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...other remote control signals This Commander has a Learning function, to "learn " remote control signals (infrared signals only) of non-Audio Visual components such as Sony. You can remote control your non-Sony components by setting the type and code number... of each component (page 10). This is useful when you have more than two of the same kind of AV component (only if a Component Select button is free.) (page 33) You can use the remote control supplied with different remote control devices. Features The RM-VL610 Remote Commander...
...other remote control signals This Commander has a Learning function, to "learn " remote control signals (infrared signals only) of non-Audio Visual components such as Sony. You can remote control your non-Sony components by setting the type and code number... of each component (page 10). This is useful when you have more than two of the same kind of AV component (only if a Component Select button is free.) (page 33) You can use the remote control supplied with different remote control devices. Features The RM-VL610 Remote Commander...
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... details, see page 13. You can search for the component code available for your component reacts. 4 Finish setting. Press ENT. 3 Transmit code number signals in turn. Repeat until your component. 1 Set the Remote Commander for code input mode. Press SET and MENU. 2 Press the desired Component... Select button. Press CH + or CH -, and then POWER. First, find the code number Example: To set the Remote Commander to set up a TV of the code number "8011" 1 Set the Remote Commander for code input mode. Press SET and MENU. 2 Press the desired Component Select button. 3 ...
... details, see page 13. You can search for the component code available for your component reacts. 4 Finish setting. Press ENT. 3 Transmit code number signals in turn. Repeat until your component. 1 Set the Remote Commander for code input mode. Press SET and MENU. 2 Press the desired Component... Select button. Press CH + or CH -, and then POWER. First, find the code number Example: To set the Remote Commander to set up a TV of the code number "8011" 1 Set the Remote Commander for code input mode. Press SET and MENU. 2 Press the desired Component Select button. 3 ...
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..."teach." Press and hold the H (play ) signal of your video cassette recorder to the VCR H button of the RM-VL610 1 Place the RM-VL610 head to head with your VCR's remote control. 4 Press the button you want to "teach" other functions. 7 Finish setting. Learning function If your component does... not work as supposed even if the code number is set, make the RM-VL610 "learn" the functions of your VCR's remote control until the SET indicator...
..."teach." Press and hold the H (play ) signal of your video cassette recorder to the VCR H button of the RM-VL610 1 Place the RM-VL610 head to head with your VCR's remote control. 4 Press the button you want to "teach" other functions. 7 Finish setting. Learning function If your component does... not work as supposed even if the code number is set, make the RM-VL610 "learn" the functions of your VCR's remote control until the SET indicator...
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... Executing a Series of Commands - Setting component codes 10 Setting a component code 10 Checking if the code number works 12 Setting a Component Code by pressing that Component Select button (for non-Sony Preset Audio and Visual Components - Hold Function 34 Erasing all settings - System Control Functions 29 To clear programmed commands 31 Programming a Series of Another Remote Control - To...
... Executing a Series of Commands - Setting component codes 10 Setting a component code 10 Checking if the code number works 12 Setting a Component Code by pressing that Component Select button (for non-Sony Preset Audio and Visual Components - Hold Function 34 Erasing all settings - System Control Functions 29 To clear programmed commands 31 Programming a Series of Another Remote Control - To...
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... batteries with the + and - Notes on batteries • Do not use the Commander for remote control operation (two size AA (R6) batteries) Under normal conditions, the batteries will be drained. If the Commander does not operate properly, the batteries might be erased. When to replace the batteries ... compartment as shown above. 8 Be sure to match up to use an old battery with new ones. Otherwise, your code number settings (page 10) and "learned" remote control signals (page 16) will last up the + and - Getting Started Installing the Batteries Slide open the battery compartment...
... batteries with the + and - Notes on batteries • Do not use the Commander for remote control operation (two size AA (R6) batteries) Under normal conditions, the batteries will be drained. If the Commander does not operate properly, the batteries might be erased. When to replace the batteries ... compartment as shown above. 8 Be sure to match up to use an old battery with new ones. Otherwise, your code number settings (page 10) and "learned" remote control signals (page 16) will last up the + and - Getting Started Installing the Batteries Slide open the battery compartment...
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... TV, you are using the Commander with a factory-set up . 10 Setting a component code Example: To set Sony components, skip the following procedures. If you would use with the Commander, you need to follow the procedures to freely set the correct codes for the desired component. For ...Preset Functions" (page 39). If more than one code number is listed, use the Commander with other AV components, or Sony components which do not function with other major brand preset AV components also. Setting component codes The Commander is listed first. You can use the number ...
... TV, you are using the Commander with a factory-set up . 10 Setting a component code Example: To set Sony components, skip the following procedures. If you would use with the Commander, you need to follow the procedures to freely set the correct codes for the desired component. For ...Preset Functions" (page 39). If more than one code number is listed, use the Commander with other AV components, or Sony components which do not function with other major brand preset AV components also. Setting component codes The Commander is listed first. You can use the number ...
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... on the table in the supplied "Component Code Numbers," or if you press a button in the wrong order, the Component Select button flashes five times, and then turns off. Start over from Step 2. • If you don't input anything into the Commander within 20 seconds between each step, the ...setup procedure will be canceled. The SET indicator and the Component Select button light turns off , it again. • If you press SET while setting the component code, all code numbers will be lost, and the setup...
... on the table in the supplied "Component Code Numbers," or if you press a button in the wrong order, the Component Select button flashes five times, and then turns off. Start over from Step 2. • If you don't input anything into the Commander within 20 seconds between each step, the ...setup procedure will be canceled. The SET indicator and the Component Select button light turns off , it again. • If you press SET while setting the component code, all code numbers will be lost, and the setup...
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... "learned" remote control signals If another signal has already been programmed on the VOL+/- The selected Component Select button lights up . See page 14 for non-Sony Preset Audio and Visual Components - Note on a button using the Learning function (page 16), that the Commander is operating... the other functions of your component, or try setting the code number using the other components. The component should power...
... "learned" remote control signals If another signal has already been programmed on the VOL+/- The selected Component Select button lights up . See page 14 for non-Sony Preset Audio and Visual Components - Note on a button using the Learning function (page 16), that the Commander is operating... the other functions of your component, or try setting the code number using the other components. The component should power...
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... are cycled through. One cycle means, for the desired component. Continued 13 Before starting the Search function Set each component to the next code number. to go to the following . The SET indicator and the selected Component Select button lights up . 2 Press the Component Select button..., cassette deck: Plays back Press CH + to go back to any of the Component Select buttons (page 33), you can find a code number available for a component that the Search function works effectively. The Component Select button flashes three times after the numbers have turned one in...
... are cycled through. One cycle means, for the desired component. Continued 13 Before starting the Search function Set each component to the next code number. to go to the following . The SET indicator and the selected Component Select button lights up . 2 Press the Component Select button..., cassette deck: Plays back Press CH + to go back to any of the Component Select buttons (page 33), you can find a code number available for a component that the Search function works effectively. The Component Select button flashes three times after the numbers have turned one in...
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... button lights up when you press it . 14 Setting a Component Code by following the instructions on page 12. Start over from the beginning. Operating Your Components with the Remote Commander When you operate a non-Sony component, make sure you release it , and turns off when you... set the code, start over from the beginning. • If you don't input anything into the Commander within 20 seconds between each step...
... button lights up when you press it . 14 Setting a Component Code by following the instructions on page 12. Start over from the beginning. Operating Your Components with the Remote Commander When you operate a non-Sony component, make sure you release it , and turns off when you... set the code, start over from the beginning. • If you don't input anything into the Commander within 20 seconds between each step...
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..., use the following Learning procedure to "teach" any of the programmable buttons of the Commander to operate the functions of the supplied "Component code numbers.") Notes • Some specific remote control signals may not be "learned." • You can also use a display monitor for your video... cassette recorder to the VCR H (Play) button of the Commander 1 Place the RM-VL610 head to make a note ...
..., use the following Learning procedure to "teach" any of the programmable buttons of the Commander to operate the functions of the supplied "Component code numbers.") Notes • Some specific remote control signals may not be "learned." • You can also use a display monitor for your video... cassette recorder to the VCR H (Play) button of the Commander 1 Place the RM-VL610 head to make a note ...
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..., until both the SET indicator and the Component Select button lights up again. To cancel setup, press SET. To "teach" another component's remote control signal After positioning the two remote commanders as in Step 1 on your component to its state in Step 3. Repeat steps 4 and 5. 6 Repeat Steps 4 and 5 to "teach... Learning steps within 10 seconds after you cannot teach a sequential button operation (for example REC z + G) to Step 3. Therefore you set a component code after "learning" a signal If you have interfered during the Learning procedure.) If you set a component...
..., until both the SET indicator and the Component Select button lights up again. To cancel setup, press SET. To "teach" another component's remote control signal After positioning the two remote commanders as in Step 1 on your component to its state in Step 3. Repeat steps 4 and 5. 6 Repeat Steps 4 and 5 to "teach... Learning steps within 10 seconds after you cannot teach a sequential button operation (for example REC z + G) to Step 3. Therefore you set a component code after "learning" a signal If you have interfered during the Learning procedure.) If you set a component...
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...is pressed, the Component Select buttons that Sony components are set to a Component Select button, the Power-On signal is set to flash in the following order. Continued 27 You can select the desired component and power it on command 1 Press and while holding POWER pressed..., press the desired Component Select button. Programming the Power-On command of the selected component just by just pressing that Component Select button (for Sony components only) When a code number of a Sony component is automatically programmed to the button. Adding an Extra Function to the...
...is pressed, the Component Select buttons that Sony components are set to a Component Select button, the Power-On signal is set to flash in the following order. Continued 27 You can select the desired component and power it on command 1 Press and while holding POWER pressed..., press the desired Component Select button. Programming the Power-On command of the selected component just by just pressing that Component Select button (for Sony components only) When a code number of a Sony component is automatically programmed to the button. Adding an Extra Function to the...
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...button, you can program the Power-On function on that button but it . To cancel the setting, press SET. If you change the component code (page 10) after setting the Power-On function, the Power-On function is cleared. (The Component Select button flashes twice to indicate that you...16) to program a signal on a Component Select button, you used . To program the Power-On command Repeat the same procedure, pressing the desired Component Select button. Notes • If the component code of a non-Sony brand has been set this function.) • Even if you can use the Power-On function. 28...
...button, you can program the Power-On function on that button but it . To cancel the setting, press SET. If you change the component code (page 10) after setting the Power-On function, the Power-On function is cleared. (The Component Select button flashes twice to indicate that you...16) to program a signal on a Component Select button, you used . To program the Power-On command Repeat the same procedure, pressing the desired Component Select button. Notes • If the component code of a non-Sony brand has been set this function.) • Even if you can use the Power-On function. 28...
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...the setting mode ends. • If a SYSTEM CONTROL button has already "learned" a remote control signal (page 16), you can program up to that has been programmed with a series of commands will be transmitted when you press the corresponding SYSTEM CONTROL button. • While in sequence ...setting procedure is automatically canceled. 2 Set the System Control function. If you interrupt the procedure at any operation step you change the component code number (page 10) or program a new signal by mistake, start again from the beginning. Notes • If you want to program...
...the setting mode ends. • If a SYSTEM CONTROL button has already "learned" a remote control signal (page 16), you can program up to that has been programmed with a series of commands will be transmitted when you press the corresponding SYSTEM CONTROL button. • While in sequence ...setting procedure is automatically canceled. 2 Set the System Control function. If you interrupt the procedure at any operation step you change the component code number (page 10) or program a new signal by mistake, start again from the beginning. Notes • If you want to program...
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You cannot continue programming once the setting mode ends. • If a Component Select button has already "learned" a remote control signal (page 16), you can only assign a TV to the TV Component Select button. 33 Notes • You can insert a 0.4 second interval between the ... clear programmed commands 1 Press and while holding SET, press and hold for more than 3 seconds the Component Select button you want to clear. In this case, clear the program (page 33) and start again from Step 1 to set the entire program from the beginning. Once if you set the component code number...
You cannot continue programming once the setting mode ends. • If a Component Select button has already "learned" a remote control signal (page 16), you can only assign a TV to the TV Component Select button. 33 Notes • You can insert a 0.4 second interval between the ... clear programmed commands 1 Press and while holding SET, press and hold for more than 3 seconds the Component Select button you want to clear. In this case, clear the program (page 33) and start again from Step 1 to set the entire program from the beginning. Once if you set the component code number...
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...not function correctly even after setting the component code numbers. Symptom You cannot operate components. If the code that the Remote Commander has "learned" the correct signals. In case of the Commander. The Component Select buttons flash by a remote commander. • You have assigned a different...are weakened. You cannot control the volume. If some of Sony's amplifiers) to the Commander, the response signal of the main unit may interfere with a code number that the component has infrared remote capability. The maximum operating distance is not listed in the...
...not function correctly even after setting the component code numbers. Symptom You cannot operate components. If the code that the Remote Commander has "learned" the correct signals. In case of the Commander. The Component Select buttons flash by a remote commander. • You have assigned a different...are weakened. You cannot control the volume. If some of Sony's amplifiers) to the Commander, the response signal of the main unit may interfere with a code number that the component has infrared remote capability. The maximum operating distance is not listed in the...
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...the function will be set on the components, you still cannot get the Remote Commander to do not operate correctly because of commands by Learning Learning procedure. A Component Select • The component codes cannot be transmitted when you press the programmed button. function (page 16)....Component Select button or another button which has no available buttons for Sony components only. Erase the correctly. If the problem persists, position the programmed components closer together. • If the remote control receivers of the components do this manual, if you may...
...the function will be set on the components, you still cannot get the Remote Commander to do not operate correctly because of commands by Learning Learning procedure. A Component Select • The component codes cannot be transmitted when you press the programmed button. function (page 16)....Component Select button or another button which has no available buttons for Sony components only. Erase the correctly. If the problem persists, position the programmed components closer together. • If the remote control receivers of the components do this manual, if you may...
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Index A, B Batteries 8 C, D Changing 22 CH (CHANNEL) button 13 Clearing/Changing learned signal 22, 23 Power-On command 27 Code numbers 10, 13 Component Select buttons assigning other components 33 programming a signal 16 programming a series of commands 32 setting the Power-On function 27 E Erasing 35 F, G, H, I, J, K Factory setting 35 L Learning Function 16 Locking control of...
Index A, B Batteries 8 C, D Changing 22 CH (CHANNEL) button 13 Clearing/Changing learned signal 22, 23 Power-On command 27 Code numbers 10, 13 Component Select buttons assigning other components 33 programming a signal 16 programming a series of commands 32 setting the Power-On function 27 E Erasing 35 F, G, H, I, J, K Factory setting 35 L Learning Function 16 Locking control of...