URC MX-900 User manual

Operating Your System
With The MX-900

This remote control was
Custom Programmed for you by:
For questions about your Custom Programming call:
Custom Programming of a complex home theater and/or a multi-room
system is one of the most challenging tasks within an audio/video
installation. It involves an intimate knowledge of how the components
interact and exact details on the proper sequences of control.
Only a Complete Control dealer has the requisite experience and training
to quickly and effectively customize a remote control for true automated
operation.
Congratulations on your choice!
MX-900 Owner’s Manual © 2006-2014 Universal emote Control, Inc.
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TABLE OFCONTENTS
Congratulations! 1
Custom Labeled Buttons 1
Programmable only by a URC Certified Professional 1
Optional RF “No Rules” Operation 2
nstalling Batteries 3
Selecting a New “Activity” 4
Using the MX-900 to Control an “Activity” 5
Displaying the Setup Screen 6
Selecting from the Setup Screen 6
Setting the LCD 7
Sound Volume 11
Light Settings 11
System Settings 12
Version nformation Displays 12
Limited Warranty Statement 13
End User Agreement 16
Specifications 16
Federal Communication Commission nterference Statement 17

Congratulations!
You’ve purchased a unique synthesis of hardware and software engineering,
the Complete Control MX-900. The MX-900 achieves a magnificent
combination of power and flexibility, simplifying and automating operation of
even the most complex system.
One Touch Blue Backlighting
Simply press the L GHT button to backlight the screen.
Integrated Sound Signaling
The MX-900 incorporates a small speaker for beeps. Anytime you press a
button, the MX-900 signals that it has understood your command with a
beep sound.
Custom Labeled Buttons
The MX-900 is equipped with a bright easy to read LCD screen which labels
the six buttons to the right of the screeen. These button labels change based on
what you are watching or listening to. Thus, if you have selected Watching TV,
you will see a list of buttons that are useful to that activity, while if you select
DVD, the buttons will control the DVD.
Programmable only by a U C Certified Professional
To fully automate your audio/video system, the programmer must have
detailed knowledge of each component and how the system is connected
and operated. Only a trained and certified professional audio/video
installer can install a MX-900 remote control in a timely and efficient
manner.
LIGHT Button
Press the Light button on the
side of the MX-900 to backlight
the LCD display and all of the
buttons.
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Optional F “No ules” Operation
n combination with a Complete Control RF Base Station, the MX-900 can
control your system without being in line-of-sight of the equipment.
3. The MRF-300’s built-in Front Blaster sends commands to
components in the same cabinet space as the MRF-300.
4. Self-adhesive “Flashers” affix to the
nfrared sensors on the front panels of your
components. The Flashers relay commands
to components out of sight of the MRF-300’s
Front Blaster. The flashers plug in to the
MRF-300’s rear flasher line outputs via their
10 foot cables. Uniquely, the MRF-300 can
also connect to rear panel R nputs via its
adjustable R Line Outputs.
2. The RFX-150 RF Sensor can be freely
positioned for optimal reception.
Either the MRF-300 or the MRF-250 RF base station is compatible with the
MX-900. Both incorporate RF addressing. RF Addressing gives you the
ability to control equipment locations throughout your home, even if they
are concealed in other rooms or are behind closed doors.
1. The MX-900 sends radio
waves in every direction, so
you don’t have to point the
remote anymore!

Installing Batteries
Open the battery cover by pressing
the release and pulling back the
cover on the back of the control.
Remove the cover.
Observe the + and - polarity
indications inside the battery
compartment.
Place the four AAA batteries into
their positions in the battery
compartment observing the + and -
polarity indicators on the batteries.
Now, replace the battery cover by
inserting the hinged end in first,
then snapping the cover back into
place.
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+
-
-

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Selecting a New “Activity”
The MX-900’s WATCH and L STEN buttons display the activities you can
control with your MX-900. When you want to watch something else (a DVD
movie, a videotape or an HDTV broadcast), simply press the WATCH button
and select the new activity. When you want to listen to the radio or to a CD,
touch the L STEN button and select what you would like to listen to.
Your installer will have programmed the button you pressed to totally config-
ure your system to watch or listen to whatever you selected. Now, the screen
will change, and all of the LCD buttons will be reconfigured to give you full
control of your system while watching or listening to your selection!
Press either of the PAGE buttons to see any other available choices.
PAGE DISPLAY
At the bottom of the LCD screen, the
page display informs you if there are
other pages of buttons available.
When you press the WATCH button,
you can see the most frequently used
activities you have for watching the
sources in your system.
When you press the L STEN button,
you can see the most frequently used
activities you have for listening in
your system.

Using the MX-900 to Control an “Activity”
Once you’ve selected a new activity, the MX-900 displays the title of the
activity at the top of the screen. Below the title, the LCD displays the cus-
tomized names of any special features you need for the activity. All the
hard buttons of the MX-900 have now changed to functions optimized for
this activity.
The Title displays
what activity you
can control.
The Channel and
Previous Channel
buttons will change
channels when you
have selected an
activity like Watch
CABLETV or
Watch SAT TV.
The Number keypad
will enter numbers for
the activity you’ve
selected. Thus, for
watching Cable TV, you
use the number keypad
to enter channel num-
bers, while when lis-
tening to CD, the num-
ber keypad enters track
numbers.
The LCD button
labels describe
special features
for this activity.
The transport buttons
(Play, Stop, Skip-, Skip+,
FF, REW and Pause)
operate when the select-
ed activity requires them
(for example, if you
watch CABLETV with a
TiVo type of DVR, these
buttons will control the
built-in DVR, while if
you are watching a
DVD, these buttons will
control the DVD player).
The Volume and
Mute buttons always
control the sound
regardless of what
screen is displayed.
Press either of the
PAGE buttons to see
any other available
choices.
The 4 way cursor
buttons enable you
to navigate on
screen guides and
menus with ease.
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Displaying the Setup Screen
You can adjust the settings of the MX-900 whenever you
like by pressing and holding both the WATCH and the
ENTER button at the same time for three seconds. When
you do, the screen will change to the SETUP screen. f
you do not press any button on the SETUP screen within
30 seconds, the MX-900 will time out and automatically
return to normal operation. You can return to normal
operation before that by pressing either the WATCH or
the L STEN button.
At the same time, press and
hold both the WATCH but-
ton and the ENTER button.
When the SETUP screen
appears, you can release the
two buttons.
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Selecting from the Setup Screen
Simply touch the button for the setting you’d like to adjust:
LCD - The appearance of the
screen.
L GHT - What the L GHT button
does.
SOUND - The volume of the
beeps.
SYSTEM - The battery low
warning.
VERS ON - No adjustments are
possible. Displays factory info.

Setting the LCD
With these settings, you can set the MX-900 to constantly display the LCD
when not in use, or show a blank screen when not in use. Additionally, you
can control the contrast of the screen.
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To activate the LCD On/Off setting, press
this button. See below.
To activate the CONTRAST setting, press
this button. See the next page.
To activate the BR GHTNESS setting, press
this button. See the next page.
To exit without saving any changes you
have made, press EX T.
To exit without saving any changes you
have made, press EX T.
To change the timer interval, press the
LEFT or R GHT arrow keys.
f you set the LCD to OFF, the timer set-
tings will appear. The LCD will go blank
after waitting the interval you set here by
adjusting the LEFT and R GHT arrow
keys.
The timer can be set to turn off the LCD
between 10 seconds and 20 minutes.
To SAVE any changes you have made,
press SAVE.
LCD Timer Setting:
The Timer nterval is displayed here.

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Setting LCD Contrast
You can adjust the contrast of the LCD screen using the LEFT and R GHT
arrow keys once the LCD contrast screen has been selected (shown on the
previous page).
Setting LCD Brightness
You can adjust the brightness of the LCD screen using the LEFT and
R GHT arrow keys once the LCD Brightness screen has been selected
(shown on the previous page).
Adjust the LCD brightness with the
LEFT and R GHT keys as shown in
the previous pages.
The current CONTRAST is
displayed here via a bar graph.
Adjust the CONTRAST setting with
the LEFT and R GHT keys as shown
in the previous pages.
To exit without saving any
changes you have made, press
EX T.
To SAVE any changes you have
made, press SAVE.
The current Brightness is dis-
played here as a bar graph.
To SAVE any changes you have
made, press SAVE.
To exit without saving any
changes you have made, press
EX T.

Light Settings
You can adjust the backlighting of the remote in two additional ways:
1. You can turn on/off the LCD and the hard button backlighting.
2. You can select the amount of time the lighting stays on after the last button
press from a range of values between 10 seconds and 90 seconds.
Sound Volume
Your MX-900 beeps whenever a button is pressed. However, you can adjust
the volume of the beep to one of four levels as shown here:
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The current Beep volume is dis-
played here as a “bar”.
OFF
SL GHT BEEP
MODERATE BEEP
LOUDEST BEEP
Adjust the volume of the beep by
TAPP NG the LEFT and R GHT arrow
keys as shown in the previous pages.
The current timer setting is
displayed here in seconds.
Adjust the backlighting timer setting
with the LEFT and R GHT keys as
shown in the previous pages.
Change whether the backlight-
ing is on or off by pressing this
button.
f you want the backlighting
always OFF, set it to OFF.
f you would like the backlight-
ing on, select ON.

System Settings
You can set your MX-900 to display the Low Battery warning at a power
level between 0% and 20% (in 5% increments).
Version Information Displays
Should you be curious, the Version indicates what firmware and software
versions were used to program your MX-900.
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To exit, press WATCH.
Press here to adjust the battery
warning level.
The Memory bar indicates
available memory with Black.
The memory in use is White.
The Power bar indicates avail-
able power with Black.
To exit, press WATCH.

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Limited Warranty Statement
1. LIMITED WA ANTY AND DISCLAIME S
Universal Remote Control, nc. (“URC”) warrants that URC equipment
purchased directly from URC or from an authorized URC dealer or
distributor shall be free from defects in material and workmanship
under normal usage for a period of one (1) year from the date of
purchase of the product by the end-user, but no longer than thirty-six
(36) months from the date of shipment of the URC equipment by URC
to an authorized URC dealer or distributor, except that with respect to
Total Control® whole-house products, the warranty extends for two
(2) years from the date of purchase by the end-user, but no longer
than forty-eight (48) months from the date of shipment of the URC
equipment by URC to an authorized URC dealer or distributor.
This limited warranty is valid only in the United States of America.
U C equipment purchased from other than an authorized U C
dealer or distributor is without warranty.
URC warrants that the software will substantially conform in any
material respect to its functional specifications at the time of delivery.
URC SHALL NOT BE L ABLE FOR OPERAT ONAL, TECHN CAL OR
ED TOR AL ERRORS AND/OR OM SS ONS MADE N THE URC
DOCUMENTAT ON. URC DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE URC
SOFTWARE S BUG-FREE OR ERROR FREE OR THAT THERE ARE
NO ERRORS/BUGS N THE URC SOFTWARE.
URC warrants that at the time of purchase the URC equipment and
the URC software complied with all applicable regulations and
policies of the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC")
regarding electromagnetic interference caused by
electronic/computing devices and to the extent that the URC
equipment and/or the URC software fails to so comply, URC shall, at
its own expense, take all reasonable measures to promptly cause such
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ASS STANCE FOR HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE USAGE EXCEPT AS
EXPRESSLY PROV DED FOR HERE N.
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PART CULAR PURPOSE, MAY BE AVA LABLE W TH RESPECT TO
URC EQU PMENT. MPL ED WARRANT ES VARY FROM STATE TO

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STATE. URC EXPRESSLY L M TS THESE MPL ED WARRANT ES, TO
THE EXTENT ALLOWABLE BY LAW, TO THE T ME PER ODS
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REGARD NG THE USE OF, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF, THE
EQU PMENT, SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTAT ON N TERMS OF
CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, REL AB L TY OR OTHERW SE.
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MAX MUM EXTENT PERM TTED BY APPL CABLE LAW, URC
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QUAL TY OR REASONABLE SK LL AND CARE, OR OUTCOME OR
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NATURE, ( ) MOD F CAT ONS, ( ) NTEGRAT ON W TH TH RD
PARTY CONTENT, OR ( V) BEYOND THE WARRANTY PER OD
AND/ OR FA LURE TO FOLLOW URC WARRANTY CLA M
PROCEDURE.
The warranty limitations and warranty disclaimers may not apply to
end user in whole or in part, where such are restricted or excluded by
applicable law, and such shall apply to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law.
n the event of any warranty claim, URC will, at its sole option, repair
the URC equipment using new or comparable rebuilt parts, or
exchange the URC equipment for new or rebuilt equipment. In the
event of a defect, these are the end user's exclusive remedies.
All the URC equipment returned for service, exchange or repair
require an RGA number. To obtain an RGA number, you must
complete a Return Request Form which you may obtain by calling
[phone] or contacting URC at
[e-mail]. To obtain warranty service, end
user must deliver the URC equipment, freight prepaid, in its original
packaging or packaging affording adequate protection to URC at 420
Columbus Avenue, Valhalla, NY 10595. t is end user's responsibility
to backup any macro programming, artwork, software or other
materials that may have been programmed into the unit. t is likely
that such data, software, or other materials will be lost during service

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and URC will not be responsible for any such damage or loss. A dated
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proof of purchase is required. For the URC equipment support and
other important information, please visit URC's website available at
www.universalremote.com or call the Customer Service Center at
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This limited warranty only covers the URC equipment issues caused
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t does not cover product issues caused by any other reason, including
but not limited to product issues due to commercial use, acts of God,
third-party installation, misuse, limitations of technology, or
modification of or to any part of the URC equipment. This limited
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refurbished, so called "B stock" or consumables (such as batteries).
This limited warranty is invalid if the factory applied serial number has
been altered or removed from the URC equipment. This limited
warranty specifically excludes the U C equipment sold by
unauthorized resellers.
With the exception of URC's R-only, broad-based consumer remotes,
none of URC's PC programmable remotes or any of our Total
Control® whole-house equipment are authorized for online internet
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Control® whole-house equipment online means buying equipment
that does not have URC's limited warranty. Such equipment is not
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OM SS ONS OF END USER OR ANY TH RD PARTY.

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End User Agreement
The terms and conditions of the End User Agreement available at
www.universalremote.com/eua.php shall apply.
Specifications
Memory - 4 Megabits of Flash Memory (for User Configuration)
Devices - Flexible, typically can support up to 40 Devices
Pages - Flexible, typically can support up to 40 Pages on each Device
Learning Capability - Standard frequencies (15kHz to 460kHz)
Macro Capability - Up to 255 steps each, however nesting is allowed
R Range (Line of Sight via nfrared): 30-50 feet, depending on the environment
RF Range (radio frequency): 50 to 100 feet, depending upon the environment
RF Frequency: 418MHz
Weight: 14 ounces (with batteries)
Size: 8” H x 2.25” W x 1.25” D
Batteries: 4 AAA Batteries
THE L M TAT ONS OF L AB L TY MAY NOT APPLY TO END USER
N WHOLE OR N PART, WHERE SUCH ARE RESTR CTED L M TED
OR EXCLUDED BY APPL CABLE LAW AND SUCH SHALL APPLY
TO THE MAX MUM EXTENT PERM TTED BY APPL CABLE LAW.
URC SHALL NOT BE HELD RESPONS BLE FOR THE STATEMENTS
MADE BY OTHERS.
SOME STATES OR JUR SD CT ONS DO NOT ALLOW THE
EXCLUS ON OR L M TAT ON OF NC DENTAL OR
CONSEQUENT AL DAMAGES, OR ALLOW L M TAT ONS ON
HOW LONG AN MPL ED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE
L M TAT ONS OR EXCLUS ONS MAY NOT APPLY TO END USER.
TH S L M TED WARRANTY G VES END USER SPEC F C LEGAL
R GHTS AND END USER MAY HAVE OTHER R GHTS WH CH
VARY FROM STATE TO STATE OR JUR SD CT ON TO
JUR SD CT ON.

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Federal Communication Commission
Interference Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits
aredesigned to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference
in aresidential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate
radiofrequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. f this equipment does cause harmful interference to
radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the
equipment off and on, theuser is encouraged to try to correct the interference by
one more of the following measures:
 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
 ncrease the separation between the equipment and receiver.
 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to
which the receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Warning
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could
void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
Note : The manufacturer is not responsible for any Radio or TV interference
caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications
could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
FCC Caution
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference,
and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference
that may cause undesired operation.
Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible
for compliance could void the authority to operate equipment.
The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must not be co-located or operating in
conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

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