iWavit TV Pro User manual

iWavit TV Pro User Manual
2-in-1 TV Listing & Remote Control
IMPORTANT NOTE: This app requires the Apple-certified “iWavit
Basic” or “iWavit Premium” hardware accessory, or the latest
Bluetooth®Smart “iWavit Blast!”. It will not work without them!
See www.iwavit.com for details. If you have any support
questions please contact [email protected]

TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Tap Section to jump to it)
1. Introduction
2. An Interactive TV Guide
3. Four reasons for this app
4. Set-up
5. More Features
6. Other Buttons
7. Useful iWavit Links
8. The iWavit Hardware

INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your iWavit™purchase. The iWavit TV
Pro app is a 2-in-1 TV Listing and Remote Control app that
works together with your iWavit hardware to turn your
iPhone, iPad or iPod touch into:
1. A Universal IR Learning Remote,
and
2. An interactive TV Channel Guide
You can use it together
with the iWavit Basic,
iWavit Premium or
iWavit Blast! products.
Focussing first on the
iWavit Premium and
Basic, they both come
with an iWavit
Attachment. Plug it into
your iDevice and you
will be able to control your
TV and your set-top box much like you would with any
normal Universal IR learning remote control. The iWavit
Blast! is very similar, but it does not require the iWavit
Attachment. Instead it uses the Bluetooth®4.0 RF
iWavit Virtual Remote

technology in the newer iPhone/iPad/iPod models to
communicate to a Bluetooth®Smart iWavit USB dongle
which has an IR blaster. (see www.thinkoptics.com for
more details about all iWavit hardware)
When you launch this app, it will show you a “virtual
remote” which you can use to control your TV, Home
Theater system, and Cable box. You will even be able to
learn IR codes from your old remotes.
This app will also display a
live TV guide that will
display a real-time TV
listing for your specific zip
code and TV Service (for
example, Comcast Digital
Cable in San Jose,
California). It will update
automatically as time goes
by.
The really exciting "magic"
happens when these two
features are combined.
Now you can select a TV
Show in the TV Listings
screen and the app will
automatically change the
channel on your TV or
cable/satellite box. It is
The interactive TV listing

essentially a reinvention of the old Newspaper TV channel
guide.
This app and the iWavit hardware works for ALL TV brands
and ALL TV services (Cable, dish, broadcast over-the-air)
in the United States. The one-time setup is simple and
takes only a few seconds.
As we mentioned, the iWavit Blast! model does not require
an attachment. Instead, when you press a button on your
iPhone, it sends an RF signal from the iPhone to the iWavit
Blast! USB dongle which in turn blasts a powerful IR signals
to control your TV or Cable/SAT box, as shown above. The
iWavit Premium also has an additional iWavit USB Blaster,
but this one does need the iWavit Attachment. This is
because it uses a different ZigbeeRF radio built into the

iWavit Premium hardware. The advantage of this is that it
works with older versions of iPhones that do not have a
Bluetooth®4.0 Radio.
AN INTERACTIVE TV GUIDE (TOP)
Understanding what happens behind the scenes is very
simple. When you browse your TV listing in this app and
find a TV show you want to watch, like "Speed 2”on HBO
channel 801 on Comcast, you just tap that listing. The app
will then send a command to your iWavit hardware to blast
the series of Infrared (IR) signals corresponding to you
manually pressing numbers 8-0-1 on your old remote
control. So from your perspective, you simply browse your
TV listings on your iPad/iPhone and tap the TV Show you
want to watch, and your TV will automatically change to
that channel.
You can further select to limit your TV channel list to your
favorite channels or to most watched channels, or to see a
history of channels you have been watching (ex: “how do I
get back to the show I watched before this darn commercial
made me channel-jump?”. You can also get more detailed
information on each TV Show, with star rating, description,
and online links to more information about the movie and its
actors.

FOUR REASONS TO USE THIS APP (TOP)
There are 4 key reasons why you want the iWavit and this
app:
1.Save money
You already pay $$$$$ for your TV subscription. Now you
can get the most out of it. Granted, it is great to have a DVR
to be able to record shows and skip commercials, but many
of us are not that organized or we just want the freedom to
roam the channels. Also, in order to record a show you have
to know what is on, and one of the most expedient ways to
do THAT is through channel surfing. With hundreds of shows
to choose from, you can now make sure you don’t miss out
on anything important. With a few flicks of your finger you can
scan all your TV channels for anything interesting to watch.
2.Save Time
Channel Surfing with the iWavit TV Pro app is FAST. The
app will download the list of all the TV shows that are on right
now on your TV and you can quickly scan this list for anything
you like. No more having to tap the remote control GUIDE
button, then press the remote control arrow keys to
painstakingly slow crawl through the on-screen TV guide.
3.Be a crowd pleaser
When you scan the TV listings on your iWavit TV Pro app,
you can do it discretely while you and your family can

continue to watch your current TV show unobstructed on the
big screen TV. There is no need to block most of the TV
screen with the on-screen TV guide while you hunt for
something better to watch.
4.More Control
The Virtual Remote will allow you to reprogram specific
buttons so you can control multiple devices in your home.
Moreover, if you want even more control you can download
and use the iWavit Tabula Rasa app, which will allow you to
create your own remotes and even share them online.
One more added bonus of the iWavit TV Pro app is that it is
very fast to set up, so you can bring the iWavit with you to
your visits to friends, relatives, and even hotel rooms, and
be up and running in seconds.
SET-UP (TOP)
For all this to work properly, you will need to make sure this
app has the right settings. The first time you use this app it
will lead you through the initial set-up but you can always
repeat it by going to Settings and selecting Restart Setup.

Starting with the TV Listing, you
will be asked to specify your
location by entering your Zip
Code (or simply have the iPhone
automatically determine it for you).
You will then be presented with a
list of different TV Service
Providers in your area, like
Comcast, Dish, DirecTV, or ATSC
Broadcast (for over-the-air digital
TV). Select the one you have in
your home. Your TV Listing
(a.k.a. TV guide) is now
configured. You only need do this
once. This online TV listing is
being provided by our partner
TitanTV.
Next, you will need to set up your Virtual Remote Control.
There are a two different ways to do this. The simplest
approach is to use the "Remote Wizard". The Wizard will
ask you what type of TV or set-top box you want to control
when you change channels. Once you select one, such as
Comcast box or Sony LCD TV or even your PC, you will be
presented with a list of different Remote Control options. All
or some of these may work. To figure out which one will
work for you, tap the "Test" button right next to the name.
This will send out the Power ON/OFF signal to your TV or
set-top box. Make sure to have the iWavit attached and
pointed at your TV when you press this button. If your TV
Use the Wizard to set up your
Remote

(or set-top box) powers on/off when you press this button, it
is very likely that this is your remote. (NOTE: More than one
Remote may work).
Select the remote that appears to work the best. You have
now configured your Remote Control with the Wizard. You
can always re-launch the Remote Wizard by going to
Settings>Remote Wizard and it will overwrite your current
remote control. The extensive library of IR codes if being
provided by our partner Remotec Inc.
The other way to make sure you have the right IR codes in
your Virtual Remote Control, is to skip the Wizard and
instead go directly to the Remote Control screen. Here you
can re-learn any of the IR codes for buttons individually
from your old remote control.
To do this you hold down the "p-button" on the remote
control screen at the same time as you tap the button you
want to re-learn. You will now be guided through how to
learn an IR button.
Check out this link for some video help with IR learning:
http://www.thinkoptics.com/iWavitTVaid_IRlearning.mov.
(NOTE: IR Learning requires the iWavit Attachment)
To see a short demo of the iWavit TV Pro app in action, go
to this link:
http://www.thinkoptics.com/iWavitTVaid_Demo.mov