Operation, cont’d

Configuring a single button for input source selection

If you want to use only one button to select your input sources, you must program the button with one command for each source (up to four). Only one button has to learn IR commands; and it has enough memory blocks to learn four input selection commands. To use this programmed button to select an input, you must press it repeatedly to cycle through all the inputs until you reach the desired one.

To program a single button to select multiple inputs,

1.

Disconnect power from the MLC 52.

2.

To make the one programmed button easily recognizeable, r eplace all but one

 

of the input (Video, PC, DVD, and/or VCR) button labels with the provided

 

Not Used label, or remove the input label(s) and leave the button(s) blank.

3.

Apply power to the MLC.

4.

Set configuration switch #1 to On (up). The front panel buttons light dimly.

5.

Press the MLC button that will store the input selection IR codes. The button

 

blinks for 5 seconds, during which time it is able to learn codes. On the rear

 

panel, the first (bottom) IR learning LED starts flashing.) (If a command is not

 

entered within 5 seconds, the button and LED stop blinking, and you must

 

press the button again to put it in back in learn mode.)

6.

Within 5 seconds, press the display device remote control button from which

 

the MLC button will learn the first input selection command. If the command

 

has been learned successfully, the Learning LEDs on the rear panel blink in

 

rapid progression from the top LED to the bottom, then back to the top.

7.

To program a second input selection command on the same button, press the

 

button again. The button and the second rear panel IR learning LED begin to

 

blink. On your display device’s remote control, press the next button whose

 

function you want the MLC button to learn.

8.

Repeat the procedure described in steps 5 and 6 for additional commands you

 

want to add to the button you are programming. Each MLC button can be

 

programmed with up to four commands.

9.

When finished programming the input selection button, set rear panel DIP

 

switch #1 to Off (down). Verify that the button has been programmed

 

correctly by pressing it repeatedly to cycle through the inputs.

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Extron electronic MLC 52 manual Configuring a single button for input source selection