Marantz SR-18EX manual English, cCLONE

cCLONE

The RC-18SR has the ability to “replicate” itself, downloading all of its internal pre-programmed and user-programmed commands to another RC-18SR or RC2000MKII. This button is used when you wish to “teach” another RC-18SR or RC2000MKII all of the customized commands you’ve already programmed in this RC-18SR.

vPOWER ON and OFF

These two buttons are used to turn the main component’s (amplifier or receiver) AC power on and off. We provide both ON and OFF commands so that your A/V system is remote compatible with external infrared controllers, such as in-wall key pads, etc.

bSOURCE ON/OFF

This button is used to turn the AC power on and off to any of your A/V source components that have their own remote control turn-on and turn-off commands, such as TV, laser disc player, VCR, and etc.

nMACRO 1-4

Each of these 4 buttons can be programmed with a “string” of commands, called a macro, to initiate a sequence of remote codes to achieve a particular result. For example, a macro button could be programmed to turn on the main system power, then turn on a particular source component (such as a laser disc player), then turn on the TV set, set the TV to AUX video input, and then adjust the surround processor to the home theater surround decoding mode, then activate the laser disc player’s PLAY function. This means that by pressing one macro button, you can achieve the same result as pushing up to 20 buttons in sequence.

mDIRECT

With today’s high performance A/V systems, it is not unusual for each component in your system to have dozens of specialized command functions. If we were to duplicate all of those commands for each component onto the RC-18SR key pad, we could easily exceed 300 buttons for an entire home theater system, which would result in either a huge key pad, or buttons of infinitesimal size. The DIRECT command buttons (4 on each side of the LCD display, 8 total) work with the PAGE buttons (4 pages for each source component) to provide up to 32 dedicated specialized functions for each of the 11 function input selectors. Each DIRECT function may also be provided with an alpha- numeric function indicator visible in the LCD display. You may even change the displayed name of each function to another name, if you wish.

,PAGE

Used to select any 1 of the 4 pages of 8 functions for each DIRECT button, as explained above.

.FUNCTION

Press one of these buttons once or twice to select a particular source component. For example, to set the amplifier or receiver to the laser disc input, press the LD button twice within 2 seconds. Along with the source selection, special functions may become available (the DIRECT keys), as well as activating the transport function keys, so that you can now directly operate the laser disc player from the RC- 18SR. If you wish, you may even re-program the status indicators in the LCD window to reflect your own particular function name whenever that source (function) button is selected.

Here are the button names and their functions:

LD	:	Laser disc player
TV	:	Television
VCR1	:	Video cassette recorder
DSS/VCR2 :		Digital satellite decoder or second video cassette
		recorder
AUX	:	Can be used for an auxiliary source component
TUNER	:	AM/FM tuner, or AM/FM tuner section of a receiver
CD	:	Compact disc player or changer
TAPE	:	Audio tape deck, or digital audio recorder
AMP	:	Amplifier or receiver control functions
DVD	:	Digital video disc player
CD-R/MD	:	CD-Recorder or mini disc player

Note:

Press a function selector button only once to select the LD player, etc. Remember, when you press a function selector button only once, the RC-18SR will not send out a remote control code to instruct the amplifier or receiver to change to that corresponding input, but the RC- 18SR keypad and DIRECT function commands will provide the selected component’s specialized remote control codes. Press a function selector button twice within 2 seconds to change the function of the amplifier or receiver.

For example, if you press the LD function button twice within 2 seconds, the amplifier or receiver’s input will immediately be switched to the laser disc input, and the keypad and DIRECT function commands for laser disc operation will be activated. Press the CD function button only once, the amplifier or receiver’s input will not switch to the CD input, however the RC-18SR keypad and DIRECT function commands for compact disc operation will be activated.

We have provided 11 popular function command selector buttons, based upon the typical input selections available with most quality A/ V amplifiers (or receivers) including popular Marantz models.

The function button DSS/VCR2 is a little different from the others, in that when you press this button, the RC-18SR will send out a command to the amplifier or receiver to switch to the DSS input, and then the RC-18SR keypad and DIRECT function commands will be configured for DSS (digital satellite system) control. We have included DSS commands within the RC-18SR’s pre-programmed memory for RCA brand DSS equipment. If you have another brand of DSS, you can “teach” the RC-18SR with the remote control codes of your equipment.

⁄0LCD window

The LCD window provides a wealth of information, including function selection name, DIRECT function names, learning and programming steps, as well as useful indicators for battery status, and other helpful indicators. The LCD window features back-lighting, making it easy to view when the room light is very low.

⁄1Volume up (+) and down (-)

Used to raise and lower the main system volume level. Note that these buttons are clearly the largest size, and are conveniently located and contoured for easy operation, even in low lighting.

⁄2Ten keypad

Like a telephone key pad, the ten number buttons (0-9) are used to enter numeric digits. They are useful for finding a specific track on a CD, or to tune a pre-set radio station, etc. The “0” button performs the same operation as the “CLEAR” button on the SR-19EX main unit.

⁄3MEMO

This button is used to program your CD player’s track memory, or to enter a VCR recording program, and can be used to provide the MEMO function included with other components in your system.

⁄4CLEAR

This button is used to cancel certain memory or programming operations. It operates differently from the “CLEAR” button on the SR- 19EX main unit.

⁄5Transport control functions

These buttons provide transport commands for your source components, such as laser disc player, CD player, VCR, audio tape deck, etc., and are dependent on the function source selected. For example, when the RC-18SR is set to LD (laser disc) mode, the transport keys will operate the laser disc player’s PLAY, STOP, PAUSE, FAST FORWARD, FAST REVERSE, NEXT and PREVIOUS track functions. Change the RC-18SR function selector to VCR, and these keys will then operate the VCR’s transport command functions, etc.

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