Controlling Other Components—Continued

rPLAY MODE button

Selects play modes on components with selectable play modes.

Works as a Resume button when used with a DS-A2 RI Dock.

Controlling a Cassette Recorder

By pressing the REMOTE MODE button that’s been programmed with the remote control code for your cas- sette recorder, you can control your cassette recorder with the following buttons.

The [TV/TAPE] button is preprogrammed with the remote control code for controlling an Onkyo cassette recorder when used with an uconnection.

For details on entering a remote control code for a differ- ent component, see page 88.

Press the appropriate

REMOTE MODE button first

a

f

g

b

 

c

 

d

h

e

 

*With some components, certain buttons may not work as expected, and some may not work at all.

sRANDOM button

Used with the shuffle function.

Note:

With some components, certain buttons may not work as expected, and some may not work at all.

On twin cassette decks, only Deck B can be controlled.

aON/STANDBY button

Turns the cassette recorder on or off.

bPrevious and Next [7]/[6] buttons

The Previous [7] button selects the previous track. During playback it selects the beginning of the current track. The Next [6] button selects the next track.

Depending on how they were recorded, the Previous and Next [7]/[6] buttons may not work prop- erly with some cassette tapes.

cRewind and Fast Forward [5]/[4] buttons

The Rewind [5] button starts rewind. The Fast Forward [4] button starts fast forward.

dReverse Play [t] button

Starts reverse playback.

ePlay [1] button

Starts playback.

fMUTING button (52)

Mutes or unmutes the AV receiver.

gVOL [q]/[w] button (50)

Adjusts the volume of the AV receiver.

hStop [2] button

Stops playback.

Note:

An Onkyo cassette recorder connected via ucan also be controlled in Receiver mode.

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Onkyo HT-RC160 Controlling a Cassette Recorder, Previous and Next 7/6 buttons, Rewind and Fast Forward 5/4 buttons

HT-RC160 specifications

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