Onkyo TX-NR1000 instruction manual 137, Using Macros, Making Macros

Using the Remote Controller with Other Components—Continued

Using Macros

With the Macro function you can program the remote controller to perform a sequence of actions with one press of a button. For example, normally you need to perform the following actions to use a CD player that’s connected to the TX-NR1000/TX-NR5000E:

1.Press the scroll wheel, (to select AMP mode).

2.Press the [ON] button (to turn on the TX-NR1000/TX-NR5000E).

3.Roll the scroll wheel to select CD (to select the CD remote controller mode and the CD input

source).

4. Press the Play [ ] button (to start the CD player).

With the Macro function you can program the remote controller to do all of this with one press of a button.

Making Macros

You can make up to eight macros, and each macro can perform up to eight actions.

1	Press and hold the [CUSTOM] but-
CUSTOM	ton for more than three seconds.
	The remote controller enters Custom
	mode.
2	Roll the scroll wheel to select
	“MACRO,” and then press the
	scroll wheel.

5		On the remote controller, press the
		buttons whose actions you want to
		program into the macro in the
		order you want them performed.
		To program the CD example in the left
		column into a macro: press the scroll
		wheel, press the [ON] button, roll the
		scroll wheel to select CD, press the
		scroll wheel, and then press the Play
		[ ] button.
		Actions are numbered from 1 to 8.
			Macro #1 selected
			8 actions learned
		After each button is pressed, “SET” fol-
		lowed by “KEY” is displayed.
		To add an action that selects an input
		source for the main room, Zone 2, or
		Zone 3, press the [INPUT], [ZONE 2],
		or [ZONE 3] button, respectively, roll
		the scroll wheel to select the input
		source, and then press the scroll wheel.
6		When you’ve finished, press the
		Macro button.
	MACRO	After the following appears on the dis-
		play, the display returns to normal.

3	Roll the scroll wheel to select
	“EDIT,” and then press the scroll
	wheel.

4	Roll the scroll wheel to select a
	macro, and then press the scroll
	wheel.

Macros are numbered from 1 to 8.

Macro #1 selected

Action #1

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