Voice Remote support topics
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Your Amulet Voice Remote includes these additional buttons and capabilities. See the next chapter for more information about how to program them.
Profile button
Press to identify the current speech profile. Pressing it again will switch to a new profile.
Music button
This goes to the Media Center Music Library. You can reprogram it to send a TV device code such as select source video input.
Device selection buttons
These colored buttons are also used to select one of four button keymaps for controlling other equipment. |
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Your remote has two additional capabilities which are occasionally useful.
Deep Sleep Mode
If you are transporting your Amulet Voice Remote, buttons may be accidentally pressed in transit, or the remote may tilt enough to activate the microphone. If either occurs for an extended time, the battery will run down.
To avoid this, you can put the remote into a deep sleep. Press and hold the DVD Menu and TV Power buttons simultaneously, and the Amulet Logo will flash green twice. The remote is now asleep, and will ignore button presses and movement.
To wake it again, press the green Media Center start button in the center of the remote, or briefly connect the charging cable to a USB port.
Firmware Version Report
Your Amulet Voice Remote can report the current version of firmware it is operating. To do this, switch to the Windows Desktop and open Notepad or Wordpad.
Point the remote at your IR receiver and press and hold the Profile button in the upper right corner.
While holding Profile, press and release DVD Menu. The remote will send the version number as numeric characters which are then typed into the current document.
For example, “1*73” means the remote is using firmware version 1.73. |
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The circular logo at the top of your Voice Remote lights up in different colors, to show what the remote is doing. The table below summarizes what each color means.
RED ON
Microphone on, listening for speech commands
RED FLASHING
Unable to establish wireless microphone link: check USB dongle is plugged in, and remote hasn't moved out of range
GREEN ON
Plugged in to USB cable and fully charged
GREEN FLASHING (SLOW)
Plugged in to USB cable and currently charging
GREEN FLASHING (FAST BURST)
Entering deep sleep mode (press the green Media Center Start button to wake it up again)
DARK BLUE ON
Transmitting a built-in Media Center remote keystroke
LIGHT BLUE ON
Transmitting a learned keystroke
LIGHT BLUE FLASHING (MEDIUM)
In learning mode, waiting for a key stroke
LIGHT BLUE FLASHING (FAST)
In erase mode
LIGHT BLUE FLASHING (FAST BURST)
Successful learning or erasing
AMBER FLASHING
Failed to learn or erase a button, low battery, memory full, or general error
PURPLE FLASHING
In pairing mode, waiting to pair with a new USB dongle |
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Your Amulet Voice Remote includes all of the standard Microsoft buttons used to control Windows Media Center. Below is a quick reminder of what they do.
Navigation Controls
The navigation controls form the main interaction point with the user interface.
Numeric keypad
The numeric keypad is used to enter numbers in Windows Media Center.
Audio / Video Controls
Use these controls to adjust the volume, mute sound and change channels. The green button takes you to the Media Center start page.
Sleep Mode
This button puts your Media Center to sleep, to conserve power, or wakes it up again.
Transport Controls
The transport controls are used to control playback of your digital music and video media files.
TV Power
You can program this button to turn on and off your TV. For more info, see the next chapter.
Shortcut buttons
These go to an experience— such as live or recorded TV, the TV guide, or a DVD—by pressing a single button.
Interactive TV buttons
These buttons are used with TV experiences such as Teletext or Broadcast Markup Language (BML). |
How long does it take to recharge the remote? |
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It takes approximately two hours to fully charge the battery when completely discharged. |
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