Wavit User Manual Rev. 9
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1. Normal remote control receivers are NOT a problem only strong emitters 14 Best Pointing Practice There are many ways to wield the Wavit remote but to avoid fatigue and to great enhance your pointing stability it is recommended that you rest your elbow or wrist on a surface when you point When sitting or lying in a sofa the most natural surface is the arm rest your leg or the sofa FINAL COMMENTS Movie watching is clearly still the major entertainment in front of the Living room TV and the Wavit Controller and Media Center Computer are a great combination for quickly navigating your content and for easy recording and watching TV shows However it is important to realize that there are a lot of other interesting entertainment options available today that can be served up on the same large screen TV We believe a device like the Wavit is the enabler To show you we have added the Wavlt_IPTV application to the WavitMENU TV Mode SANS IR Mode A Web Mode bad Present r Home We Games E s i PC F Smart prog Windows Browse Minimize A Click here and yo see the following overview of selections ThinkOptics Inc 13 All Rights Reserved On Line Music On Line Movies Search the Web On Line Games ae A r E Mall Media Center You can now go to your default mail program start Media Center or very importantly you can jump straight to the Wavit Portal website where we are collecting2. Smart Navigate content Point the remote above below the f i Browse screen AND click button to scroll up down Left right of screen Arrow Left Right Twist left for back 7 MCE Takes you directly to the MCE Electronic Program i GY Guide Guide EPG Click once more and select menu sub p a categories such a Kids shows Sports etc ThinkOptics Inc 16 All Rights Reserved SURF THE WEB ae HOME Description ii Ce J mst This mode is great for surfing the 4 4 web It will allow you to easily ern browse web pages click on links iain CURSOR RIGHT CLICK zoom in out pull up an on screen keyboard and pan pages and images Pa T scd ee With Auto mode ON and E7 0 or BROWSE Opera browsers in focus this mode will be auto selected Key Location Name Description gy Keyboard Toggle this button to show hide an on screen my keyboard The keyboard has options for sound amp 7 sense touch feedback and for key hover entry Browser Starts up your default Browser application Home 7 A P Volume Adjust the PC Volume by holding down this button I gt L f gi f with Twist and twisting you remote It is like turning a virtual AJ dial in the air Zoom Hold down and push pull your remote toward away t j from screen to zoom out in Zoom works on many 4 applications incl IE7 Opera MS Word Acrobat As Cursor Standard Mouse Left Click
3. a large selection of Video on Demand sites games sites music sites and more We want to deliver the wonderful world of the internet directly to your sofa Now any Windows XP or Vista PC can be turned into a veritable IPTV entertainment hub Check out our growing list of Wavit Channels and website links lt a ery a SS Ge FAVORITES Aquatic A a Original Game of the Week ViiCade i PLayFirst Free Wa Fi Free Flash Games hy free trial games then pay On line movie sites On line free games Here are just a few examples to all the things you can think about doing in the future e Show you digital photos to family e Select and Play MP3 songs from your collection e Play PC games o Play casual games with the whole family with up to 4 Wavit units o Play puzzle games ThinkOptics Inc 14 All Rights Reserved o Play on line card games o Play PC board games such as monopoly or scrabble e Open up the Internet to your Living room o Download or view movies example YouTube Google Netflix CinemaNow MovieLink iTunes etc o Search the web with clicks and Wavit on screen keyboard o Zoom in on pictures o Order pizza The potential is almost limitless And all this is available from the comfort of your sofa once you have your Wavit Experiment and expand your horizons Tell us about it And above all have fun ThinkOptics Inc 15 All Rights Reserved The following show the default
4. equivalent to the Left click on a Mouse 3 You can always press the Preferences Controller s Menu button This button will toggle a help screen on off This screen tells you all you need to know It will show you what the other button presses do and it will also allow you to adjust your preferences such as pointing calibration or even to reprogram buttons The MENU button is the cornerstone of the User Interface UI and is extremely important It allows you to immediately get help and look at the virtualized buttons Example Press the handset s Menu button once to show the Menu screen and press it again to make it disappear 4 All other buttons are programmable We have assigned some default functions to them and arranged them into Modes For example pressing the MCE Start button is equivalent to the MCE Green Button and will start up Media Center on an MCE PC Button Modes Buttons have been collected into 6 different Modes 1 TV Mode 4 Present Mode 2 IR Mode 5 Control Home Mode 3 Web Mode 6 Games Mode ThinkOptics Inc 6 All Rights Reserved TV mode will have a different button layout from Web Mode or Present Mode modes When in a Mode simply press y TIE the equivalent button on the handset to activate its function Note The Menu Web Mode screen does not need to be WA present Ay a visible for the buttons to work a Home Short cut Mode switch You W
5. only one cursor is shown on the screen This is the Windows cursor When the OK button is pressed on a Controller that Controller immediately takes over control of the Windows cursor In this way it is easy to time share the cursor To show more simultaneous cursors the WavitMENU does offer the option to turn on multiple cursors It is found on the Settings screen This option gives each user a software generated colored dot Red Green Blue Yellow that can be moved around on the screen by each unique Wavit Controller 6 Battery Life In order to give you the best battery life for the Wavlt it is currently designed to go to sleep after 5 seconds of inactivity After the Controller goes to sleep press any key to instantly wake it up 7 Operating range a Direct Pointing Range This is the optical range in which the direct pointing will work This range is approximately 3 ft to 25 ft when the user is located in front of the screen POD As the user s view angle increases moving toward the side of the screen POD the minimum and maximum range will decrease ThinkOptics Inc 10 All Rights Reserved b RF range The Controller communicates via a 2 4GHz RF link with the POD This range is approximately 0 ft to 400 ft building and wall interference will affect this range 1200 i 40 s SIDE VIEW z C POD angle The POD emits a cone of light with an angle of approximately 120 ee horizontally
6. EN HOLD DOWN the button Also if you keep the button held down you will start repeating the function Example Hold down button while pointing below the screen will Page Down rapidly ThinkOptics Inc 19 All Rights Reserved The SMART JOG button Another example of a button that offers up more functionality in the form of a Virtual Dial is the SMART JOG button for MCE When in TV Mode the left arrow key is the SMART JOG function e 5 MCE Replaces all the standard playback buttons t Smart Jog REW Skip back Pause Play Skip FWD 4 FFW with a single virtual jog dial Simply A 7 hold and twist When watching a movie whether recorded or live in Media Center it is possible to jog the position of the movie i e to skip forward or back or pause play or FFW REW This is normally 7 different buttons With SMART JOG we combined all this into a single button You can hold down this button and simply twist left or right by varying degrees in order to Forward or Rewind to the place you want to be in the movie You can also angle the remote first and then tap the button to get a more discrete effect as shown below FAR LEFT TWIST NO TWIST RIGHT TWIST FAR RIGHT TWIST SKIP FAST SKIP BACK PAUSE PLAY FORWARD FORWARD REWIND Note A similar Smart Jog function has been programmed into the Cyberlink PowerDVD mode found under Games Control Mode If Automode is ON then WavltMENU will automatically s
7. G Games can also hold down the menu button for more than 0 5 Ssaaiire A seconds while twisting the remote to change the Mode g Ceap l Broren lingo Fea i Mi Auto Mode switch If you inimize J turn this feature on as it is by default the GUI will automatically switch to the appropriate Mode if it recognizes the application that is currently being used IR Mode Example When watching TV in Media Center the TV Mode is automatically selected If you use a browser the Web Mode automatically becomes active If you run MS Powerpoint the WavitWENU switches into Present Mode Also if there is a Game Mode that has a name that is recognized as an application then WavitMENU will switch to that Game Mode For example it will switch automatically to PowerDVD if CyberLinks PowerDVD is the application in focus 5 FOCUS FOCUS When using the WavIt to control applications on your PC there is one thing you need to remember when pressing your buttons on the Controller Focus The application you are controlling needs to be in focus You bring an application into focus simply by clicking anywhere on its Window In this way you ensure that when you press a button on the Wavit the appropriate commands such as PC Window Minimize is sent to that application ThinkOptics Inc 7 All Rights Reserved GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR WAVIT There are a number of other topics that ar
8. ThinkOptics Inc My Videos My Pictures My TV My Music More Programs visualize simplicity WavIt User Manual ThinkOptics Inc All Rights Reserved Thank you for purchasing the ThinkOptics Wavit Controller And thanks for being part of our product launch We greatly appreciate your support Any feedback you may have in the course of your use of the WavIit would be most welcome especially regarding ways to improve our product as we move forward and endeavor to provide you with a pleasant and powerful remote control user experience Send to support thinkoptics com RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1 A Windows XP PC or preferably a Windows Media Center PC 2 A free USB port 3 A large screen TV hooked up to your PC IN THE BOX You should find 1 A Wavlt controller 2 A Wavit POD with retractable USB cable 3 Installation CD 4 6ft USB extension cable OUT OF THE BOX Install the CD BEFORE you attach the POD Follow the instruction on the CD and reboot when asked After rebooting plug in the Wavlt POD for the first time and allow Windows to auto recognize it You are now ready to play Now place the Wavit POD above or below you TV screen with the clear bar facing the user The first time you turn on the POD you will see it blink 8 times as it searches for a clear RF spectrum to set up communication When you now press a button on the Wavit Controller it will search for the ne
9. and 40 vertically Staying within this span gives best performance 8 Pointing Stability The Wavit controller has a dynamic anti shake function built in So if you move try to select on screen objects the stabilization kicks in and helps stabilize your point On the other hand if you want to move fast from one side of the screen to another the stabilization is dynamically turned off You can adjust the Anti shake settings on the Menu settings screen There are 4 presets where 1 is Highly Responsive and 4 is Strongly stabilized The default is 3 You can also select custom stabilization 5 from the advanced screen 9 Pointing Calibration For the best direct pointing experience remember to calibrate the pointing to the screen This ensures that exactly where you point is where the cursor is This is very similar to the one time calibration needed for touch screen devices such as the Nintendo DS or most PDAs Note Calibration should only be necessary once during initial setup in your Living room Go to the Settings screen You will be able to do a direct calibration or to choose from factory default calibrations ThinkOptics Inc 11 All Rights Reserved 10 Distance Scaling By default this TV Mode option is turned on It ensures that K TR Mode when you move closer to the screen KJY the pointing calibration is adjusted PIRS automatically to remain as true to a direct pointing as possible If t
10. arest POD blinking a few times Once the link has been established the POD will blink at 30 Hz indicating a solid communication with a ThinkOptics Inc 2 All Rights Reserved Wavlt Controller Note that the direct pointing operating range is 3ft to 25ft so don t stand too close to the POD THE SOFTWARE The main application that was installed on your PC is called Start_WavItMENU and you can find it under the Start menu a Wavit a Advanced a f Start_WavItMENU VAvVIL MG gs Reve fae RunWavitService BE wat 45 Wavit_Sword 45 WavitMenu970 Click on this to start it After your first PC reboot we auto start the WavitMENU program on every subsequent reboot unless you disable that feature in the Setting menu of WavItMENU Start_WavitMENU is the main user program It provides and defines the programmable key mappings Wavit_Manual_Rev6 is a pdf document on how to use the Wavlt Most of this is also contained on the Introduction Walkthrough when you start WaviItMENU We recommend reading this Wavit Advanced is the application that runs in the background and communicates with the Wavit controller When you run WavitMENU this program will automatically be started as well unless WavitService is already running Wavit_Sword Advanced is a floating 3D sword that shows you the 5 degrees of freedom ThinkOptics_API_19 Advanced is pdf documentation on how a programmer could easily interfa
11. ce to the Wavlt and create new and unique user experiences programs or games RunWavltService Advanced is program that allows you to start Wavlt exe up as a Service that always runs in the background even during reboot The Service can be started stopped using this program Note that this currently only works for Windows XP and not Vista Another way to have Wavit and or WavitMENU start automatically on reboot is to place either of them inside of the Startup menu We sincerely hope you enjoy your Wavlt product and experience ThinkOptics Inc 3 All Rights Reserved GETTING STARTED When you start WavitMENU you will see an introduction screen We recommend reading through this introduction the first time It will tell you about the ins and outs of the Wavlt system and will only take a few minutes Learning a bit about your system The Wavit system is capable of tracking 5 Degrees of Freedom This means that it knows e Exactly where you are pointing to on the TV screen X Y Pointing direction 2 z Twisting angle 1 TV screen e The roll angle at which you hold the remote think of it as a y virtual dial e Your distance from the screen with millimeter resolution Distance from screen 1 ut e And your lateral location in the room the azimuth P Location in room 2 ie Your Wavit controller feels a lot like having an invisible laser pointer in your hand the pointing i
12. d a very powerful IR blast into the room Reflections from the walls in your room should be sufficient to control any IR DVD Skip Back device in your room There DVO fie Se Dawn 2 is also a jack in the back of the POD that will support standard IR blaster cables 4 Unique profiles Every Controller has its own unique ID number and the WavitMENU program takes advantage of this WavitWENU creates a unique profile for each Controller This means that when you reprogram your button layout and IR codes that they remain specific to that handset alone In this way you can have different remotes for different people in the family or you can have remotes for left and right handed use all of which can have their own unique profiles 5 Multiple users and PODs Up to 4 Wavit controllers can be connected to a single POD Any more will not be allowed to associate with the POD To CLEAR the POD s Association Table hold down the button on the POD for 3 to 5 seconds and the POD will blink once confirming the reset ThinkOptics Inc 9 All Rights Reserved When a Controller starts up for the first time it searches for the nearest POD It blinks 8 times during this initial search Up to 16 PODs can be within the RF range of each other 100 ft When a POD is plugged into a USB port it automatically selects the lowest interference RF channel It blinks 8 times and is then ready When more than one controller is being used
13. e important for getting the most value out of your Wavit 1 Reprogramming the buttons Once you become familiar with the Wavlt you may find that there are certain functions that you would like to create a button short cut for For example it may be that some application you use calls for you to press the W key on a keyboard You can reprogram the Wavit buttons very easily On the main Menu screen press the O ee er ee Reprogram button followed by a click on the on screen button you wish _ to reprogram This takes you to this screen Repetition rate Retearn IR Every Controller has its own unique profile so reprogramming one will not affect the profile of another Controller When on the reprogramming screen you may choose a desired function for your button by first selecting which Device category the function would be in and then selecting the function There are 20 different device categories each of which has from 5 to 150 different functions For example Choosing MCE for Media Center Edition for Device will give you about 100 different functions that could be used to control your MCE such as Channel Up Down or View Pictures The Repetition Rate selection should normally be set to Single if you only want the specified function to happen ONCE when the Controller button is pressed You can change the repetition rate to faster if you want to repeatedly send out that command This may be usefu
14. f re j 2S Mouse Standard Mouse Right Click d Right Click p AS PC Minimize Minimizes any PC window You do not need to hunt A i Window for the Minimize icon simple select window and J click this button AGS Smart Hold remote at 30 degree and press Browse back i Browse Hold remote at 30 deg and press Browse forward me Point above below screen and press Pg Up Down 2 d Point left right of screen and press Left Right arrow 7 Pan Grab hold of anywhere on the screen and hold ti XY button to move screen i e pan left right up down 4 This is similar to the popular hand tool ThinkOptics Inc 17 All Rights Reserved PRESENT SLIDES Description DRAW PPT gt i i PPT This mode super charges your ilna iaa S ALI SIDES PowerPoint PPT presentations 4 4 You can start stop PPT shows and advance slides with simple button stor tow T CURSOR satire en ea presses You can draw freely and directly click on slide hyperlinks PPT PPT With Auto mode ON and LAST SLIDE ee NEXT SLIDE PowerPoint in focus this mode will PPT be auto selected RETURN TO SLIDE1 Key Location Name Description P j PPT Starts a PowerPoint show a Start Show JA gt 3 J h Draw Starts a screen overlay on which you can draw 1 N freely Move hand closer to thicken lines twist wrist JA to draw in different colors Draw circles squares and o eh stamps Draw
15. has its own button layout J 2 PPT Brings up a list of all the slides in your presentation ANEN All Slides Great for getting directly to a specific slide p j s a PPT Stops a PowerPoint show g Stop Show J Cursor Standard Mouse Left Click i Pd P l Mouse Standard Mouse Right Click w Right Click Saal AF AS PPT Last Slide Goes back one slide f e f PPT Goes back to the beginning of the show ox Return to Slide P PES PPT Advances one Slide XY Next Slide Note You do not need to point at the screen for gt s these buttons to work ThinkOptics Inc 18 All Rights Reserved The SMART BROWSE button Some buttons offer up more functionality than just a SINGLE CLICK SINGLE ACTION For example in TV Mode and Web Mode the down arrow key is the SMART BROWSE function Smart Hold remote at 30 degree and press Browse back Browse Hold remote at 30 deg and press Browse forward Point above below screen and press Pg Up Down Point left right of screen and press Left Right arrow This means that when you HOLD DOWN this button AND perform one of these actions you will activate the appropriate function This is simple gesture control RIGHT TWIST BROWSEBACK BROWSEFORWARD_ LEFT ARROW RIGHT ARROW PAGE DOWN PAGE UP Note that you can choose to HOLD DOWN the button and THEN move the Pointer or you can move the Pointer and TH
16. his is OFF the pointing is true only for the distance at which the calibration was essu done or the default 10ft POINTING lt y we Games WavIt IPTV Pressing 11 Clicking The center OK the center button is always the left mouse ee i a i button By default all clicks are time actually preceded by a very short click to prevent Windows from What the Wavit sees y y i i i T e i a click as a click amp Quick Click time Actual Drag starts 12 Dragging For intentional dragging wait a e a ee ate brief moment after clicking before moving ae R Otherwise the drag action will start at a later RR point in space 13 Minimize interference Here are some final tips to be aware of when setting up your system e Avoid placing bright exposed lights next we to the TV Lamps with shades are generally OK M Wie e The Wavit tracking system relies on am infrared IR light emitted from the POD to track the Controller s pointing direction twist angle and location in the room Note This problem is reduced when the SmartTracking button is activated as it is by default The trade off of having SmartTrack on is that it takes a fraction of a second longer to initially lock onto the POD ThinkOptics Inc 12 All Rights Reserved e Avoid other IR emitters near the POD This includes very bright reflections from outside windows or IrDA ports on Laptops keyboards NOTE
17. key mappings for 3 of the modes WATCH TV Description MCE START TV POWER J VOLUME WITH This mode is ideal for use with Media en Center Edition MCE from Microsoft L It will allow you to easily start MCE M l MOUSE browse content select items adjust CURSOR 2 ee RIGHT CLICK the volume and jog through movies j l With Auto mode ON and MCE azn y GUIDE running this mode will be auto smart selected BROWSE Key Location Name Description P TV Turns on the TV by blasting a pre learned IR code i y Power into the room See instructions on IR learning to SA J program an IR code into this button om j MCE Starts the Media Center MCE application i Start Equivalent to the MCE Green Button this also 4 always takes you to the main MCE screen Ps Volume Adjust the PC Volume by holding down this button O with Twist and twisting your remote It is like turning a virtual p gt dial in the air en MCE Replaces all the standard playback buttons REW t Smart Jog Skip back Pause Play Skip FWD FFW with a 4 single virtual jog dial Simply hold and twist f Cursor Standard Mouse Left Click al d 7 lt Mouse Standard Mouse Right Click g Right Click Inside MCE it will bring up INFO A es PC Minimize Minimizes any PC window You do not need to hunt Window for the Minimize icon simple select window and fy click this button P em
18. l for the IR Volume up function for example 2 IR learning When you select a Device which is IR capable an IR learn button will appear This will allow you to re learn the IR code for that command In the Wavit system it is the POD and the PC that learns and stores the IR code library and not the Wavit Controller The POD can learn IR codes from standard remote controls When you select the Relearn IR code button step 2B on the Reprogramming screen you will be shown the IR learning screen You now have 10 seconds to ThinkOptics Inc 8 All Rights Reserved point your old remote control at the POD and press the button on your old IR remote that you wish to learn and transfer to your Wavit system Note The IR learning process may take some practice This is because the strength of IR remotes differ and you may need to 2 3 feet from the adjust your distance from the remote between 2 to 4 ft before you get it right 2 Point your at the Furthermore external light sources may faipisinisi dees iedieiial interfere with the learning so dim them as much as possible r s 1 3 at different distances You may also need to tum off If this screen does not disappear when you hit a remote control Key most lights in you room and repeat This screen will time out after a 10 seconds of no signal 3 IR Blasting When you press a key that has an IR code associated with it such as DVD Power the POD will sen
19. s DIRECT and ABSOLUTE This means there is no drifting over time and no relative motion like a standard mouse or a gyro pointer ThinkOptics Inc 4 All Rights Reserved How it all works The POD emits IR a vision The operation of the Wavlt is conceptually very simple 1 The POD emits invisible IR beams These serve as beacons for the controller to lock onto 2 The Wavit Controller tracks The smarts are in the Controller An on board camera and image system filters the image analyses it in real time and sends its own coordinates via 2 4GHz radio to the POD 3 The POD communications with the PC It passes information between the POD and the PC on top below recommended a 7 N Note When retracting Wi the USB cable be sure Setting up the POD 1 Place the POD on TOP of or BELOW the TV screen 2 Face ROD side out toward the user 3 Move POD to the edge of the TV ledge to pull on both cable sides and not just one of them or the g amp mechanism may jam ThinkOptics Inc 5 All Rights Reserved THE WAVIT MENU APPLICATION Now what can you do with your Wavit 1 You can point to anything on your PC screen and the cursor will follow Simply point User studies have shown that your aim is greatly improved if you sit down and rest your hand on your lap or chair armrest but anything works 2 You can press the center OK button This is the
20. witch to this mode if it detects that PowerDVD is the application that has FOCUS ThinkOptics Inc 20 All Rights Reserved Compliance Statement The Wavit Handset and mant Handset Modelg ifi i amp POD POD have been certified to comply with part 15C of the eanais FCC Rules for Low Power Communication Devices Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 FE Tested ta Comply with This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 ESS bennelie this device must accept any interference received eee including interference that may cause undesired operation Caution Changes or modifications not expressly approved by ThinkOptics could void the user s authority to operate the equipment ThinkOptics Inc 21 All Rights Reserved
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