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SETTING UP THE HOME THEATER KEY (cont.)

5

Press SELECT. This will change the

 

display to [TV]. Use the device keys

(Device Key)

TV, VCR, CBL/SAT or DVD to

 

choose your CHANNEL source, then

 

press SELECT. For example, if your

 

Satellite will control channel chang-

 

ing in the Home Theater Mode,

 

press CBL/SAT + SELECT. The dis-

 

play will change to [PLAYBACK].

 

This will allow you to choose the

 

device that will control the transport

 

keys (PLAY, REW, FF, PAUSE, STOP

 

and REC).

6

Press SELECT. This will change the

 

display to [VCR]. Use the device keys

(Device Key)

CD, VCR, or DVD to choose your

 

PLAYBACK source, then press

 

SELECT. For example, if your DVD

 

Player will control playback in the

 

Home Theater Mode, press DVD +

 

SELECT. The display will change to

 

[PIP]. This will allow you to select the

 

device that will control your Picture-

 

in-Picture features.

7

Press SELECT. This will change the

 

display to [TV]. Use the device keys

(Device Key)

TV, CBL/SAT, or VCR to choose

 

your PICTURE-IN-PICTURE source,

 

then press SELECT. For example, if

 

your VCR will control Picture-in-

 

Picture features in the Home Theater

 

Mode, press VCR + SELECT. The

 

display will change to [MENU]. This

 

will allow you to select the device

 

that will control your Menu features.

8

Press SELECT. This will change the

 

display to [CABLE]. Use the device

 

keys TV, CBL/SAT, VCR, TUNER,

Device Key)

or DVD to choose your MENU

 

source, then press SELECT. For

 

example, if your DSS will control your

 

Menu features in the Home Theater

 

Mode, press CBL/SAT + SELECT.

 

The display will then return to the

 

[DEVICE and the TIME] screen.

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After setting up the HOME THEATER Mode key, you can then set up a macro sequence on the POWER key in the Home Theater Mode. This macro will allow you to power ON all of your components in the Home Theater mode with the press of one key.

Power Key Macro - Powering ON Your Home Theater Components with One Key Press

1

Press and release the HOME

 

THEATER Mode key, then press

 

and hold SETUP until the display

 

screen changes from [THEATER

 

and the TIME] to [TIMED SEQ].

 

x 2 Press the MENU – key twice,

 

the display will change to

 

[CONFIGURE]. Press SELECT,

 

the display will change to

 

[THEATR SEL].

2x 4 Press MENU – four times until the display reads [KEY MACRO]. Press SELECT. The display will

read [SEL MACKEY].

3

Press the POWER key to assign the

 

macro to POWER. Enter the macro

 

sequence that will power “ON” your

 

home theater, for example:

(Sequence) TUNER + POWER + TV + POWER

+VCR + POWER + etc., until you have added all of your home theater components.

4

When your macro sequence is con-

 

cluded, press ESC to save. The dis-

 

play will then return to the [THE-

 

ATER and the TIME] screen.

5

To activate the Home Theater

 

Power macro, the LCD screen must

 

read [THEATER], and you must

 

press POWER.

NOTE: The MACRO or MACRO2 keys cannot be used in your Home Theater Power key macro.

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