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 Receiver 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 REMOTE MODE [CD] button to select

 

the CD remote controller mode.

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

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].

CD player.

You can program a MACRO button to perform all five actions.

Making Macros

You can make one macro for each MACRO button, and each macro can perform up to eight actions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

U

 

 

 

O

 

 

 

 

 

T

 

 

 

 

 

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH

 

ENTER

 

VOL

 

DISC

 

 

 

ALBUM

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREV

R

 

 

P

 

 

CH

ET

URN

U

 

 

 

SET

 

 

 

DISPLAY

 

 

 

 

MUTING

2On 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 [ ].

3When you’ve finished, press the MACRO button again.

The Remote indicator flashes twice. If you enter all eight actions, the pro- cess will finish automatically.

Note:

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

Running Macros

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

The actions in the macro are performed in the order in which they were programmed.

Keep the remote controller pointed at the AV receiver until all of the commands have been fin- ished. Macros can be run at anytime regardless of the current remote controller mode.

Deleting Macros

1While holding down the [RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE button, press the MACRO button whose macro you want to delete.

2Press the MACRO button again.

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Onkyo TX-SR603X instruction manual Using Macros, Making Macros, Running Macros, Deleting Macros

TX-SR603X specifications

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