Harman-Kardon HS 500 owner manual Advanced Functions, Advanced Remote Control Functions, Macros

Advanced Remote Control Functions

The remote control not only operates the HS 500, but it also serves as a universal remote that may be programmed to operate your other home theater components, as described in the Installation section. Each time you select one of your other components, the remote switches to the control functions for that component. Since many buttons will have unique functions for each component, refer to the Function List in the Appendix for assistance. The function of each button will not necessarily correspond to the label printed on the button.

Punch-Through Programming

The HS 500 remote allows you to select one component for the remote to operate, while simultaneously setting certain groups of controls to operate another component. For example, while using the HS 500 to control surround modes and other audio functions, you may wish to operate the transport controls of your tape player. Or while using the remote to control video functions on your TV, you may wish to use your cable box to change channels and the HS 500 to control the volume.

All of this is possible using punch-through programming.

To program punch-through control while operating any device:

1.Simultaneously press and hold the Source Selector for the main device the remote will be operating and the Mute button until the LED flashes and the remote enters program mode.

2.Select the type of punch-through programming.

a)To program volume control punch-through, press the Volume Up Button.

b)To program channel control punch-through, press the Volume Down Button.

c)To program transport control punch-through, press the Play Button.

3.Press the Source Selector for the device whose volume, channel or transport controls you would like to be active while operating the device you selected in the first step. The LED will flash green to confirm the programming.

For example, if you wish to watch your TV while changing channels using your cable box (D-IN), you would first press the TV and Mute buttons until the LED flashed. You would then press the Play Button, followed by the D-IN button.

To undo punch-through programming, follow the same steps as above, but press the same Source Selector in steps 1 and 3.

To switch the remote to operate another device without changing the source selection on the HS 500, press the Mode button. Each press cycles through the devices, indicated by the LED behind the Source Selector lighting up.

Macros

Macros are used to program sequences of up to nineteen commands that are executed with a single button press. Macros are well-suited for power on and off commands, or to send out a favorite multidigit channel number with one button press, or to have the ability to send out a code sequence to control another device while the remote is operating one device.

NOTES:

•Use caution when programming complicated macros. It isn’t possible to program a pause or delay before sending com- mands after Power On, and the component may not be ready to respond to commands instantaneously after powering on.

•Some brands of TVs use the Macro Buttons for the User Settings function (see the Function List in the Appendix). When one of those brands of TVs has been programmed into the remote, you may not program macros.

•If you have learned a code into one of the Macro Buttons, the learned code will take priority, and you may not program a macro into that button.

To program, or “record” a macro, follow these steps:

1.Simultaneously press one of the four Macro Buttons or the Power On Button and the Mute Button at the same time until the Program Indicator LED flashes in amber.

2.Press the Source Selector for each device before you enter com- mands to be transmitted to that device. This step counts as one of the 19 commands allowed for each macro. The Program Indicator LED will flash twice in green to acknowledge each command.

3.For the Power On command, do not press the Power On button. Press the Mute Button instead.

4.Press the Power Off Button to program the Power Off command.

5.Press the Preset Up Button to end the programming process, and the Program Indicator LED will flash three times in green.

It isn’t possible to “edit” a command within a macro. However, you may erase the macro as follows:

1.Simultaneously press and hold the Mute Button and the Macro Button containing the macro until the LED flashes in amber.

2.Press the Preset Down Button to erase the macro, and the Program Indicator LED will flash three times in green.

Resetting the Remote

To reset the remote to its factory defaults, simultaneously press and hold any Source Selector and the Mute Button until the Program Indicator LED flashes in amber, then enter the code “333”. The Program Indicator LED will light steadily in green while the remote is resetting. When the LED goes out, the remote will have been fully reset.