Taking a First Look

What’s New for Pronto Next Generation?

This new Pronto NG (TSU3000) offers several new features compared to the previous model of Pronto (TSU2000). The most important ones are:

Light sensor

The light sensor on your Pronto NG causes the backlight to switch on automatically according to the ambient light of your own home theater environment.

Transparency

Pronto NG supports transparency in buttons and other objects. This makes it easier to create complex user interfaces. You can now place buttons with a transparent background on top of a background image and let transparent buttons overlap.

16 gray scales

The number of gray scales has increased from 4 to 16. Therefore the buttons look much more natural.

USB

Pronto NG has a USB port to make downloading and uploading easier.

4 MB of Memory

Pronto NG has 4 Megabyte of memory. This enables you to download larger configuration files to Pronto NG.

Integrated Macros

Macros are now better integrated in the configuration file. Each button can be a macro, this means each button can contain more than one action.

More advanced Timers

Your Pronto NG is able to set timers for certain actions to be carried out at any time you choose. Timers are not an entirely new feature of Pronto NG, but they are easier to use and better integrated with the configuration file. You can activate and deactivate the timers you created and you can also set them to repeat daily or weekly. For instance, you can have the lights switched on every day at sunset. You can also create a timer to set your VCR to record your favorite TV-show on Wednesday and Saturday.

RF

By default, Pronto NG operates your devices with IR signals. However, you can choose to have Pronto NG working with radio frequency (RF) signals to operate devices from a distance or from an adjacent room. An RF Extender (not included) is therefore required.

Page Overview

The Page Overview offers you a list of all the pages for one device. Every device comes with a Page Overview, making it easier and faster to browse through the device pages.

User Guide

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