Universal Remote Genesis MX-900 User manual

Complete Control
Comes Home
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Fulfilling the Promise of
“Entertainment Made Simple”
For the past twenty years, Universal Remote Control, Inc. (URC)
has made remote controls for the finest Audio Video
equipment
manufacturers in the world. URC remote controls
have been
awarded numerous honors, awards and glowing
reviews for their
design and manufacturing. Throughout our
history, URC has
pioneered research and development to
provide remote controls
that have the memory and program
capacity to fully automate
the most complex systems with one touch and can be used inside
and outside the home.
The Complete Control System was presented with the
prestigious 2005 Innovations Design and Engineering
Award for best Integrated Home System by the
Consumer Electronic Association.
“Innovations”logo is a registered trademark of the Consumer
Electronics Association,all rights reserved.
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Complete Control Comes Home
Effortless System Control forYour FamilyThroughout the House.
Wherever you go in your home, you’ll have access to music
or video on a whim. You know that your custom installed
audio video system will bring excitement, joy and delight to
your family. Easy, attractive controls invite you to use the
system anytime, anywhere. Here’s what satisfied families
say about using our custom remote controls in their homes:

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“It was easy to feel at a loss each time we visited the kids.We
could never use the TV or Stereo System. Now it’s different.
No matter what room we’re in, the custom remotes always
work for us. You can just push one button, and you don’t
have to point the remote at anything.”
“Music outside on the Patio is easy now.We used to have to go inside to change anything. Now, we
can choose a song we like or change the volume by simply picking up the Patio remote control.”
“In the past we needed to walk around the house to turn
thingsoff.Nowone touchtoaremoteturnsoffeverypiece
of electronics in our home,even the kidsTV’s.We love the
security of knowing that everything is turned off.”
“I love having all the ugly electronics hidden away in cabinets.I was
tired of looking at equipment every day and I hated when my
friends commented about all of the “piles of gear in my house.”
Now my home looks exactly the way I want. I can use the system
anywhere without opening cabinet doors or pointing remotes.”
“We are building a new house,when we are finished we want
our family to enjoy every bit of it.Home entertainment will be
a big part of that.Remotes that can work anywhere inside and
out are important to us.”

A Remote Control for Every Purpose,
Every Room and Everybody
Universal Remote ControlWelcomesYou to “Entertainment Made Simple”
URC has designed a family of remote controls for you and
your home. You can use any of them as you would a normal
remote control, by pointing the remote at your components.
But, all share the unique ability to send radio signals to base
stations installed with your equipment. No more pointing,
you can operate your entertainment system through walls,
doors or even outside.
The MX-3000 -
Dynamic Entertainment System
The color touch screen provides both
simplicity for the casual user and the
ultimate power and flexibility for the
most demanding user.
The Medius (TX-1000)
Text touch screen melded with
elegant styling,optimized for
table-top use.
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TheAurora (MX-950)
Built for people who prefer to operate
even the most complex systems while
holding the control in one hand. The Genesis (MX-900)
Elegantly automates typical
home theaters and whole
house music systems.
The Omega (MX-650)
Perfect for Dens, Bedrooms
TheAeros (MX-850)
Automates Family or Living Room
Home Theater Systems.
The Osiris (MX-350)
Ideal for Kitchens, Patios, Bars,
Children’s and Guest Rooms
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Installation by Stone-Glidden,
King of Prussia and Doylestown,PA
Installation by ConnectedTechnologies,Colorado Springs, CO
Installation by Stone-Glidden,
King of Prussia and Doylestown,PA

The MX-3000 ColorTouch Screen
The MX-3000 Dynamic Entertainment System provides the
ultimate in personalized control for the most sophisticated
system. The MX-3000 provides perfect hard button control
for the most frequently used commands and touch screen
buttons for every activity. The MX-3000 can control up to
255 devices, components or zones, making it the perfect
“Master” remote capable of operating from every room in
your home.
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Capable of displaying thousands of color icon buttons and screens, programmed by a
professional installer, the MX-3000 can display different control layouts for different
users. This means everyone sees just the buttons they need. Different styles of animated
color graphics with sounds add fun to the customization of your MX-3000.
The MX-3000’s ultra thin profile is carefully contoured to naturally fit your hands.
The extraordinary
thinness of the MX-3000 is due to the miniaturization of all components,
including the Lithium Ion
rechargeable battery.This battery gives long life with heavy
use. Unlike other rechargeable batteries,
the MX-3000’s Lithium battery has no“memory”,
so the remote can be stored on the charger without
harming battery capacity or life.
Three ReasonsWhyYou Should Allow a
Professional AutomateYour Home Entertainment System
More enjoyment from your investment
Professional programming makes the system work for you—and for every member of your
family—so you’ll get more enjoyment from your investment.
Zero to DVD with a single push
Your system is loaded with features and functions—control all of them easily without a lot of
confusing button pushing sequences. Go from zero to DVD with a single push.
Get ready to blush
Your neighbors will turn green with envy when they see and hear what your new home theater
can do.Be ready to blush with pride.

The Medius (TX-1000)
The Medius revolutionizes Home Theater operation via a
big, backlit, LCD touch-screen display with large, legible
letters that are easily read from a distance, and customized
for every user’s individual needs. Anyone who prefers to
operate his or her system from the coffee table will
appreciate the Medius’s revolutionary approach to making
the complex appear easy to use, while gracing their theaters
with its elegant design.

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The Medius’ large vivid text labels on the touch screen can be customized with up to six characters
and only displays the buttons you need,no more and no less, for the easiest possible user interface
regardless of what you are operating. The hard buttons placed around the screen offer the most
common functions without symbols you can’t remember how to use.
The Medius’ bright,multicolored backlighting ensures that the touch screen can be used in the total
darkness of a home theater with one touch to the LIGHT button.
Fully digital, the Medius achieves its remarkable
accessibility through a graphic interface optimized
for use without having to pick it up first. Simply
press the WATCH button and select whatever
you’d like to watch TV, DVD, Cable, Satellite,
VCR, etc. When you’d like to listen to a CD, the
radio or your iPod, press the LISTEN button and
select the source you’d like.The Medius automated
system configuration (programmed by your
installer) takes care of everything else for you!
Still,Three More ReasonsWhyYou Should Allow a
Professional AutomateYour Home Entertainment System
Control your universe
Power off every TV in the house with a single push.Listen to tunes on the patio without leaving
the lounge chair.Go where remotes have never gone before.
Entertainment Made Simple
Give every member of the family their own personal menu—with understandable labels—all
on the same remote. Everyone can watch or hear their favorites without fuss.
Stay tuned
Digital Learning enables our Complete Control remotes from to perfectly reproduce command
sequences for any new products you may purchase in the future.

The Aurora (MX-950)
The Aurora brings enough capacity to totally control and
automate hundreds of devices throughout your home. This
makes the Aurora perfectly suitable for use as a Master
Remote for large systems with complex home theaters and
many secondary systems throughout the house.
The Aurora brings a new clarity to operation with its
activity based menus. Simply press the WATCH button to
see a list of what you can watch on TV in your system.When
you feel like listening to music, simply press the LISTEN
button to reveal a list of what you can hear on your system.
Once you make a selection, the Aurora’s automation takes
over and completely reconfigures your system to watch or
listen to the selected choice.
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The Aurora’s clear LCD display custom labels buttons with up to 11
character descriptions of activities and special commands.
TheAurora’s unique shape fits comfortably into the hand and is designed
to suit both left and right handed users.
The Aurora, like the MX-3000 is provided with a rechargeable Lithium
Ion battery, which gives long life even with heavy use. Unlike other
rechargeable batteries,the Aurora’s Lithium battery has no“memory”, so
the remote can be stored on the charger without harming battery
performance or life.
The charger base indicates when the battery is charging or fully charged.
The charger also provides an attractive place to store your Aurora when
not in use.
The Aurora’s LCD screen custom labeling capability
enables customization not only to the Watch and Listen
menus, but every page of the remote as well.
Three Additional ReasonsWhyYou Should Allow a
Professional AutomateYour Home Entertainment System
Professionals do it right
Do-it-yourself is fine for backyard barbecues but programming electronic devices is done best
by our custom professionals.After all, they do this day after day.
No more pointing
Sophisticated technology—similar to what’s used in police radios—allows you to control
devices through walls, between floors and from anywhere in the house.
Dump the clutter
Get the ugly clutter off of the coffee table. You’ll no longer need a separate remote for each
device.And we can hide the base stations and wires in places where you’ll never see them.

The Genesis (MX-900)
Perfectly optimized for those with HDTV theaters, the
Genesis offers true one handed control via convenient
styling. Indents in the body enable you to locate the most
frequently used buttons by feel, and the bright blue back-
lighting illuminates a powerful array of buttons labeled
in plain English (no cryptic symbols). Finally, you can
instantly find the functions you need to skip commercials,
access the menu/guide or skip back to replay the action on
screen.
Bottom line: The Genesis puts the power you need for your
home theater in the palm of your hand.

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The Genesis will astound you and your family.Whenever you want to watch
or listen to something new,simply tap the WATCH or LISTEN buttons,then
select the activity you’d like (Watching a DVD movie,WatchingTV etc.).The
Genesis eliminates the nightmare of setting up your TV, then your surround
receiver, then your Satellite receiver, etc.With one touch, Genesis takes care
of everything and then signals that it’s finished by displaying the new
activity at the top of the screen and reconfiguring all the buttons to operate
everything you need with large, easy to read, seven-character labels.
The Genesis is equipped with an extraordinary “flexible memory” architec-
ture, which allows your professional programmer to create unique features
just for you.Would you like a set of one touch “favorite channels” for your
four-year-old daughter? How about a sports page, with all your favorite
sports channels on one page? Genesis can be custom programmed to your
exact requirements!
Have some special features only you use? Genesis can accommodate any
user’s preferences by displaying as many of your component’s special
features as you care to use.The large,well placed Page buttons enable you to
access additional pages of less frequently used commands. This unique
feature gives Power Users the ability to control everything while preserving
a simple and straightforward interface for the casual users in your family (or
the babysitter!).
NO MORE ICONS or symbols you can’t understand or remember how to
use.No more searching for the PLAY button!The hard buttons are all clear-
ly labeled, to watch your DVD simply press the button labeled “PLAY’!

The Aeros (MX-850)
The Aeros automates home theaters and systems with up to
twenty components or devices. The combination of a full set
of backlit hard buttons and the array of buttons labeled by
the LCD screen makes the Aeros fully capable of automating
and controlling very complex systems. Because the Aeros is
PC programmable, professional installers can provide a very
customized interface with easy to understand five character
labels and complex macros to make one touch automation a
reality in your system.
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The Aeros’ LCD display custom labels buttons with up to five character
descriptions of activities and special commands.
The Aeros is capable of automating your favorite activities in a system with up
to 20 components or devices.
The Aeros’ FAV (Favorites) button enables you to select to up to 50 of your
favorite channels
with one touch,without having to remember the actual channel
numbers.
Aeros’ interface is easily customizable by your custom installer. For example, the Aeros
allows each of your devices to display up to four pages of custom labeled buttons.
However; by utilizing the power of PC programming, your interface can be reduced to
one or two pages with only the buttons you need to display.
With the Aeros, there is no longer confusion over strange technical button labels. Your
custom installer can label commands with names that you are comfortable with.
Professional programmers use Aeros’ PC software to
efficiently customize your remote.
Every component is clearly labeled and your favorite
channels tune in with one push of a button.

The Omega (MX-650)
The Omega provides a great interface for simpler systems.
It has custom labeling capacity for the buttons on each LCD
page and can control up to twenty devices. The Omega is
programmed standalone, without a PC and offers some
customization capability. The Omega is a great choice for
a room with a simple system and access to whole house
music.
Installation by ConnectedTechnologies,Colorado Springs, CO
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The Osiris (MX-350)
In rooms with a television or two, and the possibility of access to some of
your main A/V sources, the Osiris offers a simpler interface for up to ten
components via standalone programming. It’s LCD screen displays five
buttons per screen, making everything simpler for casual users.
The Osiris has a FAV (Favorite) button which lists up to 40 of your favorite
channels. Like all of the other remotes in this URC custom family, a single
touch of the remote instantly delivers your favorite channel, song or movie.
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Installation by Stone-Glidden,King of Prussia and Doylestown,PA
Installation by ConnectedTechnologies,Colorado Springs, CO
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The Magic of No Rules Operation
Everywhere inYour Home
You won’t achieve the full potential of the Complete Control system unless you add our RF (Radio
Frequency) Automation Stations to your home. Although any of our controls can operate on their
own,line of sight with your system components,they all have the ability to send radio signals in every
direction.These signals travel through walls and floors,indoors and outdoors enabling your installer
to hide all your equipment away. You no longer have to point the remote when you use it! Simply
press a button, wherever the remote happens to be. Instead of long, painful waits while the control
sends an automated routine to your components, simply touch a button, and put the control down.
The automated routine is sent without pointing,without holding the remote steady.The true magic of
automated controls happens when you complete the system!
MRF-300 Multi Zone RF Base Station
The MRF-300 system includes both a controller that interconnects with
your system components via serial IR,and an outboard RF receiver (the
RFX-150) which allows your installer to provide you with robust RF
reception.The MRF-300 system can be expanded to control any system.
MRF-250 Single Zone RF Base Station
The MRF-250’s miniaturized one piece
design is perfect for simple locations
with one or two components.
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CEDIA -The “Custom
Installed” Difference...
Providing a remote control with great
capabilities is only half the equation that
will bring true one touch operation to
your custom installed entertainment
system. In the complex world of audio
video system components, you need a
shield from the intricate problems of
automation and control. Only a custom
installation professional has the experi-
ence and training to provide you with a
truly automated one touch experience
with your control system. Custom
installers can be found everywhere in the
world. A unique educational and trade
organization called CEDIA (for Custom
Electronic Design and Installation
Association) offers world wide links to a
member company near you at their web
site. www. cedia.org
Ten ReasonsWhyYou Should Allow a
Professional AutomateYour Home
Entertainment System
More enjoyment from your investment
Professional programming makes the system work for you—
and for every member of your family—so you’ll get more
enjoyment from your investment.
Zero to DVD with a single push
Your system is loaded with features and functions—control
all of them easily without a lot of confusing button pushing
sequences. Go from zero to DVD with a single push.
Get ready to blush
Your neighbors will turn green with envy when they see and
hear what your new home theater can do.Be ready to blush
with pride.
Professionals do it right
Do-it-yourself is fine for backyard barbecues but programming
electronic devices is done best by our custom professionals.
After all, they do this day after day.
No more pointing
Sophisticated technology—similar to what’s used in police
radios—allows you to control devices through walls, between
floors and from anywhere in the house.
Dump the clutter
Get the ugly clutter off of the coffee table.You’ll no longer
need a separate remote for each device.And we can hide the
base stations and wires in places where you’ll never see them.
Control your universe
Power off every TV in the house with a single push. Listen to
tunes on the patio without leaving the lounge chair.Go where
remotes have never gone before.
Entertainment Made Simple
Give every member of the family their own personal
menu—with understandable labels—all on the same remote.
Everyone can watch or hear their favorites without fuss. It’s
entertainment made simple.
Stay tuned
Digital Learning enables our Complete Control remotes from
to perfectly reproduce command sequences for any new
products you may purchase in the future.
Universal Remote Control
Our products allow professional programmers to give you
complete control of your universe. Our motto is
Entertainment Made Simple.
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