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HOT LINK PRO!
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Instructions
Thank you for purchasing the HOT LINK PRO! Remote Control Booster System, a supersensitive, hidden, infrared (IR)
remote control repeater. With HOT LINK PRO!, IR remote controls can operate equipment hidden in closed cabinets
and increase the useful distance of remote controls up to sixty-five feet.
Quick Setup Guide
Caution: DO NOT enclose equipment not meant to be fully
enclosed. While most equipment may not overheat in a
moderately-sized cabinet, some equipment such as
high-powered amplifiers and receivers may overheat and cause
damage. Allow for ventilation through back of cabinet.
Confirmation
Emitter applied
LED, Green
over IR "EYE"
1 Mount Receiver Eye in visible location using
screw tab or VelcroTMtabs.
on equipment
2 Apply Emitters to original equipment eyes,
Emitters
removing red backing on adhesive tabs.
to other
equipment
3 Mount confirmation LED using adhesive tab.
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4 Mount the Repeater Box with Velcro tabs.
Repeater
Box
Mount
Receiver Eye
Plug in
Power
Supply
5 Plug power supply into Hot Link Pro! and 120VAC
standard outlet.
Detailed Guide and Hot Tips
Eye Window
Receiver Eye
Because the Receiver Eye is so sensitive, it can be located in a slot behind a cabinet door on the front or mounted on
an exposed part of the cabinet top, an exposed shelf, behind a speaker grill, behind a cabinet "looking" out into the
room or mounted in the toe-kick facing the floor. It can often work at the back of the room where equipment may be
installed. Eye Window should not be facing direct sunlight, high powered flood lamps, 12 volt halogen lamps driven
by switching type power supplies, or High-efficiency screw-in type fluorescent lamps. These items may emit too
much Low Frequency (LF) RF, too much Pulsed IR or too much ambient light. If used in conjunction with other IR
repeaters, verify they are not emitting spurious IR. Mount Eye at least one foot from your television, if possible.
The Hot Link Pro is excellent at blocking LF RF from TV sets but can sometimes receive interference from larger sets.
The Receiver eye may need to be shielded from direct view of Plasma Discharge TV screens that emit pulsed IR.
Noise activity is indicated when the Green LED glows with no remote control activity. Find source of noise and
eliminate or move Receiver Eye away from noise until LED is off. Addition of non-factory RCA extension cables may
affect performance. Extension cables are available in custom lengths to 25 feet.
Emitters
Locate the IR eye of your equipment, using a flashlight to look through the
faceplate (front) to find the eye, which may look like a small circle, see examples.
Or check the equipment owners manual for the location of the remote control
window. If the eye cannot be located with confidence, complete the step of
connecting the Plug-in Power Supply. Then peel off red backing from clear tape
on one Emitter and with the equipment turned on and it's face blocked from the
hand-held remote control, do not block the HOT LINK PRO! Receiver Eye.
Holding remote a few feet from Receiver Eye, press a known function button,
moving the IR Emitter slowly across the front panel about a quarter of an inch in
front of the surface, until the equipment responds to the remote control
command. When best position is located, apply IR Emitter to front with sticky
IR Window Examples
side on equipment.
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