Integra DTR-8.4 instruction manual Using Macros, Making Macros

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Using the Remote Controller with Other Components—Continued

Using Macros 4

With the Macro function you can program the remote controller to perform a sequence of actions with one press of a button. For example, normally you need to per- form the following actions to use a CD player that’s con- nected to the DTR-8.4:

1.Press the scroll wheel, (to select AMP mode).

2.Press the [On] button (to turn on the DTR-8.4).

3.Roll the scroll wheel to select CD (to select the CD remote controller mode and the CD input source).

4. Press the Play [ ] button (to start the CD player).

With the Macro function you can program the remote	5
controller to do all of this with one press of a button.

Making Macros

You can make up to eight macros, and each macro can perform up to eight actions.

1	Press and hold the [Custom] but-
	ton for more than three seconds.
	The remote controller enters Custom
	mode.
2	Roll the scroll wheel to select
	“MACRO,” and then press the
	scroll wheel.

3	Roll the scroll wheel to select
	“EDIT,” and then press the scroll
	wheel.

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Roll the scroll wheel to select a macro, and then press the scroll wheel.

Macros are numbered from 1 to 8.

Macro #1 selected

Action #1

On the remote controller, press the buttons whose actions you want to program into the macro in the order you want them per- formed.

To program the CD example in the left column into a macro: press the scroll wheel, press the [On] button, roll the scroll wheel to select CD, press the scroll wheel, and then press the Play [ ] button.

Actions are numbered from 1 to 8. Macro #1 selected

8 actions learnt

After each button is pressed, “SET” fol- lowed by “KEY” is displayed.

To add an action that selects an input source for the main room or Zone 2,

press the [Input] button or [Zone 2] but- ton, respectively, roll the scroll wheel to select the input source, and then press the scroll wheel.

When you’ve finished, press the [Macro] button.

After the following appears on the dis- play, the display returns to normal.

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