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Learning from the bottom up.
Since the UC-616 does not contain any preset codes, you’ll need to have your original remotes handy. So, press the [MENU] button several times to return to the Setup Menu. Select the "Program" option, followed by "Learning" – then press the component to which you want to add signals. The first screen you’re presented with is a mock-up of the hard button layout. As with the UC-515, the UC-616 automatically selects the first button to learn to and waits for a signal. Simply point your original remote at the bottom of the UCommand and hold the source button. In less than a second the remote will have finished learning and auto-selected the next button. To program a specific button, just press it. Although the LCD screen shows the [MENU] button as an option, you cannot in fact learn anything to it. Pressing it manually simply returns you to the Main Menu.
When it comes to learning LCD buttons, the UC-616 will again step through each and every button on all 4 pages. Once you’ve finished with one device the remote automatically takes you back to the Main Menu and waits for you to select the next device to program. It’s one of the most intuitive remote learning procedures I’ve ever seen. Plus, it’s so fast learning codes that I would expect it possible to learn an entire device in only a few minutes – kudos to the designers! The UCommand can hold approximately 420 learned signals and will learn infrared frequencies between 10kHz and 150kHz.
No concept of "punch-throughs" is used, so if you want the receiver to control the volume of 6 components, you need only learn the receiver’s volume commands to those 6 components. In addition, the hard buttons on the Main Menu cannot be learned to – being able to add volume commands there would have been a nice touch.
Although buttons always show whether they have a command or not, and it’s not necessary to remove one code before learning the next, the Program Menu nonetheless has an option to clear signals from a particular key. Of more use, you can also clear all learned signals from a single device or all devices at once.
Custom fitted controls.
Changing text on device buttons is identical to changing those on the Main Menu, except for a new "Icon" button that appears on the keyboard screen. The "Icon" command takes you to a whole new menu of symbols – there’s a total of 54 custom symbols you can use, including transport controls, brightness and contrast, volume, special menus and more. However, it’s impossible to combine both icons and text onto a single button, no matter how large that button is.
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