Programming Overview

Method #1– Controlling Shared Source Components with IR Repeating and 12V Home Theater Status IR Repeating allows you to program the source com- ponents by programming the actual IR commands from a source component’s included remote control into the Home Theater learning remote control. Connect an IR output of the IR repeating or control system for the Home Theater to the IR Input of the Master ZR-8630AV. All the IR commands sent from the Home Theater then pass through to all IR Flashers con- nected to the ZR-8630AV to control source compo- nents.

Important Note: If you have source components that require an IR command to turn on and their included remote controls don’t issue separate ON and OFF IR commands, or if you have two or more shared source components identical in brand and model, refer to Method #2.

Program all of the IR commands of the Home Theater learning remote control in the standard way, using the actual remote controls for the shared source compo- nents, with one exception. Don’t teach the OFF IR com- mand for the shared source components to the learning remote operating the home theater. Teach only the ON IR commands. Program the OFF IR commands for the shared source components into the ZR-8630AV, which is responsible for turning these components OFF when all ZR-8630AV zones and the home theater are OFF.

Method #1 requires a 12V DC system status signal from the Home Theater system to the Home Theater Sync Input of the Master ZR-8630AV. This allows the ZR-8630AV to “know” whether the Home Theater is actually ON or OFF and provide the source compo- nents’ OFF commands at the appropriate time.

Sharing source components in this way does not affect the IR programming for the Home Theater receiver/processor.

Method #2 – Controlling Shared Source Components with Niles R-8 Commands and 12V Home Theater Status A second method of programming a Home Theater remote control is available when the shared source components are identical and/or they have a single power ON/OFF IR command. With this method, teach the Niles R-8 Remote Control IR commands to the Home Theater learning remote, rather than the IR commands from the shared source components’ remote controls.

Teach the Home Theater learning remote control the R-8 IR commands from Source Buttons 3 through 8, and all other commands except Tuner1, Tuner 2, Volume +, Volume –, Mute, and OFF. Sending a Niles Source Button IR command from the Home Theater tells the ZR-8630AV that the Home Theater is turning on and which source it is selecting. Synchronized source components corresponding to a pressed source button then turn ON, if they aren’t ON already. Finally, the ZR-8630AV issues the programmed sequence for that source component.

After the Master ZR-8630AV receives a Source Button IR command and it knows which source is selected, it will respond to Function Key/Button IR commands from the Home Theater by issuing the programmed IR commands for that source component.

Using this method, identical shared source compo- nents operate individually by means of the IR routing feature of the ZR-8630AV. (See Identical Source Components in the Operational Overview Section.)

Method #2 requires a 12V DC system status signal from the Home Theater system to the Home Theater Sync Input of the Master ZR-8630AV. This allows the ZR-8630AV to “know” whether the home theater is actually ON or OFF and provide the source compo- nents’ OFF commands at the appropriate time.

Sharing source components in this way does not affect the IR programming for the Home Theater receiver/processor.

Important Note: Teaching the Niles OFF command to the Home Theater learning remote control isn’t neces- sary with Method #2. As in Method #1, when the Home Theater turns off, its 12V signal ceases, telling the ZR-8630AV that the Home Theater turned off. Then the ZR-8630AV checks to see if any of its other zones are active before it turns off the shared source components.