Acoustic Research ARRX18G - Manuals

Page 2 - Unpack; What you’ll be doing by the end of this section:; Controlling your home theater devices; Out of the Box; Setup Guide

2 Out of the Box Cradle rest 1 Unpack The first step is to make sure you’ve got the following parts in your package: Quick Look: > Unpack > Charge the remote > Get to know the interactive touchscreen > Remote setup > On-remote setup of TVs, A/V components, and other devices What you’l...

Page 3 - Charge the remote; Remove the battery door; XsightTM Touch; Install the rechargeable battery; XsightTM Touch; Assemble the charging cradle

Out of the Box 3 Out o f the B ox 2 Charge the remote The next step is to install the Xsight™ Touch ’s rechargeable battery, plug in its cradle, and let it charge for 3 to 4 hours. Remove the battery door from the back of the Xsight™ Touch . Press up on the latch to release the door. ® Install the r...

Page 4 - Shortcut keys; The interactive touchscreen

4 Out of the Box The top of the remote also offers Shortcut keys to give you one-touch access to some of the remote’s advanced functions: (Home/Back) goes back one screen in the menus. Holding this key down for two seconds takes the remote to the Home Screen. (Favorites) accesses the Favorites scree...

Page 5 - Remote Setup; Set Language; English; Set Region; North America; Set Time; Hour; Tutorial

Out of the Box 5 Out o f the B ox 3 Remote Setup Once the remote has finished charging, pick it up from its cradle. The Xsight™ Touch has sensors that wake the LCD screen up automatically (you can also wake it up by pressing a key). The Xsight™ Touch has screens that guide you through the initial se...

Page 6 - On-Remote Device Setup; The; To begin setting up your first device, press; Add Device; on

6 Out of the Box 4 On-Remote Device Setup The Xsight™ Touch lets you set up your devices in seconds, right on the remote, with a built-in library of codes for the most popular models of the most common home theater devices: DVD players, plasma and LCD HDTVs, and much more. Note: If you quit setup af...

Page 7 - Choose your device’s brand.; Begin Test

Out of the Box 7 Out o f the B ox Choose your device’s brand. Use the slider bar to go through the pages of brands for this device. When you see your brand, press its on-screen key. Choose the kind of device you want to set up. Use the slider bar to go through the pages of devices. When you see the ...

Page 8 - Tips for setting up devices; Next; Set master volume (for devices with audio control); Yes; always

8 Out of the Box Can’t find a code that works your device (or one that does everything you want it to do)? Use the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard! The setup wizard lets you enter your device’s model number to find exactly the right code for your device. If you find a code that does most of what ...

Page 9 - Using the remote; XsightTM

Out of the Box 9 Out o f the B ox If you sometimes use other devices to change volume, answer No in this screen—you’ll have a chance to set up master volume for specific activities (like when you’re watching a movie) later. How to see what you’ve set up so far If you’re not sure what devices you’ve ...

Page 10 - Installing the EZ-RCTM Remote Control Wizard; Installing the EZ-RCTM Remote Control Setup Wizard; Minimum hardware requirements; Make sure your PC satisfies system

10 Installing the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Wizard Quick Look: > System Requirements > Install the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard > Launch the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard > Sign in > Connect your remote What you’ll be doing by the end of this section: Using the EZ-RC™ Remote Co...

Page 11 - What if my CD doesn’t start installation automatically?; Install the EZ-RCTM Remote Control Setup Wizard; Create New; that came with your; Follow the CD-ROM’s on-screen instructions; to install the EZ-RCTM Remote

Installing the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Wizard 11 Ins talling What if my CD doesn’t start installation automatically? 1. Open the CD and double-click on the icon shown here.2. If you have Windows XP and need Service Pack 3, see the Important Note for Windows XP users on the previous page (Vista users d...

Page 12 - Connect your remote when prompted; Why ActiveX controls are necessary

12 Installing the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Wizard 5 Connect your remote when prompted If you see this error message... You need to change your ActiveX settings in Internet Explorer for the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard to work. To change settings ActiveX settings: 1. Click OK in the “Missing neces...

Page 13 - Upload; For the best experience with your

Installing the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Wizard 13 Ins talling In the first setup screen after you’ve connected your remote, check the Upload and edit a setup from your remote option. Then confirm that you want to proceed. This tells the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard that you want to save the setti...

Page 14 - Activities; Set up your first activities; between your favorite TV shows and DVDs

14 Activities Quick Look: > Set up the Hello activity (all on) > Set up the Good Night activity (all off) > Set up a Watch Movie activity > Set up a Watch Satellite or Cable activity What you’ll be doing by the end of this section: Controlling your entire home entertainment system with o...

Page 15 - Add a Hello activity.; Choose Smart Wizard; Hello; Name the activity

Activities 15 A ctivitie s 1 Add a Hello activity. Choose Smart Wizard Then click the button to continue. A screen appears showing you the steps you’ll go through to set up the activity using the Smart Wizard. Click the button at the bottom of the screen to continue. Why Smart Wizard? There are two ...

Page 16 - Configure the Hello activity for your devices.; Set the power on commands; None; Since this option turns your devices off, we won’t use it now.; Toggle; button at the bottom of the screen to continue.

16 Activities 2 Configure the Hello activity for your devices. Set the power on commands Once you’ve given the Hello activity the name you want (or left it as “Hello”), the next Wizard screen lets you set how each of your devices are powered on. Use the pull-down menu for each device to set that dev...

Page 17 - Test the Hello activity with your devices.; Once your remote is ready to test, the screen to the right appears.; OK; to continue; Read about the test

Activities 17 A ctivitie s 3 Test the Hello activity with your devices. Once your remote is ready to test, the screen to the right appears. Carefully disconnect the remote from your PC. The remote screens guide you through testing this activity. Test individual power commands The second screen lets ...

Page 18 - Test the entire activity

18 Activities 12:35 Begin Test Through out the Activity test, point the remote toward your devices. Test the entire activity The next screen lets you test the Hello activity with your entire system. IMPORTANT: Make sure all your devices are off before you start. Also make sure your remote is pointed...

Page 19 - Finish up the activity.; Need help setting up this remote?

Activities 19 A ctivitie s 4 Finish up the activity. If the activity worked with your remote, you’re just a step from the finish. If the activity did not work as you thought it should, you can use the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard to make adjustments or troubleshoot. Select Yes if the activity ...

Page 20 - Choose; Choose the activity you want to set up (Good Night); Setting up the Good Night activity (all off); Add a Good Night activity.

20 Activities Choose Smart Wizard . Then click the Next button to continue. A screen appears showing you the steps you’ll go through to set up the activity using the Smart Wizard. Click the Next button to continue. If you’re re-accessing the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard, go to the Main Menu an...

Page 21 - Configure the Good Night activity for your devices.; Use this option if you want to leave a device out of the Good Night

Activities 21 A ctivitie s 2 Configure the Good Night activity for your devices. Use the pull-down menu for each device to set that device’s power-off command. The options are: None Use this option if you want to leave a device out of the Good Night activity (for example, if the device is in another...

Page 22 - Test the Good Night activity with your devices.

22 Activities Once your remote is ready to test, the screen to the right appears. Carefully disconnect the remote from your PC. The remote screens guide you through testing this activity. Read about the test The first screen gives you some information about the test. Use the slider to go to the next...

Page 23 - Begin; Reconnect the remote to your PC; Continue; How do I know the remote’s connected?

Activities 23 A ctivitie s 12:35 Begin Test Through out the Activity test, point the remote toward your devices. Test the entire activity The next screen lets you test the Good Night activity with your entire system. IMPORTANT: Make sure all your devices are off before you start. Also make sure your...

Page 25 - Setting up a Watch Movie activity; Write down which devices you use to Watch Movies.; Watch Movie activity—it should already be on the correct input

Activities 25 A ctivitie s Setting up a Watch Movie activity The next activities, Watch Movie and Watch Satellite (or Watch Cable), are different from the Hello and Good Night activities. For these activities, you will use the Advanced Wizard. The Advanced Wizard gives you more options to customize ...

Page 26 - Add a new activity in the EZ-RCTM Remote Control Setup Wizard.; Choose Advanced Wizard

26 Activities If you’re re-accessing the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard, go to the Main Menu and click Activities . Select Add an Activity from the submenu that appears.Then continue with the steps that follow to set up the Watch Movie activity. Why Advanced Wizard? The Advanced Wizard is better...

Page 27 - Build the Watch Movie activity for your devices.; and click; For “Watch Movie” you don’t need to turn anything on.

Activities 27 A ctivitie s 4 Build the Watch Movie activity for your devices. Once you’ve given the Watch Movie activity the name you want (or left it as “Watch Movie”), the next Wizard screen asks if you want to build the sequence of commands to configure your home entertainment system to watch a m...

Page 28 - Don’t see the key command you want?; To move a command in the sequence:

28 Activities Don’t see the key command you want? First, make sure you’ve selected the correct device from the drop-down menu. Then, double check your original remote and make sure you’ve written down the key name correctly. If you still don’t see the key command you’re looking for, you can have the...

Page 29 - To change the timing between commands; (sometimes useful if a device; Set the volume/channel/transport controls; The final screen confirms that you’ve set up a Watch Movie activity.; to set up another activity.

Activities 29 A ctivitie s To change the timing between commands (sometimes useful if a device needs to respond to one command before it can respond to another): click the clock icon in the second line of the command and use the arrows to adjust the number of seconds to wait before giving the next c...

Page 30 - Setting up a Watch Satellite or Watch Cable activity; Write down which devices you use to Watch Satellite or Cable.

30 Activities Setting up a Watch Satellite or Watch Cable activity 1 Write down which devices you use to Watch Satellite or Cable. Look at the following example setup for “Watch Satellite”, then fill in the information for this activity in your home theater. What device do you use to... Control volu...

Page 32 - For this activity, you don’t need to turn anything on.

32 Activities 4 Build the Watch Satellite or Watch Cable activity for your devices. Once you’ve given this activity the name you want (or left it as-is), the next Wizard screen asks if you want to build the sequence of commands to configure your home entertainment system to watch a movie. Select Yes...

Page 34 - IMPORTANT: Don’t forget to download your activities to your remote.; The final screen confirms that you’ve set up this activity. Click; to set up

34 Activities IMPORTANT: Don’t forget to download your activities to your remote. When you’ve finished customizing your remote using the EZ-RC™ Remote Control Setup Wizard, go to the main menu and click Download to Remote to save your settings to the remote itself. The next screen asks if you’d like...

Page 35 - Using your activities; Watch Movie; When you start using your home theater—; before you turn anything on; —choose the

Activities 35 A ctivitie s Using your activities 3. Choose the home entertainment activity you want to perform (for example, Watch Movie ). How do I know when an activity has finished? When you see soft keys for one of your devices on the remote screen, the remote has finished sending the activity’s...

Page 36 - To do another activity, press the; When you’re finished with your home theater, press the

36 Activities To do another activity, press the shortcut key. To go to the home menu, press and hold the key. What if Assist doesn’t work? If the Assist screens are not helping you find the correct inputs on your devices, check the following: • Is the wrong device changing inputs? Make sure the inpu...

Page 37 - Using the; Creating your family favorites; Favorites and Profiles; If you’re not already signed in:; How to make this remote all yours

Favorites & Profiles 37 Fa vorit es & Pr ofile s Quick Look: > How to make the Xsight™ Touch remote Yours > Create a Family Favorite Channels list > Create individual Profiles for each family member What you’ll be doing by the end of this section: Using the Xsight™ Touch your way, a...

Page 38 - Set up your favorites.; Set the device you use to change channels; Set how you finish entering a channel number

38 Favorites & Profiles 1 Set up your favorites. Set the device you use to change channels If you subscribe to a satellite programming service, for example, you probably use your satellite box to change channels, not your TV. Choose the option that works for your home theater, then click Next . ...

Page 39 - Choose your favorite channels.; Select a channel

Favorites & Profiles 39 Fa vorit es & Pr ofile s 2 Choose your favorite channels. Select a channel Click the scroll bar to find a channel you want to add to your favorites. The channels are listed in alphabetical order. Highlight a channel you want to add, and click the arrow that appears to...

Page 40 - Check your channels

40 Favorites & Profiles Type in the channel number When the channel icon or label appears on the replica remote screen, type in the number for the channel in your programming. Add the next channel Click the next space in the replica remote screen to add another channel to your favorites. Then fo...

Page 41 - Choose the devices controlled by each section of the remote.

Favorites & Profiles 41 Fa vorit es & Pr ofile s 3 Choose the devices controlled by each section of the remote. In the final step in creating your Favorite channels list, you set what different groups of keys control by default when you’re using your favorite channel list. Set this screen fo...

Page 42 - Creating Individual Profiles; Choose Profile type; from the final screen of the Favorites; to give the profile this name and customized picture.

42 Favorites & Profiles Creating Individual Profiles Once you’ve created the Favorites list, you can create individual profile lists for each member of the family. If you selected No: Choose Favorites from the Main menu and select Add Profile from the submenu. 1 Add your Profile. The first Creat...

Page 43 - Choose the channels for this profile.

Favorites & Profiles 43 Fa vorit es & Pr ofile s 2 Choose the channels for this profile. IMPORTANT: Only the channels you’ve chosen as your favorites can be selected for a profile. If you want to add a channel for your profile that you don’t see here, add it to your favorites by choosing Fav...

Page 44 - not

44 Favorites & Profiles 3 Choose the devices controlled by each section of the remote. In the final step in creating this profile, you set what different groups of keys control by default when you’re using this profile. This is useful, for example, if the person using this profile prefers to use...

Page 45 - Most common problems with your; Troubleshooting; Initial setup; The EZ-RCTM Remote Control Setup Wizard

Troubleshooting 45 Tr ouble shoo ting Most common problems with your Xsight™ Touch can be resolved by trying one of the following solutions. If you have any further questions, please call our help line toll-free at 1-800-276-0509. Troubleshooting Initial setup • My remote doesn’t come on automatical...

Page 46 - Setting Up Activities; Using Activities

46 Troubleshooting Windows XP users must have Service Pack 3 and .Net 3.5 To find out what service pack version you have: 1. Right click on My Computer on your PC desktop.2. Choose Properties from the drop-down menu.3. In the General Tab, the Service Pack is listed under System. To update to SP3: 1....

Page 47 - Using Favorites and Profiles

Troubleshooting 47 Tr ouble shoo ting • My Hello activity didn’t work. On the remote screen, press Assist . Then press Power On/Off . Press the key for each device to turn that device on. Use the slider to access more devices.Make sure your remote is pointed directly at your home entertainment devic...