add to the CUSTOM PAGE. Select the location in the CUSTOM PAGE where you wish to store the command by pressing any MENU COMMAND key. Repeat steps 6 - 8 for each additional command you wish to copy to the CUSTOM PAGE. custom Device Page Generally , all commands stored under a DEVICE button operate a single component. However, it is possible to build one special command set, called a CUSTOM PAGE, which includes individual commands copied from other devices. For example, you could build a CUSTOM PAGE command set containing copies of the most used commands from all devices, providing a simple-to-use subset of favorite commands. This CUSTOM PAGE command set can be accessed by pressing the DEVICE button where it is stored. [. . . ] Loading and Saving Configuration Files To use the PC-LINK software, you open a configuration file which appears in the main PC-Link screen as shown in the illustration at the front of the manual. These configuration files can be stored on your computer disk with the file extension "*. Once the password is changed, you cannot access the setup menus if you forget the new password. Unless you have a need for extra protection, we recommend leaving the default password "2000" unchanged. [. . . ]