Contents
INTRODUCTION
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A Definition or Two
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Some Preliminary Precautions
1 – BASIC ORIENTATION
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DELETE ERROR
OK
LEARN BATLOW
Out Of The Box
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ROTEL
POWER
RESET DELETE LEARN MACRO
Your First View
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Playing Around: Viewing Modes
To “Beep” Or Not To “Beep”
Custom Screen Configuration
A Shortcut With A Long Explanation
VOLUME
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CHANNEL
MENU
TV/VIDEO
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2 – INITIAL PROGRAMMING
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Here’s Why . . .
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RECALL
MUTE
CD
Here’s How . . .
TV
AMP
VCR
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Troubleshooting
TAPE
TUNER
SEL 1
SEL 2
Now That Your RR-990 Is Smarter
RR990
3 – ADVANCED FUNCTIONS
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Deleting Individual Function Commands
Creating Macros
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Using Macros
Clearing Memory
RR-990
Remote Control
Owner’s Manual
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1 – BASIC ORIENTATION
Out Of The Box
Top Section
5 hidden status indicators
and 5 control buttons.
Center Section
Control Panel with functions for each
component. Control Panels change
depending on which component is
selected. And, you can customize the
appearance of each Control Panel.
Remove the RR-990 and the package of 4 AAA bat-
teries from the packing material.
Turn the RR-990 over and slide the cover off the bat-
tery compartment by putting your thumb on the ar-
rowhead and pushing in the indicated direction.
Place the four AAA batteries inside (follow the polar-
ity drawing on the bottom of the compartment) and
replace the cover. MAKE SURE you install the bat-
teries correctly! Otherwise, you could inadvertently
damage the RR-990.
DELETE ERROR
OK
LEARN BATLOW
POWER
RESET DELETE LEARN MACRO
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8
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Your First View
VOLUME
When you turn the RR-990 over again, you’ll see the
component Control Panel displayed on the LCD
screen is actually divided into three areas:
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CHANNEL
1. A top section containing five always-visible
buttons. Four are small (“Reset,” “Delete,”
“Learn,” and “Macro”) while “Power” is larger.
There are also five hidden indicators (“Delete,”
“Error,” “OK,” “Learn,” and “BatLow”) that
appear only to confirm a requested function or
to alert you to something you will need to
know as you’re using the RR-990.
MENU
TV/VIDEO
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–
RECALL
MUTE
CD
TV
AMP
VCR
LD
TAPE
TUNER
SEL 1
SEL 2
2. A changeable center section (most of the LCD
screen) with the operating buttons for a par-
ticular component. You can choose to view all
of the available buttons at once (Complete
mode) or only essential ones (Basic mode).
There’s also a Custom mode. You’ll find out
more about these options just a bit further on.
RR990
3. An always-visible bottom section with two
rows of selector buttons for different compo-
nents. You can tell what component you’re cur-
rently operating by noting which selector has
an icon displayed to the right of the ID.
Bottom Section
8 Component Selector buttons. Selecting a
different component causes the Control
Panel display to change accordingly. Note
the icon displayed on TV button, indicating
that this component is activated.
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Playing Around: Viewing Modes
Custom Screen Configuration
Take a moment to get familiar with RR-990 now.
As we’ve already explained, the RR-990 gives you three
ways to view each component’s control panel: Stan-
dard, Basic, and Custom.
1. Press each of the component selectors quickly.
You’ll hear a confirming “double beep” and the
center portion of the screen will change as you
select a different component. Notice that each
selector has a hidden icon that appears only
when you’ve activated the Control Panel for
that component. Also, notice that each
Let’s look a bit more closely at the Custom viewing
mode.
You may have noticed that the Standard mode was
very complete — perhaps too complete for your use
— while the Basic mode just didn’t provide quite
enough flexibility for your system.
component’s Control Panel takes up almost the
entire center portion of the screen.
The Custom mode gives you the opportunity to con-
figure each of the RR-990’s eight component Con-
trol Panels to suit your exact needs.The Custom view
option lets you delete just the buttons you decide are
unnecessary from that component’s Standard Con-
trol Panel. Here’s how:
2) Now, press and hold the active component se-
lector (the selector with the visible icon) for
about two seconds. You’ll hear a single con-
firming beep (if “beep” is enabled — see be-
low) and the control panel will change to show
only essential buttons. This is the Basic view-
ing mode we spoke of earlier. Press and hold
the same component selector again until you
hear another beep and you’re back to the Com-
plete mode view. It’s your choice.
NOTE: You must begin to customize a Control
Panel from the Complete viewing mode.
The RR-990 will remember the view you’ve chosen
for each individual component’s Control Panel. This
lets you select, for example, a Complete view for your
VCR, a Basic view for your TV, and a Custom view
for your laserdisc player, etc.
1. Press the Component Selector for the compo-
nent Control Panel you want to customize. (If
“beep” is enabled, you’ll hear a double beep as
you switch to the desired Control Panel.)
2. Hold the appropriate Component Selector for
approximately six (6) seconds. The following
things will happen as you do:
To “Beep” Or Not To “Beep”
You can turn off the confirming beep by simply press-
ing the component selector a second time immedi-
ately after selecting the component. To reinstate the
beep, just press the same selector once more!
• The “Beep” icon will disappear from the
Power button.
• The Basic screen will appear accompanied
by a beep (notice that the beep icon has re-
appeared).
NOTE: Look for the “beep” icon in the upper right
hand corner of the POWER control. If it’s there,
the beep is enabled; if not, it isn’t.
• The Standard screen will reappear accompa-
nied by a beep.
• A Standard Edit screen will appear accom-
panied by three beeps.
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Look at the Standard Edit screen and notice that
the Component Selectors at the bottom are all
blinking. The only item not blinking is the icon
associated with the component Control Panel you
are about to customize.
trol Panel functions are most similar to the one you
need for SEL 1.
You’ll notice that SEL 1’s Control Panel changes im-
mediately into a duplicate of the Control Panel for
the Component Selector you’ve just touched.
3. Touch any button you think you won’t need. It
will disappear and you’ll hear a double beep in
confirmation.
Now, just delete unneeded buttons as shown in steps
3, 4, and 5 above until you’re satisfied with your new
creation. Then touch the SEL 1 Component Selec-
tor once again. You’ve just “locked in” your new Cus-
tom Control Panel and left Edit mode.
4. Made a mistake? Don’t worry - just press the
same point on the LCD touch screen again and
the button will reappear accompanied by a
single confirming beep.
And it took far less time to do it than to read how,
didn’t it?
5. Continue this process until you’ve constructed
the ideal Control Panel for the component
you’ve chosen. (Don’t worry about doing it per-
fectly the first time around. You can reenter
Edit mode and reconfigure the Control Panel
any time.)
2 – INITIAL PROGRAMMING
Now that you’ve gotten to know your way around
the RR-990’s LCD screen, it’s time to get really ad-
venturous and put this knowledge to real use! After
all, this is the reason you bought the RR-990 in the
first place, isn’t it?
6. When you’ve finished editing the Control
Panel, simply press the Component Selector
again. The RR-990 will beep three times to
confirm that it is leaving Edit mode and will
show your newly-customized Control Panel.
Congratulations, you did it!
Here’s Why . . .
As it comes from the factory, the RR-990 is a lot like
a very precocious 3 year old: It’s got a lot of potential
but it doesn’t know very much. You need to send it to
school. However, in this case, you’re also its teacher.
A Shortcut With A Long Explanation
You can edit the SEL 1 and SEL 2 Control Panels
just as you would any other Control Panel (TV, VCR,
CD, etc.). However, SEL 1 and SEL 2 allow you to
quickly configure a Custom Control Panel based on
any of the RR-990’s other Control Panels.
The RR-990 contains no internal control codes. It is
truly a blank slate: You can point it at anything, press
all the buttons you want, and it will do . . . nothing.
It needs to be programmed first. You’re elected.
This may be particularly useful if you’ve decided to
use SEL 1, for example, as the Control Panel for an-
other VCR. If this is the case, simply enter into Con-
trol Panel Edit mode for SEL 1 by following steps 1
and 2 above.
Here’s How . . .
1. Gather that confusing pile of remote control-
lers from your coffee table. Place them gently
near the RR-990. Make sure the area you’ve
chosen isn’t in direct sunlight or lighted by very
bright halogen lamps, etc. (The RR-990 learns
best in normal to slightly dim room lighting.)
When you see the Component Selectors at the bot-
tom of the LCD panel blinking, simply touch the
Component Selector (CD, for example) whose Con-
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2. Make sure you’ve selected a Complete, Basic,
or Custom view for each of the RR-990’s eight
Control Panels. (If you’re only using the RR-
990 to replace 5 other remotes, you need only
select the appropriate view for five Control
Panels, etc.)
10.When the RR-990 learns that command, the
OK indicator will come on to signal successful
completion of that cycle.
11.To program other buttons on the same Control
Panel, simply repeat steps 7 and 8 above.
12.To end a learning session, press the “Learn”
button again. The Learn indicator will go out.
(As a safety measure, the RR-990 will auto-
matically exit Learn mode if no button is
pressed within two minutes.)
3. Turn the Function switch on the RR-990’s rear
panel to the On position. One end of an open
paper clip makes a handy tool!
4. Select the desired Control Panel by pressing the
appropriate Component Selector at the bottom
of the RR-990’s LCD touch screen.
13.To prevent accidental erasure, make sure you
place the rear panel Function switch in the Off
position.
5. Press the “Learn” button (top row of the LCD
touch screen) for approximately 2 seconds.
(The Learn indicator will come on: You’re now
in the Learn mode.)
Troubleshooting
Occasionally, the learning process goes awry. (Remem-
ber your own school days?) Here are some notes to
help if you encounter difficulties:
6. Aim the emitter end of the original remote
controller (the end you normally point at what-
ever component you’re trying to control) at the
receptor end of the RR-990 (the bottom of the
unit), in a “head to tail” configuration an inch
or two away.
The Error indicator:
• If you see an Error indicator during program-
ming, repeat steps 7 and 8.
• If the Error indicator blinks, the RR-990’s
memory is most likely full and you will need to
delete some button functions from memory be-
fore the RR-990 will be able to learn new com-
mands. (See Deleting Individual Function
Commands in Section 3 for more details.)
1 to 2 inches
• If the Error indicator shows steadily after sev-
eral tries, your original remote controller may
use an incompatible data format that the RR-
990 can not learn. Occasionally, the original
data format can temporarily “freeze” the RR-
990. If this happens, just remove and immedi-
ately replace the batteries. This will restore the
RR-990 to its original operating status.
7. Continuously press the button on the RR-990’s
Control Panel that you want to program with a
command code from the original remote.
8. At the same time, continuously press the but-
ton on the original remote to generate the sig-
nal you want the RR-990 to learn.
9. The RR-990’s Learn indicator will blink to sig-
• If problems persist, ask your dealer for assis-
tance or call your Rotel distributor and ask for
Technical Support.
nal you that it is learning the command.
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Continuous Control Codes:
If you press a button and see the “Error” indicator
instead, the RR-990’s memory for that particular
button is empty. Most likely, you simply forgot to
program it while in Learn mode. Just follow the pro-
gramming instructions in Here’s How above.
• Occasionally, one of the buttons on an original
remote controller generates a very long com-
mand code or continuously generates a shorter
command sequence over and over again. (This
sometimes happens with “Volume Up” and
“Volume Down” commands for example.)
If you see the “BatLow” indicator, replace all four (4)
AAA batteries as soon as possible. A backup battery
will preserve all the command codes you programmed
into the RR-990 but you will have to reconstruct any
Custom Control Panels afterwards.
• The RR-990 accepts code sequences up to 20
seconds in duration but if you’re continuously
pressing a “Volume Up” key on the original re-
mote until the RR-990 signals you that it has
learned the code completely, you may never see
the RR-990’s “OK” indicator come on.
NOTE: Always replace all four AAA batteries at
the same time. We also suggest that you remove the
AAA batteries if you’re not going to be using the
RR-990 for an extended period (2 months or more).
• If this happens, simply press the problem key
on the original remote once while holding
down the RR-990’s corresponding button. This
will often produce a much shorter code string
that the RR-990 will have no trouble learning.
3 – ADVANCED FUNCTIONS
• In a very few cases, you may find that the RR-
990 doesn’t emulate a continuous or “repeated”
command from the original remote controller
perfectly. Experiment with the learning se-
quence by pressing the original remote’s prob-
lematic key several times very quickly during
the RR-990’s learn cycle. This will generally
solve the problem.
Deleting Individual Function
Commands
Here’s how to delete the command codes for a par-
ticular key in a Control Panel:
1) Choose the Control Panel by pressing the ap-
propriate Component Selector at the bottom of
the LCD touch screen.
Now That Your RR-990 Is Smarter
2) Press the “Delete” button at the top of the
LCD screen for about two (2) seconds to enter
Delete mode. (The Delete indicator at the very
top of the screen will flash.)
Once you’ve programmed the RR-990 with com-
mands from several original remote controllers, you’ll
really begin to appreciate its flexibility.
As you use it, you’ll notice the “OK” indicator flash
at the top of the screen whenever you press a pro-
grammed button on any Control panel. This is sim-
ply the RR-990’s way of telling you that the key you’ve
just pressed has been programmed successfully and
that the RR-990 is sending out a command to the
associated component for execution.
3) Press the corresponding button for the control
codes you want to delete. (The Delete indica-
tor will go out.)
4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 for every function you
wish to delete.
5) You can exit Delete mode at any time by sim-
ply pressing the “Delete” button.
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Creating Macros
7. Choose the macro’s next command by pressing
another programmed button. This button may
be in the same Control Panel or a different
one. If it’s a different Control Panel, just press
the appropriate Component Selector at the
bottom of the screen and then press the correct
command button.
A “macro” is simply a series of individual commands
triggered by pressing one button. Macros make oper-
ating a complex home entertainment system much
easier.
For example, think of what you go through to play a
videotape: You turn on the TV, turn on the VCR,
select the TV input connected to the VCR, and, fi-
nally, put the VCR into Play mode. (This assumes, of
course, that there’s a tape already in the VCR.) That’s
four separate commands — and it may take you as
many as six pushes on various buttons to execute them!
8. When you’ve programmed all the individual
commands you want (up to the RR-990’s limit
of 10), touch the “Macro” button once more
to finish it.
9. Touch “Learn” again to exit the Macro Learn
mode.
A “macro” makes this simpler by executing all the
needed commands with just one push of a button!
10.Return the rear panel Function switch to its
Off position.
Here’s how to construct a “macro”:
You can create a additional macros by repeating the
steps above. Just make sure that each new macro has
a different “initiator” button and there will be no con-
fusion.
1. Place the RR-990’s rear panel Function switch
to the On position.
2. Press “Learn” at the top of the LCD screen.
(The Learn indicator will appear.)
3. Press “Macro” to enter the Macro Learn mode.
NOTE: Macros can be incredibly flexible time-
savers. We suggest you experiment with different
functions. Use a macro to turn on all the compo-
nents of your home entertainment system, another
to turn on just a TV and VCR for quiet movie
viewing, yet another to turn on just your audio
components if you want to listen to CD, etc. You
can create macros to mute volume, turn down or
raise the lights, draw or open the drapes, etc. Of
course, you’ll need ancillary equipment to do some
of this but the RR-990 is ready and able to create
a string of commands for any product that re-
sponds to infrared pulses so don’t be afraid to exer-
cise your creativity.
4. Select a Control Panel by pressing the corre-
sponding Component Selector at the bottom
of the screen. (TV, for example.)
5. On the Control Panel you’ve just selected,
choose an unprogrammed button and press it.
This button becomes the “initiator” of the
macro you’re about to program into the RR-
990. (The “Surround” button may be a good
choice.)
6. Choose the macro’s first command by pressing
the appropriate previously programmed button
(“Power,” for example.)
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Using Macros
One Year Limited Warranty
Once you’ve created your macro “dream world,” you
can use each one easily by pressing “Macro” at the
top of the screen and then the appropriate “initiator”
button described in step 5 above. All the commands
contained in that macro will be transmitted to the
appropriate components without a second thought
on your part!
Rotel of America warrants this product to
be free of defects for a period of one year
from date of purchase.
This warranty gives you specific legal rights
which may vary from state to state.
For warranty service, contact your
authorized Rotel dealer or call the Rotel
Technical Support center at:
Convenient, isn’t it?
508-664-3820 (USA only)
Clearing Memory
WARNING: Make sure you really want to do this
before you try because this operation will erase ev-
erything you’ve programmed into the RR-990. And
we mean everything — individual button com-
mands, macros, the works. Don’t say we didn’t
warn you!
USA
ROTEL OF AMERICA
54 CONCORD STREET
NORTH READING, MA 01864-2699
TEL: 508-664-3820
1. Turn the rear panel Function switch to the On
FAX: 508-664-4109
position.
GERMANY
B&W LOUDSPEAKERS VERTREIB GMBH
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2. Press the “Reset” button at the top of the
screen for more than two (2) seconds.
D-33790 HALLE, WESTFALIA
TEL: 05201 87170
3. Kiss everything “Good-bye”!
FAX: 05201 73370
4. Return the Function switch to its Off position.
JAPAN
THE ROTEL COMPANY, LTD.
BUNZAN-SHINSEN-BLDG. 4F
1010 SHINSEN CHO
SHIBUYA-KU, TOKYO 150
TEL: 813 545 85325
NOTE: You’ll probably use this function only if
you’re erasing early programming mistakes or
you’re passing the RR-990 on to a friend or family
member for use with totally different components.
As we said, be cautious.
FAX: 813 545 85310
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