Home Theater Direct MX-500 specs

4. Programming the MX-500TMto Control Your Components

sound, you may want to start by setting up the DVD Device using the preprogrammed method described below, and then add functions from the other devices you will be using while watching your DVD video to the DVD device.

For example, while playing a DVD, you will want to adjust the volume of your receiver. So, you would use the ÒPunch ThroughÓ method described on page 32 to put the Receiver's Volume control into your DVD Device. You may then want to adjust other functions of your Receiver while staying in the DVD device, so you would use the learning method described on page 19 to add those functions to your DVD device, such as surround sound controls, the receiver's DVD input code, the TV's power code, etc. Everything that you need for watching a DVD on your TV without having to jump back and forth from Device to Device.

You can decide where on the MX-500TMyou want your functions to reside, relabeling the LCD screen buttons (explained on page 39) for those functions, and choosing preprogramming, learning, or a combination of both to fully customize your MX-500TMwill give you a remote totally customized to your needs.

So, let's start with learning how to Preprogram the MX-500TM.

A. Using Preprogrammed Codes

1. Three-Digit Code Number

You can program the MX-500TMto make it compatible with your components by using the preprogrammed method:

4. Programming the MX-500TMto Control Your Components

1.Manually turn on the device you wish to operate.

2.Go to the SETUP mode by pressing both the MAIN and ENTER buttons simultaneously for three seconds until SETUP appears at the top of the LCD screen.

3.Press the P-PRO button next to the LCD screen.

4.The remote will be flashing ÒSELECT BUTTONÓ. Press the button for the device you wish to program. (For example, to program TV, press the TV button.)

5.The remote will be flashing ÒFROM TABLEÓ. Select the device from which you want to access the code table. Important: If you have already relabeled your device keys, your LCD screen will not look like the illustration above. Select the appropriate LCD button for the ÒFROM TABLEÓ using the labels as shown in the illustration on page 11 of this manual. For example, if you have relabeled AUX as LIGHTS, you would still push the bottom-left button to access the AUX Code Table.

Note: Use VCR1, not VCR2, to access the VCR code library.

6.The remote will be flashing ÒENTER NUMBERÓ. Refer to the tables starting on page 58 in the back of this manual and find the manufacturer of your device. (If you are programming the remote for the TV device, find the TV device code table.)

7.Point the remote control toward the device and enter the