Universal Remote Control omega MX-650 User manual

omega
MX-650
Owner’s
Manual

Omega Owner’s Manual © 2004 Universal Remote Control, Inc.
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Thank You!
Thank you for purchasing the Omega Pre-Programmed and
Learning Remote Control. This manual is designed to assist you
step-by-step as you setup the Omega to replace all of your
remote controls and automate your home entertainment system.
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Table of Contents
Getting Started 2
Button Layout 3
Basic Setup 5
Pre-Programmed Method 5
Learning Method 9
Volume Control Punch Through 12
Advanced Operation 14
Advanced Setup 16
Editing Button Labels 16
Macro Button Setup 19
Favorite Channel Setup 21
Hiding and Adding Pages 23
Erasing 25
Cloning One Omega to Another 26
Recalling Pre-Programmed Settings 27
Utilizing Optional RF Base Stations 28
IR/RF Signal Setting 31
ID # - Setting Base Station Address 33
EMITT - Setting IR Emitter Outputs 34
BLAST - Setting the Front Panel Blaster On or Off 35
Pre-Programmed Code Tables 37
Frequently Asked Questions 55
Warranty 55
Specifications 55

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Getting Started
Congratulations!
You’ve purchased one of the most advanced and easy to setup control sys-
tems available. The Omega’s built-in library includes thousands of different
brands and models of remote controls. In most systems, all you have to do
to setup the Omega is enter which brands and models you own. If you
own a component too new to be in the library, the Omega uses advanced
learning technology to quickly set each Omega button, one at at time.
Setting up your Omega to replace all your existing remote controls can be
done in a few minutes. Basic Setup is described on pages 5 to 13.
The Omega’s exciting advanced features automate and customize opera-
tion in many ways. You could use Macro Setup to power on all of your
components and start the show with the press of one button! With the
Omega’s unique Favorite Channel capability, you can tune in a channel
with the press of one button instead of entering the entire channel number.
Any of the button names on the display can be edited as you like. It is best
to delay any Advanced Setup (described on pages 14 to 36) until after you
finish Basic Setup.
Battery Installation
Remove the battery compartment cover by pressing up the cover lock.
Insert four AAA batteries into the battery compartment as shown in the
diagram.
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MAIN
Button
takes you
to the
MAIN
Menu.
Screen
Labeled
Display
Buttons
Screen
Labeled
Display
Buttons
LIGHT
Button
PAGE
Numbers
FUNCTION
Buttons
TITLE
POWER
ON
Button
FAVORITE
CHANNEL
Button
PAGE
Buttons
change the
page of
Display
Buttons.
Button Layout Transmitting
“Busy” Signal
Indicator*
*Note: When a command, macro or favorite channel is being transmitted, an icon will appear
in the top right corner of the display. While the Omega is “busy”, it will ignore a button push.
POWER
OFF
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Selecting a New DEVICE Changes
All Button Commands Instantly
The Omega can operate twenty different devices even though it is only
one remote control. Let’s try it now! Press the MAIN button, then press
the TV DEVICE button.
The top of the screen changes from MAIN to TV. Now all of the buttons
change their function to operate a TV. Press the PAGE button. Watch the
labels of the display buttons change with each press. There are four
pages of display buttons already labeled for TV operation. To operate
another component (e.g., VCR, DVD etc.), press the MAIN button to
return to the MAIN menu. The MAIN menu displays ten of your Devices
on the screen. Simply press one of the screen-labeled Device buttons to
operate another device. If you don’t see the device name you want, then
use the PAGE buttons to display the remaining ten devices on page 2 of
the MAIN menu.
Light Button
Press the LIGHT button to backlight all the buttons. To turn off the back-
lighting, press the LIGHT button again, or just wait ten seconds (the back-
lighting automatically shuts itself off).
TV
DEVICE
Button
MAIN
Button
LIGHT
Button

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Basic Setup
You can start setting up your Omega using either the Pre-Programmed
Method or the Learning Method. However, all the buttons of the Omega
are setup at once with the Pre-Programmed Method, so it is usually faster
than the one-button-at-a-time Learning Method.
Pre-Programmed Method
Power on the A/V component you wish to setup, so that you can test
codes by sending power off commands.
Refer to the pre-programmed code tables on pages 37 - 52 and
write down the code numbers listed for your A/V component. The
code numbers are listed by categories of devices, then by brand.
See page 37 for a category list. Code tables with model numbers
are available at www.universalremote.com in the MX-650 area.
Press and hold both the MAIN and ENT (Enter) buttons for approxi-
mately three seconds. The top of the display will show “SETUP”.
You are in SETUP mode now.
Note: You have 30 seconds to perform a step while you are in SETUP mode. If
you don’t press a button within that time, the Omega will time out and return to
normal operation.
MAIN
Button ENT
Button
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2
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Press the P-PRO button to select the Pre-Programmed Method.
The display changes so that you can select which Device button to
setup.
Press the device button you’d like to setup.
The bottom of the display will now flash “FROM TABLE”.
P-PRO
Button
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5
Press the
Page button
to display
the other ten
Device
names.
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In this step you select which code table to use. Thus, you can pro-
gram a device named “TV” with codes from the CABLE code tables
and a device named” VIDEO” with codes from the TV code table.
If you don’t see the code table you need, press the PAGE buttons to
reveal the other page of code table categories, then select the code
table you want to use.
Note: Each name that appears in the display may include several types of
components. For example, the AUX category includes many types of cus-
tom installation devices. See page 37 for a list of component types each
Code Table contains.
Point the Omega at the component, then enter the first three digit
code number from your notes using the numbered buttons. After
you enter each three digit number, look at the component to see if
it turned off.
Continue to enter code numbers until the component turns off.
For Example: I have a Sony TV. I found the code numbers 070, 139,147,
126, 185, 194 and 085 under Sony in the TV TABLE. Using the numbered
buttons on the Omega, I entered 070 and looked at the TV. It didn’t turn
off, so I entered 139, then 147 and so on, until I found the code that pow-
ered off the TV.
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Use the
number
buttons to
enter the
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Note: If a component fails to turn off after you have entered all of the code
numbers listed for your brand, your component might actually be manu-
factured by another brand. You can scan through the other brands in the
table using the UP and DOWN buttons to change the code number dis-
played, then tapping either the Power ON, OFF or any other button to see
if the component responds to any command. Alternatively, you can opt to
use the Learning Method on Page 9 if you can’t find a code set in the built-
in database.
When the component turns off, save the code number you entered
by pressing the SAVE button that appears on the screen.
Exit SETUP mode by pressing the MAIN button two times. When
the display shows “MAIN”, you are back in normal operating
mode.
SAVE
Button
Code Number You
Entered
MAIN
Button
The Omega
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9
Scan Up to the
next Code
Number
Scan Down to the
previous
Code Number
Press Power On
or Power Off to
test if the device
powers off.

Repeat steps one through nine for each of your devices. Test all the
commands you’ve programmed. If you are missing any commands,
use the learning method, described next:
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Learning Method
The Omega can learn commands from your old remote controls one-
button-at-a-time on any button of any device, on the MAIN or FAV LCD
buttons or on the MAIN hard buttons, by following these simple steps:
Line-up the Omega with your old remote control, head-to-head,
one or two inches apart.
On the Omega, press and hold the MAIN and ENT (Enter) buttons
at the same time for approximately three seconds. The top of the
display will show “SETUP”. You are in SETUP mode now.
Note: You have 30 seconds to perform a step while you are in SETUP mode. If
you don’t press a button within that time, the Omega will time out and return to
normal operation.
Press the LEARN button.
The top of the screen will change to “LEARN”.
LEARN
Button
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The Omega
The display will show a list of the first ten devices. If you would like
to teach a command to a device on Page 2, press the PAGE button.
Select the device you would like to teach commands to by pressing
the Device button.
You’ve selected the Device you want, no select any button you want
to teach a command to (if it is on another page, press the page button).
Note: The only buttons you can’t
teach IR commands are the
PAGE, MAIN and FAV buttons.
Once you press a button, the top of the display will change from
“LEARN” to “READY”.
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5
6
Press any Button.
Press the
Page button
to display
the other ten
Device
names.
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Press and hold the button you want on your old remote control until
the display changes to either “GOOD” or “FAILED”.
If the “GOOD” label appears on top of the display, you were successful.
Now, press the next button you wish to teach. Keep repeating steps 6
through 7 until you have learned all the buttons you want.
If the “FAILED” label appears on top of the display, try to teach the
same button in Omega once again by repeating steps 6-7.
Continue to teach any commands from any of your remote controls
by repeating steps 5-7 (to go back to step five, press MAIN once).
Once you completed teaching all the buttons, return to normal opera-
tion by pressing the MAIN button twice. Test all your new commands.
If any of them don’t work, try learning again using these notes:
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Move to another room. Plasma TVs, sunlight, halogen or
quartz lighting can interfere with the learning process.
Although the old remote control seems to work fine,
change the batteries to fresh alkaline batteries.
Vary the distance between the remote controls
gradually. Try 1/4”, 1”, 2”and so on, up to 4 feet.
Tap the button on the original remote control instead of
pressing and holding it during the learning process.

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The Omega
Volume Control Punch Through
In most home entertainment systems, the sound volume is only con-
trolled by one device. In some systems, it is the TV speakers that make
the sound, so you would use the TV device on the Omega to raise and
lower the volume. In another system, it might be a surround sound
receiver and speakers that control the sound, so you would use the
Omega’s AUDIO device to adjust the volume. Constantly switching the
Omega to TV or AUDIO to adjust the volume is inconvenient in daily
life.
You can use Punch Through to set the Omega’s volume buttons to
always control the sound in your system. That way when the Omega is
set to VCR or DVD, the volume up, down and mute buttons will work
perfectly without switching back to AUDIO or TV. Here’s how:
Enter Setup mode by pressing and holding both MAIN and ENT for
three seconds. The top of the display show you are in SETUP mode
now.
Note: You have 30 seconds for each step, otherwise the Omega will time
out automatically.
Press the PUNCH button.
Press the VOL button. The display confirms by displaying “VOL” at the
top of the screen. This sets up the group of three buttons (Volume Up,
Volume Down and Mute) in one action!
The bottom of the display flashes ”PUNCH TO”.
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2
3
Select the
Transport group
(Play, Pause,
Stop, Rew, FFwd)
Select the VOL-
UME group (Vol
Up, Down & Mute)
Select the
CHANNEL group
(Channel Up,
Channel Down
and PREV CH)
Select the POWER group
(ON and OFF)
Select the MENU
group (Menu, Guide,
Info, Exit, Up, Down,
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Press the device button for the device that doesn’t have volume
control commands yet (i.e.,DVD). This is the device you are going
to PUNCH TO for the volume and mute commands.
Note: If you wish to PUNCH to the MAIN device, press the POWER OFF
button at this time.
The bottom of the display will then flash “PUNCH FROM”. Now
you select the device that has the volume commands you want
(i.e.,TV for systems using the TV speakers, AUDIO for systems with
surround sound receivers). The bottom of the
display will flash “SAVED”.
Repeat steps 3-5 until all your devices operate the volume perfect-
ly. Press the MAIN button twice to return to normal operating
mode and test your Punch Through settings.
Note: The Punch Through feature is not limited to
volume and can also be applied to channel or other functions. If you find
yourself switching to a particular device frequently to use a group of con-
trols, consider using Punch Through for another group, as listed here:
POWER - Power On and Power Off
MENU - Menu, Guide, Info, Exit and the four cursor buttons.
VOL - Volume Up, Volume Down and Mute
CH - Channel Up, Channel Down, Previous Channel, all of the numeric
PLAY - Play, Stop, Pause, Rewind and Fast Forward
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4
5
Select
the Device
you want to
“Punch To”
Press the
Page button
to display
the other ten
Device
names.

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Advanced Operation
Setting Backlight Options
You can adjust the amount of time that the Omega backlight stays on by
entering the SETUP mode, then pressing the LIGHT button on the dis-
play. Then enter the amount of time you would like the light to stay on
using the number pad (0-99 seconds). After making your selection, press
the SAVE button.
If you don’t want backlighting at all (this extends battery life), press the ON
button that appears on the screen. The ON will change to OFF. Press the
SAVE button. Exit the setup mode by pressing the MAIN button.
The FAV Button
When you press the FAV button, the display changes to a list of your
favorite TV channels. Each button can be set to instantly select the channel
on your TV. There are five pages of ten favorite channel buttons for a total
of 50. Simply touch the PAGE or the FAV button to display the other pages
of favorite channels. To return to the last device you viewed, press MAIN
once (a second press will take you to the MAIN menu).
To setup your Favorite Channel buttons go to page 21.
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Favorite
Channel
Buttons
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Adjusting Contrast
You can make the text darker by pressing both the MAIN and cursor UP
buttons at the same time. To make the text appear lighter, press both the
MAIN and cursor DOWN buttons at the same time.
Transmitting (Busy Signal) Icon
When a command is being transmitted, an icon will appear in
the top right corner of the display. It is a useful aid when setting
up Macros and FAVs, since it flashes with every step of a
sequence of commands.
Contrast set low.
Cursor
Up & Down
Buttons
MAIN
Button
Contrast set high.

The Omega
Advanced Setup
After you’ve finished all your basic setup, you can choose to make opera-
tion easier by customizing the Omega just the way you want, using the
Advanced Setup features described in this section.
Editing Button Labels
You can change the name of any of the display buttons (including
Favorite Channels) by following these steps:
Press and hold both the MAIN and ENT (Enter) buttons for approx-
imately three seconds. The top of the display will show “SETUP”.
You are in SETUP mode now.
Note: You have 30 seconds to perform a step while you are in SETUP mode. If you don’t
press a button within that time, the Omega will time out and return to normal operation.
Press the EDIT button.
The display changes to the EDIT menu. Press the TEXT button.
Note: The screen displays the list of devices and “EDIT” will appear
at the top of the screen.
TEXT
Button
1
2
3
EDIT
Button
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Navigate to the device and page where there is a button label you
want to EDIT, selecting between the FAV, MAIN, DEVICE, then
using the PAGE button. Press the button you wish to edit. The first
character of your button label blinks.
Blinking
Character
A,B,C,1 D,E,F,2 G,H,I,3
J,K,L,4 M,N,O,5 P,Q,R,6
S,T,U,7 V, ,X,8 Y,Z,9
Change the character by
using any of the number
keys. Each press of the
same number button selects
the next character of that
number’s group, as shown
here.
Once the character you
want appears, move to the
next space by pressing the
RIGHT cursor button.
EDIT flashes
at the bottom
of the screen.
DOWN Cursor
button deletes the currently
blinking character.
UP Cursor
button deletes ALL text.
LEFT Cursor
button
moves blinking
character left.
RIGHT Cursor
button
moves blinking
character right.
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When you are finished editing the button, press the button you
edited and “SAVED” will flash at the bottom of the display.
To change any other button labels on the same device, press the next
button, then repeat steps 5-7. If you wish to edit a button on another
device, press the MAIN button once, then repeat Steps 3-7.
Once you’ve finished editing buttons, press the MAIN button four
times to return to normal operation.
Edit the MAIN Menu Title or a MAIN Menu Device Label
You can change the title of the MAIN Menu or a MAIN Menu device
label by following these steps after you’ve entered TEXT Edit mode
(described in the steps one through four in the preceding pages).
Once you’ve entered TEXT Edit mode, the top of the screen displays
EDIT and the first ten devices of the MAIN Menu. There are five
pages you can access via the Page UP or DOWN buttons. When the
top of the screen says EDIT, pressing a device button jumps to the pages for
that device so that you can edit a device’s LCD buttons normally. However,
if you continue to tap the Page button, the top of the screen will change
from EDIT to MAIN. While it says MAIN, there are two pages of LCD but-
tons. The first two list the Devices of the MAIN Menu and enable you to
change the device names when pressed. The last page titled MAIN has only
one entry for the LCD buttons; “MAIN”. When you press the corresponding
hard button, you can relabel the MAIN title to the room the Omega controls.
Select the title to edit by pressing the adjacent hard button.
Edit the text (described on steps 4 and 5 on page 17).
Press the button you edited to save the changes. Here’s an example:
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8
1
2
3
4
Each of the MAIN menu
device buttons has been cus-
tom labeled for the activities
the user likes to use in the
DEN. Unused devices are
renamed with spaces and
the pages of the unused
devices are hidden so that an
accidental press of a blank
button does nothing.
The MAIN Menu title
has been changed to
DEN, so whenever the
MAIN button is
pressed, the user is
reminded that this is
the DEN remote.