Arcam P38, A38 manual The CR90 Universal remote controller, Source keys, E-12

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The CR90 Universal remote controller

This section refers only to the A38. Please note that the P38 Power Amplifier can only be controlled indirectly through a pre-amp.

The CR90 is a sophisticated ‘universal’ remote control that can control up to eight devices. It’s pre-programmed for use with the A38 and many other Arcam products (FM/DAB tuners, CD-players and DVD-players).

With its extensive built-in library of codes, it can also be used with thousands of other audio-visual components

–TVs, satellite and set-top boxes, PVRs and third-party CD players. See the final section of the CR90 Handbook for a list of these.

The CR90 is a ‘learning’ remote, so you can teach it almost any function from an old single-device remote. You can also program the CR90 to issue a sequence of commands (‘macros’) from a single button press – see the CR90 Handbook for details.

As the CR90 is a system remote controller, some of the keys are not used with the A38. For instance, the PVR and CD keys can still be programmed to control products, so if you have a PVR connected directly to your TV or SAT box, you can use the CR90 to control it as part of your system.

Source keys

As the CR90 can control your A38 as well as a range of other equipment, many of the buttons have more than one function depending on the ‘device mode’ or ‘page’ selected.

The device selection keys: DVD, SAT, AV (TV), TUN, AMP and AUX, both select the source and configure the CR90 to control the particular source.

In other words, the buttons are often ‘context sensitive’ so you’ll have to tell it what sort of device you wish to control (press the AV button for a video display, for example) before you can control it.

Select the source key first

Remember to select a source key before pressing command buttons – commands vary depending on the source selected!

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DVD	DVD player
SAT	Satellite set-top box
AV	Audio-visual sound input (use with TV)
Tun	DAB, FM or AM tuner
AMP	Controls the Amplifier features of the
	A38 (and indirectly, of a P38 connected
	to the A38)
AUX	Auxiliary input, or an iPod via an rDock
	or rLead
PVR	Personal Video Recorder
CD	Compact Disc player

Inserting batteries into the remote control

1.Open the battery compartment by pressing the button on the back of the handset.

2.Insert four ‘AAA’ batteries into the battery compartment – two facing the top of the unit, and two facing the end, as in the diagram.

3.Lower the end cap onto the plastic locating plate in the handset. This acts as a hinge, and you can now push the end cap firmly into its locked position with a click.

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