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] button to select the Receiver remote controller mode.

2.Press the [ON/STANDBY] button to turn on the AV receiver/AV amplifier.

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

4.Press the Play [1] button to start playback on the

CD player.

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

Making Macros

Each MACRO button can store one macro, and each macro can contain up to 32 commands.

REMOTE

RECEIVER

MODE

MACRO

 

1, 2

 

1

While holding down the

 

 

[RECEIVER] button, press and

 

hold down the MACRO button [1]

 

or [2] until the [RECEIVER] but-

 

ton lights up (about 3 seconds).

(3 seconds)

2

Press the buttons whose actions

 

 

you want to program into the

 

macro in the order you want them

 

performed.

 

For the CD example above, you’d press

 

the following buttons: [ON/

 

STANDBY], [CD], Play [1].

3

When you’ve finished, press the

 

 

MACRO button again.

 

The REMOTE MODE button flashes

 

twice.

 

If you enter 32 commands, the process

 

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.

Running Macros

Press the MACRO [1] or [2] but- ton.

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 receiver/AV amplifier until all of the commands have been transmitted.

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

Deleting Macros

1

While holding down the

 

 

[RECEIVER] button, press and

 

hold down the MACRO button

 

whose macro you want to delete

 

until the [RECEIVER] button

 

lights up (about 3 seconds).

(3 seconds)

2

Press the MACRO button again.

 

 

The [RECEIVER] button flashes twice.

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TX-SA706 specifications

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