Radio Shack manual ProgrammingtheMX-500TMtoControlYourComponents, Where Do I Start?

4.ProgrammingtheMX-500TMtoControlYourComponents

WHERE DO I START?

First of all, get all of your original remote controls together. Find out what brands of components you have. You may have one or more components that do not have original remote controls, but can still be controlled by the MX-500TM. You must use the preprogrammed method for those devices. For the rest, you can program the MX-500TMto make it compatible with your components by following the preprogrammed method instructions, by using your original remote controls to teach the MX-500TM, or both methods.

Next, it is a good idea to decide whether you want a “Device-based” configuration, or if you want an “Activity-based” configuration.

A “ Device-based” configuration centers on each Device with its two LCD pages controlling one component. All of the functions that your original remote control has on it would be put on to one device. The MX-500TMcomes with the labels and preprogrammed codes in a “Device-based” setup.

If you go to the “List of Preprogrammed LCD Text by Device” on page 53, you will see diagrams of how the MX-500TMis set up at the factory. When you choose a preprogrammed code for a component from the “Setup Code Tables” in the Appendix of this manual, that code will be applied to one device only.

An “Activity-based” configuration centers on what you are doing at the time. If you are watching a DVD on your TV, and are using your Home Theater receiver to control the

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