Universal MX-850 User manual

OPERATING
OUR SSTEM
WITH
MX-850

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OPERATING OUR SSTEM WITH THE MX-850
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Table of Contents
No More Pointing 1
Finding the MAIN Menu 2
Turn On the System 3
Using the MAIN Menu 4
Select a New ACTIVIT 4
Select a DEVICE Only 5
Controlling the Volume 6
Operating Any Device 6
Using FAV - Favorites 8
Backlighting 10
Changing CONTRAST 10
Batteries 11
Cleaning the Screen 11
Warranty 12
End User Agreement 16

1
No More Pointing!
The combination of the MX-850 with it’s companion MRF-
250 base station will enable you to place your audio/video
components out of sight behind closed doors and/or in
another room of your house. The MX-850 sends radio sig-
nals to the MRF-250 through walls and closed doors (50-
100’ away, indoors or outdoors). The MRF-250 converts
your commands to the infrared signals that control your
A/V components.
3. The built-in Front Blaster sends com-
mands to components in the same cabi-
net space as the MRF-250.
1. The MX-850 remote con-
trol sends radio waves in
every direction, so you
don’t have to point the
remote anymore!
2. Self-adhesive “Flashers”
affixed to the front panels of
components relay com-
mands to components out
of “line-of-sight” with the
MRF-250.
The MX-850
The MRF-250

2
Finding the MAIN Menu
The MAIN Button always takes you to the MAIN Menu
which may be named for the room the MX-850 controls.
The PAGE button switches between two MAIN Menu pages
IF you have more than ten remote controls.
hen the top title bar says MAIN or the name of a Room,
you are on the MAIN Menu.
The lower title bar displays PAGE 1 or PAGE 2 as you
switch. Each of the remote controls the MX-850 replaces are
represented by a button next to the
corresponding screen label.

3
Turn On our Entire System
Power on/off your entire system with the MAIN Menu
by following these steps:
1. Touch the MAIN button to make sure that you are on
the MAIN Menu. It doesn’t matter which page of the
MAIN Menu is displayed.
2. Touch the On or Off button as desired. ait until all
components are correctly powered on or off. Turning on the
system may take ten to twenty
seconds.
3. If one component does not turn on/off, simply touch the
button again.
TIP – The remote control will not respond to a
new button push while is still issuing com-mands.
hile busy, the indicator flashes at the top
of the screen next to the screen title.

4
Using the MAIN Menu
The MAIN Menu enables you to either select a new Activity
or simply select a new Device to control.
hen you select a new activity, the remote control will
issue a MACRO (a timed sequence of many commands
from many different remote controls). This MACRO was
custom pro-grammed for your system by your installer. It
will issue all of the com-mands necessary to switch the
sound and picture of your system.
hen you select a device, the remote control becomes the
remote control you select ITHOUT affecting the home
theater.
Select a New ACTIVIT
1. Touch the MAIN button to make sure that you are on
the MAIN Menu. Touch the PAGE button if you don’t
see the activity you want.
2. Touch the activity button next to the desired screen
label. For exam-ple if you wish to watch a DVD movie,
touch the DVD button.

5
The MAIN Menu activity buttons issue MACROS that reset
the sound and
picture of your home theater to a new activity.
TIP – The remote control is still issuing com-
mands while the indica-
tor flashes.
If the sound or the picture still are not correct, repeat
steps 1 and 2.
Select a DEVICE Only
1. Touch the MAIN button to make sure that you are on
the MAIN Menu. Touch the Page button if you don’t
see the activity you want.
2. Press and hold the MAIN button. While holding the
MAIN button down, touch the button next to the
desired screen label. The remote control will now display
the name of the selected device and all buttons will oper-
ate the device, however, the sound and the picture of
your sys-tem have not been changed.

Controlling the Volume
For your convenience, the VOLUME Up, VOLUME Down
and the MUTE buttons will always control the sur-round
sound system, regardless of what activity or device you are
control-ling.
Operating any Device
You can see the name of the device at the top of the screen.
If it is not the one you want, return to the MAIN Menu
and select a new device or
activity.
All of the printed label buttons
on the remote operate just like
the original remote control
(with the exception of Volume
Up, Volume Down and Mute
which operate your surround
sound sys-tem).
6

7
The Power ON and OFF buttons now operate only the
selected device (to turn the entire system on/off, return to
the MAIN Menu).
The ten screen labeled buttons are now labeled with any
commands that do not fit one of the buttons with
printed labels.
Up to 40 screen labeled buttons are available for each
device. To view the additional buttons, press the PAGE
button to display additional pages. The remote control
can dis-play up to four pages of screen labeled buttons
for each activity or device! As you scroll through the
pages, notice that the bottom title bar displays which
page you are viewing (PAGE 1, PAGE 2, etc.).