PCTV Systems

TVCenter Remote Controls

PCTVSystemsTVCenterRemoteControl
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Table of Contents
Installation............................................................................................................4
Settings.................................................................................................................5
Remotecontroltypes...........................................................................................6
RemotecontroltypeA......................................................................................7
RemotecontroltypeB...................................................................................10
RemotecontroltypeC...................................................................................14
RemotecontroltypeD...................................................................................16
Troubleshooting................................................................................................19
Customconfiguration........................................................................................20
General..........................................................................................................20
Sections..........................................................................................................21
Supportedcommands....................................................................................22
Specialkeys....................................................................................................23
Specificcharacteristics...................................................................................25
Originalkeycodes..........................................................................................26

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Installation
Insertthebatteriesintotheremotecontrol.
Pointtheremotecontroldirectlytowardsthehardwarehousing.

Ensurethatthereisaclearlineofsightbetweentheremotecontrolandthe
receiver(thePCTVSystemstick).
Therangeoftheremotecontrolisabout5meters.

Illustrationisasample.

Settings
Afterinstallingthedevice,theremotecontrolisbydefaultautomatically
activatedwheneveryoustartWindows.

Tofurthercustomizethesettingsforyourremotecontrol,openthePCTV
SystemsTVCenterSettingsapplicationandchoose"Remotecontrol".

Hereyoucan,forexample:

selecttheremotecontrolyouwanttouse,
selectthehardwareyouwanttouseastheremotecontrolreceiverifyou
havemorethanonePCTVSystemsdevicesconnectedtoyourPC.

Screenshotisasample.

Remote control types

TVCentersupportsdiffrenttypesofremotecontrols.Hereisanoverview:
RemotecontroltypeA/typeB/typeC/typeD:

RemotecontroltypeA

RemotecontroltypeB

RemotecontroltypeC

RemotecontroltypeD

TVCenter Remote Controls

Remote control type A

Button assignment
Thefollowingdiagramshowsyouanoverviewoftheindividualfunctionsfor
thetypeAremotecontrol:

Fordetailsonhowtousetheinputbuttons,theseparatingdotandnavigate
themenu,pleaseseethenextpage.

Remote control types

Button functions

Numeric input
Usetheinputbuttons09toenternumbers,e.g.toselectaTVstationdirectly.

Separating dot
NotethisfunctionisonlyrelevantforATSCorClearQAMdigitalTVintheUSA
andothercountries.
WhenenteringadigitalTVchannelyoucanusetheStopButtonoftheremote
controlasseparatingdot.

E.g.toselectthechannel7.1,youhavetopress
thebuttons:7,Stopand1.

TVCenter Remote Controls

Menu navigation
Whenyouopenedthemenu,youcanusethebuttons:
Up,Down,RightandLeftasarrowkeys(similartocursorcontrolkeys)inorder
tonavigatethemenu.
Notethatthecurrentlyselectedmenuitemishighlighted.
Tostarttheselectedfunction,pressthebuttonOK.

Battery change
Tochangethebatteryofthisremotecontrolfollowthesesteps:
Removethebatterycompartmentonthebottomoftheremote.
Todosopullthelocktabtotherightfirstandwhileholdingthetabinthat
positionpullthebatterycompartmenttowardsyou.
Removetheoldbattery.
Takeanewbattery(type:CR2025).
Placeitintothecompartment.
Pleasebearinmindthepolarity.
Insertthebatterycompartmentintotheremote.

Donotdisposetheoldbatteriesinthegarbage.Pleasetakethemtoan
appropriaterecyclingstation!

Remote control types

Remote control type B

Button assignment
Thefollowingdiagramshowsyouanoverviewoftheindividualfunctionsfor
thetypeBremotecontrol:

Fordetailsonhowtousetheinputbuttons,theseparatingdotandnavigate
themenu,pleaseseethenextpage.

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TVCenter Remote Controls

Button functions
Numeric input
Usetheinputbuttons09toenternumbers,e.g.toselectaTVstationdirectly.

Separating dot
NotethisfunctionisonlyrelevantforATSCorClearQAMdigitalTVintheUSA
andothercountries.
WhenenteringadigitalTVchannelyoucanusetheStopButtonoftheremote
controlasseparatingdot.

E.g.toselectthechannel7.1,youhavetopress
thebuttons:7,Stopand1.

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Remote control types

Menu navigation
Whenyouopenedamenu,youcanusethebuttons:
Channelup,Channeldown,VolumeupandVolumedownasarrowkeys
(similartocursorcontrolkeys)inordertonavigatethemenu.
Notethatthecurrentlyselectedmenuitemishighlighted.
Tostarttheselectedfunction,pressthebuttonOK.

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Battery change
Tochangethebatteryofthisremotecontrolfollowthesesteps:
Openthebatterycompartmentonthebacksideoftheremote.
Removetheoldbattery.
Thepositiveandnegativepolesarenowvisible(seeimage1).
Takeanewbattery(type:CR2025).
Slideitintothecompartmentunderneaththepositivepole.
Pushthebatteryin(seeimage2)untilitclicksintoplace(seeimage3).
Closethebatterycompartment.

Donotdisposetheoldbatteryinthegarbage.Pleasetakeittoanappropriate
recyclingstation!

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Remote control types

Remote control type C

Button assignment
Thefollowingdiagramshowsyouanoverviewoftheindividualfunctionsfor
theremotecontroltypeC:

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TVCenter Remote Controls

Battery change
Tochangethebatteryofthisremotecontrolfollowthesesteps:
Removethebatterycompartmentonthebottomoftheremote.
Todosopullthelocktabtotherightfirstandwhileholdingthetabinthat
positionpullthebatterycompartmenttowardsyou.
Removetheoldbattery.
Takeanewbattery(type:CR2025).
Placeitintothecompartment.
Pleasebearinmindthepolarity.
Insertthebatterycompartmentintotheremote.

Donotdisposetheoldbatteriesinthegarbage.Pleasetakethemtoan
appropriaterecyclingstation!

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Remote control types

Remote control type D

Button assignment
Thefollowingdiagramshowsyouanoverviewoftheindividualfunctionsfor
theremotecontroltypeD:

Fordetailsonhowtousetheinputbuttons,theseparatingdotandnavigate
themenu,pleaseseethenextpage.

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TVCenter Remote Controls

Button functions
Numeric input
Usetheinputbuttons09toenternumbers,e.g.toselectaTVstationdirectly.

Separating dot
NotethisfunctionisonlyrelevantforATSCorClearQAMdigitalTVinUSand
othercountries.
WhenenteringadigitalTVchannelyoucanusetheStopButtonoftheremote
controlasseparatingdot.

E.g.toselectthechannel7.1,youhavetopressthe
buttons:7,Stopand1.

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Remote control types

Menu navigation
Whenyouopenedamenu,youcanusethebuttons:2,4,6and8asarrowkeys
(similartocursorcontrolkeys)inordertonavigatethemenu.
Notethatthecurrentlyselectedmenuitemishighlighted.
Tostarttheselectedfunction,pressthebutton5.

Battery change
Tochangethebatteryofthisremotecontrolfollowthesesteps:
Openthebatterycompartmentonthebacksideoftheremote.
Removetheoldbatteries.
Taketwonewbatteries(type:AAA).
Slidethemintothecompartment.
Pleasebearinmindthepolarity.
Closethebatterycompartment.

Donotdisposetheoldbatteriesinthegarbage.Pleasetakethemtoan
appropriaterecyclingstation!

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Troubleshooting
Ifyourremotecontrolfailstofunctionasexpected,checktoensurethat

youarepointingtheremoteatthereceiver.
Theanglebetweentheremotecontrolandthereceivershouldbea
maximumof30.

thedistancebetweentheremoteandthereceiverisnottoogreat.
Theremotecontrolhasarangeofabout5meters.

thereisaclearlineofsightbetweentheremoteandthereceiver.

thebatteriesarecorrectlyinsertedandarenotrundown.

youhaveselectedthecorrectremotecontrolintheTVCenterSettings
application.

ifyouhavemorethanonePCTVSystemsdevicesinstalledonyourPC,you
haveselectedthecorrecthardwarefortheremotecontrolreceiverinthe
TVCenterSettingsapplication.

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Custom configuration
Theremotecontrolcanbeusedforadditionalapplicationsbyassigninghot
keys.
Theuserissolelyresponsibleforanysettingsresultingfrommodifications.
TheseresultswillnotbeaddressedbythePCTVSystems'TechnicalSupport.
Werecommendthatonlyexperiencedusersshouldcustomconfigurethe
functionsofaremotecontrol.

General
Theprofilesfileprofiles.iniservestoassignspecificfunctionstotheremote
controlkeys.

Inthecurrentversion,thesefunctionsinclude:
Startinganapplication
Simulatingakeyboardevent(pressingandreleasingkeys).

Makesuretobackuptheexistingprofiles.iniBEFOREmakinganychangesto
thefile!

Youwillfindtheprofiles.ini fileasfollows:
WindowsXPuserat:
C:\DocumentsandSettings\AllUsers\Application
Data\PCTVSystems\RemoTerm\Profiles
WindowsVista/Windows7andWindows8userat:
C:\ProgramData\PCTVSystems\RemoTerm\Profiles

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Sections
Theprofiles.inifileconsistsofatleastone[default]sectioninwhichthe
defaultkeyboardlayoutisstored(amongotherthings).Aftertheinstallation,
thestartkeysforPCTVSystemsTVCenterareassignedbydefault:
[default]

forexample
key38=EXEC c:\...\TVcenter\tvcenter.exe

Individualkeyscanbeassignedtospecificprograms.Thenameofthemain
screenofthecurrentprogram,e.g.PCTVSystemsTVCenter,isusedasthe
sectionname:

[TVCenter]
key38=KEYBOARD ALT+T+^T+^ALT

Oncethescreen"TVCenter"isactive,theconfigurationsectionsindividual
commandlayoutofthesamename[TVCenter]isenabled.
Commanddefinitionsofkeysthatwerenotassignedtoaspecificapplication
arelistedinthe[default]section.

Somescreens,forinstanceinWord,changetheirnamebyusingthenameof
thecurrentlydisplayeddocumentasanextension.Currently,only"Fixedtitle
variabletitle"issupported.Inthesection[title],thefixedtitlepart,including
thehyphen,isassignedtoanothersectionname.Forexample:
HexeditorHEdit:
[title -]
HEdit -=HEdit
[HEdit]
key63=KEYBOARD UP+^UP
key62=KEYBOARD DOWN+^DOWN

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Custom configuration

Supported commands
Thefollowingcommandsaresupported:

EXEC
Description:StartaWindowsprogram
Syntax:EXECPathoftheapplicationthatistobestarted[|]
commandlineparameter
Example:EXECc:\WINNT\system32\notepad.exe

KEYBOARD
Description:Simulatekeystrokesequence
Syntax:KEYBOARD Keystrokesequence
Keystrokesequence:=key+[^]key+...
Prefix^standsforreleasekey.
Key:=anyASCIIcharacter,exceptlowercaselettersORspecialkeys

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TVCenter Remote Controls

Special keys
Code

Meaning/Key

CTRL

Ctrl

ALT

Alt

SHIFT

Shiftkey

F1...F12

F1F12

TAB

Tabkey

UP

DOWN

LEFT

RIGHT

ESC

Esc

ENTER

Enterkey

BLANK

Spacebar

NUM0..NUM9

Keys09onthenumerickeypad

NUMDIV

/key

NUMMUL

*key

NUMSUB

key

NUMADD

+key

SCROLL

ScrollLockkey

NUMLOCK

NumberLockkey

PGUP

Pageup

PGDN

Pagedown

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Custom configuration
Back

POS1

Homekey

End

Endkey

Delete

Delkey

Insert

Insertkey

For example:

key38=KEYBOARD CTRL+ESC+^ESC+^CTRL+P+^P

Dependingonyouroperatingsystem,pressingtheTVkeydisplaysthe
WindowsStartMenuandthentheProgramMenu.

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Specific characteristics
Key stroke pause
Insomecasesitisnecessarytowaitamomentafterpressingthekeyssothat
theappropriateapplicationcanrespondcorrectlytothesimulatedkeystrokes.
Toindicatethepause,theplussignisreplacedbyaspace.
Forexample:KEYBOARD

CTRL+ESC+^ESC+^CTRL P+^P

AfterCTRL+ESC,wait100millisecondsbeforepressingthePkey.
Release a key
Releasingthekeyhastobeindicatedexplicitly.Thisprovidesmaximum
flexibilitywhensimulatingcomplexkeystrokes.
BypressingthekeysALT+TAB,theusercantogglebetweenopenapplication
screens.
Toforwardthroughtwoapplications,thefollowingkeystrokeswouldbe
incorrect:
PressALTonceandrelease
PressTABtwiceandrelease

Instead,thefollowingkeycombinationsarecorrect:
PressandholdALT
PressTABtwiceandrelease
ReleaseALT
Thekeystrokeswouldbeasfollows:
ALT+TAB+^TAB+TAB+^TAB+^ALT

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Custom configuration

Original key codes

InordertoactivatetheRepeatfunctionwhenpressingakeylongerthanone
halfsecond,youmustaddthevalue64tothecode.
Original key code for remote control type A

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Original key code for remote control type B

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Custom configuration
Original key code for remote control type C

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Original key code for remote control type D

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