09Controlling the rest of your system

Button(s)

Function

Components

 

ENTER/DISC

Use to enter a channel.

Cable TV/Satellite TV/TV

 

 

 

 

 

MENU

Select the menu screen.

Cable TV/Satellite TV/TV

 

 

 

 

 

&

Press to select or adjust and navigate items on the menu

Cable TV/Satellite TV/TV

 

ENTER

screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Controls for other components

This remote control can control these components after entering the proper codes or teaching the receiver the commands (see Controlling the rest of your system on page 51 for more on this). Use the MULTI CONTROL buttons to select the component.

Button(s)

 

Function

Components

SOURCE

Press to switch the component between standby and on.

CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/DVD/LD/

 

 

 

DVR player/Cassette deck

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press to return to the start of the current track.

CD/MD/CD-R/DVD/DVR/LD

 

 

Repeated presses skips to the start of previous tracks.

player

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go back channels (channel –).

VCR

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press to advance to the start of the next track.

CD/MD/CD-R/DVD/DVR/LD

 

 

Repeated presses skips to the start of following tracks.

player

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go forward channels (channel +).

VCR

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pause playback or recording.

CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/DVD/LD/

 

 

 

DVR player/Cassette deck

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start playback.

CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/DVD/LD/

 

 

 

DVR player/Cassette deck

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hold down for fast forward playback.

CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/DVD/LD/

 

 

 

DVR player/Cassette deck

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hold down for fast reverse playback.

CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/DVD/LD/

 

 

 

DVR player/Cassette deck

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stops playback (on some models, pressing this when the

CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/DVD/LD/

 

 

disc is already stopped will cause the disc tray to open).

DVR player/Cassette deck

 

 

 

 

REC

 

Starts recording. To prevent accidental recording, this

MD/CD-R/VCR/DVR player/

(SHIFT+

)

button must be pressed twice to take effect.

Cassette deck

 

 

 

REC STOP

Stops recording.

DVR player

(SHIFT+

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number

 

Directly access tracks on a program source.

CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/LD

buttons

 

 

player

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use to enter a title/chapter/track number.

DVD/DVR player

 

 

 

 

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