Controlling Other Components—Continued

Using Macros

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

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.

1

REMOTE MODE

RECEIVER DVD TAPE/AMP

CD HDD

TV VCR

CABLE SAT

CDR MD

While holding down the REMOTE MODE button for the mode you want to start with, 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].

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.

Making Macros

You can make one macro for each MACRO button, and each macro may contain up to eight commands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remote

 

 

 

 

 

 

indicator

 

ON

STANDBY

 

TV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I

 

INPUT

 

V1

 

V2

V3

 

 

 

1

 

2

3

 

+

 

V4

MULTI CH

DVD

TV CH

 

4

 

5

6

 

-

 

CD

TAPE

TUNER

 

 

7

 

8

9

 

 

 

PHONO

 

 

 

 

TV VOL

 

+10

 

0

CLEAR

 

 

- - / - - - 10

 

11

 

12

 

1, 3

INPUT SELECTOR

 

 

 

MACRO

 

 

 

1

 

2

3

 

ZONE2

1

 

REMOTE MODE

 

RECEIVER

DVD

CD

HDD

 

TAPE/AMP

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV

VCR

CABLE

SAT

 

 

 

 

CDR

MD

 

DIMMER

 

 

 

 

SLEEP

 

 

 

NU

ME

 

 

 

 

ME

 

 

 

 

P

N

 

 

 

O

 

 

U

 

 

 

T

 

 

 

 

 

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISC

 

ENTER

 

VOL

 

ALBUM

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREV

R

 

 

P

 

 

CH

ET

URN

U

 

 

 

SET

 

 

 

DISPLAY

 

 

 

 

MUTING

2

On the remote controller, press

 

 

the buttons whose actions you

 

want to program into the macro

 

in the order you want them per-

 

formed.

 

For the CD example in the left column,

 

you’d press the following buttons:

 

[ON], INPUT SELECTOR [CD],

 

REMOTE MODE [CD], 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 one or more 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.

Running Macros

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

The commands in the macro are transmitted in the order in which they were programmed. Keep the remote controller pointed at the AV receiver until all of the commands have been transmitted.

Macros can be run at anytime regardless of the current remote controller mode.

Deleting Macros

1

While holding down the [RECEIVER]

 

REMOTE MODE button, press the MACRO

 

button whose macro you want to delete.

 

 

2

Press the MACRO button again.

 

 

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Onkyo SR804 instruction manual Using Macros, Making Macros, Running Macros, Deleting Macros

SR804 specifications

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