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Term "Hard" Button "Soft" Button Backlit LCD buttons Code Set Copy & Paste Delays (Pause) Devices (Components) Display tips Edit Label Favorite Channels Glossary Definition A button that is physically ON the remote; it can be touched, pressed and is tactile A button that is represented by an on-screen representation, making it customizable to various levels. This button may be activated by pressing it (if remote is a touchscreen) or the hard button that is adjacent to it (LCD, nontouchscreen) An Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen with "soft" buttons that are backlit for easy viewing in low light conditions A code set is a series of commands (usually using infra-red) put together to control a single device. The MX-450 will automatically assign all commands in a code set to the appropriate "hard" buttons and create "soft" buttons for the remaining commands in the code set. Also called PUNCH THROUGH, this is the ability of a remote to allow the user to access commands from one device when on the page of another device. A common usge is to place the TV volume commands on the CABLE page to allow easy access of volume without returning to the TV page. When a one-touch activity is created, there may be reason to add a pause before the following command is sent; for example, when a Power ON command is sent to the TV, it may take 2-3 seconds for the TV to start and be ready to accept another command. Using the PAUSE button will add .5 seconds, per press, to the command string. Devices, or components, are considered to be any object that is, or can be, controlled by a remote. Like an electronic assistant, Display Tips on the MX-450 will make suggestions or give instruction for certain steps of the programming process. When a code set is programmed onto the remote, some of the buttons may be inexplicably named with unfamiliar terms. Use this feature to rename those buttons to more familiar sounding names. An icon, or text field, that has the channel number of the network represented within it.

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Glossary
Term
Definition
"Hard" Button
A button that is physically ON the remote; it can be touched, pressed and is tactile
"Soft" Button
A button that is represented by an on-screen representation, making it customizable to various levels. This button
may be activated by pressing it (if remote is a touchscreen) or the hard button that is adjacent to it (LCD, non-
touchscreen)
Backlit LCD buttons
An Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen with "soft" buttons that are backlit for easy viewing in low light conditions
Code Set
A code set is a series of commands (usually using infra-red) put together to control a single device. The MX-450
will automatically assign all commands in a code set to the appropriate "hard" buttons and create "soft" buttons
for the remaining commands in the code set.
Copy & Paste
Also called PUNCH THROUGH, this is the ability of a remote to allow the user to access commands from one
device when on the page of another device. A common usge is to place the TV volume commands on the CABLE
page to allow easy access of volume without returning to the TV page.
Delays (Pause)
When a one-touch activity is created, there may be reason to add a pause before the following command is sent;
for example, when a Power ON command is sent to the TV, it may take 2-3 seconds for the TV to start and be
ready to accept another command. Using the PAUSE button will add .5 seconds, per press, to the command string.
Devices (Components)
Devices, or components, are considered to be any object that is, or can be, controlled by a remote.
Display tips
Like an electronic assistant, Display Tips on the MX-450 will make suggestions or give instruction for certain steps
of the programming process.
Edit Label
When a code set is programmed onto the remote, some of the buttons may be inexplicably named with
unfamiliar terms. Use this feature to rename those buttons to more familiar sounding names.
Favorite Channels
An icon, or text field, that has the channel number of the network represented within it.