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HOT LINKTM PRO!

Instructions

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Thank you for purchasing the HOT LINK PRO! Remote Control Booster System, a supersensitive, hidden, infrared (IR) remote control repeater. With HOT LINK PRO!, IR remote controls can operate equipment hidden in closed cabinets and increase the useful distance of remote controls up to sixty-five feet.

Quick Setup Guide

Caution: DO NOT enclose equipment not meant to be fully enclosed. While most equipment may not overheat in a moderately-sized cabinet, some equipment such as high-powered amplifiers and receivers may overheat and cause damage. Allow for ventilation through back of cabinet.

1Mount Receiver Eye in visible location using screw tab or VelcroTMtabs.

2Apply Emitters to original equipment eyes,

removing red backing on adhesive tabs.

3 Mount confirmation LED using adhesive tab.

4Mount the Repeater Box with VelcroTM tabs.

5Plug power supply into Hot Link Pro! and 120VAC standard outlet.

Confirmation	Emitter applied
LED, Green
	over IR "EYE"
	on equipment
		Emitters
		to other
		equipment
Mount	Repeater	Plug in
Receiver Eye	Box
		Power
		Supply

	Detailed Guide and Hot Tips
Receiver Eye	Eye Window

Because the Receiver Eye is so sensitive, it can be located in a slot behind a cabinet door on the front or mounted on an exposed part of the cabinet top, an exposed shelf, behind a speaker grill, behind a cabinet "looking" out into the room or mounted in the toe-kick facing the floor. It can often work at the back of the room where equipment may be installed. Eye Window should not be facing direct sunlight, high powered flood lamps, 12 volt halogen lamps driven by switching type power supplies, or High-efficiency screw-in type fluorescent lamps. These items may emit too much Low Frequency (LF) RF, too much Pulsed IR or too much ambient light. If used in conjunction with other IR repeaters, verify they are not emitting spurious IR. Mount Eye at least one foot from your television, if possible.

The Hot Link Pro is excellent at blocking LF RF from TV sets but can sometimes receive interference from larger sets. The Receiver eye may need to be shielded from direct view of Plasma Discharge TV screens that emit pulsed IR. Noise activity is indicated when the Green LED glows with no remote control activity. Find source of noise and eliminate or move Receiver Eye away from noise until LED is off. Addition of non-factory RCA extension cables may affect performance. Extension cables are available in custom lengths to 25 feet.

Emitters

Locate the IR eye of your equipment, using a flashlight to look through the faceplate (front) to find the eye, which may look like a small circle, see examples. Or check the equipment owners manual for the location of the remote control window. If the eye cannot be located with confidence, complete the step of connecting the Plug-in Power Supply. Then peel off red backing from clear tape on one Emitter and with the equipment turned on and it's face blocked from the hand-held remote control, do not block the HOT LINK PRO! Receiver Eye. Holding remote a few feet from Receiver Eye, press a known function button, moving the IR Emitter slowly across the front panel about a quarter of an inch in front of the surface, until the equipment responds to the remote control command. When best position is located, apply IR Emitter to front with sticky

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IR Window Examples

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