URC MX-350 Owners Manual - Page 16

The MX-350 Utilizing Optional RF Base Stations You can use the MX-350 as you would your other remote controls. It transmits very powerful line-of-sight output using infrared light commands (invisible to the naked eye). When you point the MX-350 at the components, expect the range to be between 30 and 50 feet. When the remote is not pointed in the general direction of the components, the range will vary (depending on reflective surfaces, lighting, etc.). However, the MX-350 also sends radio signals in every direction. By purchasing the MRF-100 or the addressable MRF-250 or MRF-350 base stations, you can operate your equipment with the MX-350 50 to 100 feet away (through walls, doors, cabinets, inside or outside). Since the RF Base Station picks up the MX-350's radio signals from any direction, regardless of distance, the MX-350 doesn't have to be pointed! Using MRF-250 or MRF-350 Addressable Base Stations By installing an MRF-250 or MRF-350 base station you gain freedom from interference from a nearby room, house or condo where someone else might be using an RF remote control. Addressable base stations are assigned one of 15 unique ID#'s. This allows multiple equipment locations in one house to be controlled by any MX-350. In operation it's simple: when you select a device located in the Den, the MX-350 only talks to the base station in the Den. When you select a device located in the Family Room, the MX-350 only talks to it! When used with an MRF-250 or MRF-350 base station, the MX-350 can be programmed to control identical components, for example, a media room array of TV's . The intelligent routing of the MRF-250 or the MRF-350 base station will send your commands only to the TV you want to control. The other identical TV's will not receive commands. Of course, if your system utilizes identical satellite receivers, cable boxes, VCR's or disc changers you can utilize IR routing just as easily for them. If you have more than six identical components, up to 15 addressable MRF-250's or MRF-350's can be installed to control them (thus allowing up to 90 identical components in one house). Note: The MX-350's radio signals will not control components directly. Components that came with "no pointing" radio remote controls cannot be operated by the MX-350 unless the component can be switched to standard 28 Universal Remote Control, Inc. The MX-350 sends radio signal to the MRF-100, MRF-250 or the MRF-350 RF Base Stations. The RF Base Station converts radio signals to standard infrared commands and sends them out via a built-in front blaster to components in the same cabinet space. Self-adhesive "flashers" (included with the MRF-250 or the MRF-350) affix to the front panels of your components. The flashers relay infrared commands to components out-of-sight of the front blaster. The flashers plug into the rear flasher line output jacks. Each flasher has a 10' cable to easily reach components on nearby shelves. 29