How to Add a "Device" on a MX-500

EdNichols · 09-06-2007, 12:19 PM

I just got a used MX-500 and it is missing some of the devices on the main page like the DVD and CD player. How do I add back the devices that are missing? I have read where it is not possible to bring the remote back to the original default so I am trying to manually type in everything that it had originally.

Cameron Yee · 09-06-2007, 03:01 PM

Here's the manual: http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin...nersManual.pdf

EdNichols · 09-06-2007, 09:11 PM

Thanks, but I have the manual and have looked at it alot but can't find how to add a device. I can see where to edit a command for a device but not how edit/add a device. Am I missing something?

Cameron Yee · 09-07-2007, 01:12 AM

If you want to change the labels of the devices:

1. Push MAIN + ENT for a few seconds to get the setup menu

2. Select the EDIT option (fourth button down on the right)

3. Press the PAGE button

4. Select the device you want to re-label

5. Use the number pad to select letters; the round pad advances forward/back and pushing down will erase letters

EdNichols · 09-07-2007, 10:51 PM

That did it!! Thanks. I was doing everything but pressing the page button. One more question, I am also trying to delete some commands. I am pressing the erase button then the fav button then the "all" button and or the device erase button and the commands are still there. What am I doing wrong here?

**HTF Ads**

Cameron Yee · 09-07-2007, 11:07 PM

According to the manual (page 34-35) you need to press LEARN after ERASE, not FAV. Then select DEVICE, followed by the buttons you want to clear. I don't have anything I want to erase, so I can't confirm if this actually works.

EdNichols · 09-10-2007, 03:36 PM

Thanks again. I tried that. When it erases is it erasing just the commands associated with the key? I thought it would actually erase the word that the key corresponds to also. The only way I have been able to erase the word is go into edit and just space the word out using the toggle button.

Cameron Yee · 09-10-2007, 03:54 PM

My understanding is it's just erasing the commands since you are going into a "Learn" submenu as opposed to the "Edit" menu that is strictly for labeling.

EdNichols · 09-10-2007, 07:46 PM

Thanks again. I thought it was supposed to erase the label also and when it didn't I assumed it was erasing anything.