Philips 9800i user manual Learn & Match

Getting the Settings Right

Determining Remote Control Codes

Good To Know:

About Remote Control Codes

Your RC9800i sends infrared (IR) signals to your devices to trigger an action, e.g. to make the VCR start recording.

For every action/function, the RC9800i sends a specific IR signal, called a ‘remote control code’. The codes for various functions of a device are clustered in a ‘codeset’. Your RC9800i comes with a huge database that contains numerous remote control codesets for all kinds of devices and brands.

There are 3 different ways to learn the remote control codes used by your device:

■If you have the original remote control for the device, choose Learn & Match;

■If you don’t have the original remote control or if Learn & Match didn’t find matching remote control codes, choose Autoscan;

■If neither Learn & Match or Autoscan found matching codes, choose Select & Try.

Learn & Match

With this method, you use the device’s original remote control to determine the remote control codes that your RC9800i has to use. The RC9800i will first tell you which function it will learn. Then, follow the on-screen instructions until an animated picture appears.

1Aim your device’s original remote control to the RC9800i’s infrared sensor. Keep it at a distance of approximately

5 cm / 2 inches. Make sure to aim at the area between the two white stripes.

2On the original remote control, press the button indicated by the RC9800i. Keep it pressed until the RC9800i indicates that it has learned the remote control code (or that it was unable to learn the code). Choose Skip if your original remote control doesn’t feature the command asked for by the RC9800i.

Note In some cases, depending on the kind of device you’re configuring, steps 1-2 above may be repeated several times. Also, depending on the kind of device, the actual buttons to press may vary.

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