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MHI updates remote controller

JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has added the new RC-ES1 remote control unit for commercial air conditioners for the European market, and plans to begin sales this summer.

The RC-ES1 features an elegant exterior designed by Tensa Industrial Design, an industrial design studio headquartered in Milan, Italy. 

The compact unit, measuring 86 mm x 86 mm x 17 mm, features simplified functions and it is universally designed by adopting pictograms.

Communication is via Bluetooth and dedicated M-Air PRO app. The app has three modes – user, administrator and service – providing a wide range of functions according to the application, such as the operation of the remote control, or saving, transferring setting data and checking inspection data for indoor units and remote controls. 

With all modes the input setting on app can be automatically and continuously transmitted to up to 20 remote control units within the Bluetooth wireless connection range from a single smartphone.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

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