Programming the Remote

Read a Macro

To check the commands stored in the remote’s memory for one of the buttons, follow these steps:

1. Press and hold the Program Button for about three seconds while the message shown in Figure 25 appears in the remote’s LCD Information Display 2. Release the button when the red light under the Set Button F appears.

2.The remote’s MAIN MENU message (Figure 26), will appear in the LCD display and the Set Button F will remain illuminated in red. Press the Navigation Buttons E three times so that MACRO appears on the bottom line of the LCD screen, as shown in Figure 47. Press the Set Button F to enter the main macro menu branch.

3.At the next menu screen (Figure 56) press the

⁄¤ Navigation Buttons E until the bottom line in the remote’s LCD display shows READ A MACRO, as shown in Figure 56. Press the Set Button F to begin the process of erasing a macro.

M A C R O

R E A D A M A C R O

Figure 56

4.The next display screen (Figure 57) is where you select the macro to be read. Press the

⁄¤ Navigation Buttons E until the name of the macro you wish to read appears. For this example, we will read back the Power On macro created in the previous section. When the name of the macro to be erased appears, press the Set Button F.

R E A D A M A C R O

P O W E R O N

Figure 57

5.As soon as the Set button is pressed, the first two steps in the macro will be appear in the remote’s LCD screen. You may then use the

⁄¤ Navigation Buttons E to step up or down through the list of commands stored as the macro. As you read the display, you will see Device Selector Buttons 45 appear in brackets, (e.g., [AVR]). When the step in the macro is a function, navigation or any other button, it will appear next to the bracketed read-out of the underlying device (e.g., [AVR] POWER ON).

6.When you are finished reviewing the macro’s contents, press the Set Button F to return the remote to normal operation.

Punch-Through Configuration

Punch-through is a capability of the remote that allows the Volume controls, Channel Up/Down buttons or Transport keys (Play, Stop, Record, Fast Forward and Reverse, and Skip Up/Down) to link to a different device. For example, if your TV, cable box or satellite receiver is connected through the AVR you will most likely want to use the AVR’s volume control commands even when the remote has been set to issue all other commands for the video device. “Punch-through” enables you to easily program the remote to do this.

Volume Punch-Through

Follow these steps to enable the Volume Up/Down and Mute controls from one device to be used when the remote is otherwise programmed for a different device.

Note for Volume Punch-Through:

The remote’s default settings are for the AVR’s volume controls to be used when any input or device is selected with the exception of the VID 2/TV button. There is no need to program the remote for volume punch-through for the AVR’s controls with other sources, such as DVD. To have the AVR’s volume commands used when the TV device is selected, follow these steps:

1. Press and hold the Program Button for about three seconds while the message shown in Figure 25 appears in the remote’s LCD Information Display 2. Release the button when the red light under the Set Button F appears.

2.The remote’s MAIN MENU message (Figure 26), will appear in the LCD display and the Set Button F will remain illuminated in red. Press the ⁄¤ Navigation Buttons E until PUNCH-THROUGHappears on the bottom line of the LCD screen, as shown in Figure 58. Press the Set Button F to enter the main punch-through menu branch.

M A I N M E N U

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

Figure 58

3.At the next menu screen (Figure 59) press the Set Button F to begin programming the remote for Volume punch-through.

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

V O L U M E

Figure 59

4.The next display screen (Figure 60) is where you select the device that will receive the punch-through commands. In our example, that is the VID 2/TV button, as that is where we want the AVR’s volume controls to be active. Press the ⁄¤ Navigation Buttons E until the name of the base device appears and then press the Set Button F.

D E V I C E I N U S E

T V

Figure 60

5.At the next display screen (Figure 61), you will select the device whose Volume Up/Down and Mute commands will be used. Press the ⁄¤

Navigation Buttons E until the desired device’s name appears to the right of the device in use. In our example, that is the AVR (indicated by AVR). When the desired combination of devices appears, press the Set Button F.

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

T V < - A V R

Figure 61

6.When the Set button is pressed, the display will change to show you that the new combination of control commands is being saved to the unit’s memory, as shown in Figure 62. The word SAVED will flash four times and then the remote will return to normal operation.

T V < - A V R [ V O L ]

S A V E D

Figure 62

7.Once the punch-through is programmed, the Volume Up/Down and Mute buttons of the second device named will be used when those

buttons

are pressed while the master

device is in use.

 

Returning the Volume Control Settings to Default Operation:

If you wish to remove the Volume punch-through so that the commands for Volume and Mute are returned to the factory default setting, follow the steps shown above, except that in Steps 4 and 5, select the same device for both the DEVICE IN USE on the left side of the bottom line and the PUNCH-THROUGHdevice. In the example used, the display to return the remote to default settings will appear as shown in Figure 63.

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

T V < - T V

Figure 63

Channel Punch-Through

Channel punch-through allows the Channel Up/Down buttons to send commands to a different device than the one that has been selected for other commands. For example, you may wish to use a cable box or satellite receiver as the source for a VCR, so you would want the

Channel Up/Down Selectors to transmit commands to the cable box even though the other button commands are programmed to operate the VCR.

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