Controlling Other Components—Continued

Using Macros

You can program the remote controller’s MACRO but- tons to perform a sequence of remote control actions.

Example:

To play a CD you typically need to perform the follow- ing actions:

1.Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE button to select the RECEIVER remote controller mode.

2.Press the [ON] button to turn on the AV controller.

3.Press the [CD] INPUT SELECTOR button to select the CD input source.

4.Press the [CD] REMOTE MODE button to select the CD remote controller mode.

5. Press the Play [ ] button to start playback on the CD player.

You can program a MACRO button so that all five actions are performed with just one button press.

2

 

 

 

Press the buttons whose actions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you want to program into the

 

 

 

 

 

macro in the order you want them

 

 

 

 

 

performed.

 

 

 

 

 

For the CD example in the left column,

 

 

 

 

 

you’d press the following buttons:

 

 

 

 

 

[ON], [CD] INPUT SELECTOR, [CD]

 

 

 

 

 

REMOTE MODE, Play [ ].

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

When you’ve finished, press the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MACRO button again.

 

 

 

 

 

The Remote indicator flashes twice.

 

 

 

 

 

If you enter eight commands, the pro-

 

 

 

 

 

cess will finish automatically.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

If any of the buttons you used to make a macro are taught new commands, the macro will no longer work properly and will have to be made again.

Making Macros

Each MACRO button can store one macro, and each macro can contain up to eight commands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

indicator

 

ON

STANDBY

 

 

TV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

 

DVD

VCR/DVR

CBL/SAT

 

 

 

1

2

 

3

 

+

 

 

GAME/TV

AUX1

AUX2

TV CH

 

 

4

5

 

6

 

-

 

 

TAPE

TUNER

CD

 

 

 

 

7

8

 

9

 

 

 

 

PHONO

 

 

D. TUN

TV VOL

 

MACRO

+10

0

 

CLEAR

 

 

--/---10 11 12

 

 

INPUT SELECTOR

 

 

ZONE3

 

1, 2, 3

1

2

 

3

 

 

 

 

MACRO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REMOTE MODE

 

 

REMOTE

DVD

VCR

 

CD

 

ZONE2

 

 

 

 

CDR/MD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECEIVER

MODE

TV

CABLE

DOCK

RECEIVER

DIMMER

SAT

 

 

 

 

TAPE/AMP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLEEP

 

 

 

EN

ME

 

 

 

 

 

 

PM

U

 

N

U

 

 

 

 

O

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH

 

ENTER

 

 

VOL

 

 

DISC

 

 

 

 

 

ALBUM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Running Macros

Press the MACRO [1], [2], or [3] button.

The commands in the macro are trans- mitted in the order in which they were programmed. Keep the remote control- ler pointed at the AV controller until all of the commands have been transmit- ted.

Macros can be run at any time, regard- less of the current remote controller mode.

Deleting Macros

1

While holding down the

[RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE but-

1

REMOTE MODE

DVD VCR

CD TV CDR/MD

CABLE DOCK SAT

RECEIVER

TAPE/AMP

While holding down the REMOTE MODE button of the remote con- troller mode you want to use at the start of the macro, press MACRO button [1], [2], or [3].

The Remote indicator lights up.

For the CD example in the left column, you’d press and hold the [RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE button, and then press MACRO button [1], [2], or [3].

RECEIVER

ton, press the MACRO button

 

whose macro you want to delete.

2

Press the MACRO button again.

 

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