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CONTROLLING EXTERNAL SOURCES
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CONTROLLING EXTERNAL SOURCES
Using your LIFESTYLE
remote with other components
You can control most brands of external components – such as TVs, VCRs, and cable/satel-
lite boxes – using your LIFESTYLE
®
remote control. Choosing a primary channel selector for
all of the video components is a way to further simplify your control.
Designating a primary channel selector
By choosing one of your connected components as the primary channel selector, you can
use the remote to control the video source, even when another source is currently selected.
For example, if your TV is the selected source, you can quickly change the CBL/SAT
station you are watching on TV without first switching to CBL/SAT as the source.
Note: For general guidelines on using the LIFESTYLE
®
System menu, refer to “Properties that
you can adjust” on page 25
.
Make your selection from the
Remote Control
options in the System menu. Opposite the TV
Tuner option, select from the components listed the one you want to use as channel selector.
Then press
System
or
Exit
to leave the menu.
Figure 5
Designating the TV as
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Setting the remote to control each component
Your LIFESTYLE
®
system includes an IR (infrared) emitter that sends out signals from the front
of the media center to each component that your LIFESTYLE
®
remote is set to control. This
allows you to turn on those sources (which are in the room with the media center) and make
basic selections from them. The additional components may be connected either to the
media center or to the TV.
Note:
If a component is located where it cannot receive these IR signals, you can use the
supplied IR emitter cable with that component. For tips on getting the IR signals where they need
to go, or using the optional emitter, see “Connecting the optional IR emitter cable” in your Instal-
lation Guide.
It may take more than one try
Some manufacturers use a number of similar device codes. After selecting one code, your
remote may turn your TV, cable or satellite box, or VCR on and off successfully.
However, if you cannot change channels or initiate other features using the remote, you may
want to continue testing device codes until you find one that provides greater control.