Advanced Remote Operations
Operating One Component While Using Another (background operation)
You can temporality operate other components while listening to or watching a program.
Numeric buttons
BACKGROUND
0 ) = +
1Hold down BACKGROUND.
2Press both the corresponding numeric button of the component you‘re going to use (see the table below) and one of the following buttons at the
same time; VISUAL POWER, TV/VIDEO, CH PRESET
Example: To start recording on a tape deck while listening to a CD
While holding down BACKGROUND, press 4 (or 5) and press r.
The numeric buttons are assigned to select the functions as follows:
Numeric button | Operates |
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1 | CD player |
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2 | DAT deck |
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3 | MD deck |
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4 | Tape deck A |
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5 | Tape deck B |
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6 | LD player |
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7 | VCR (remote control mode VTR 1*) |
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8 | VCR (remote control mode VTR 2*) |
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9 | VCR (remote control mode VTR 3*) |
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0 | TV |
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*Sony VCRs are operated with a VTR 1, 2 or 3 setting. These correspond to Beta , 8mm and VHS respectively.
Changing the Factory Setting of a FUNCTION Button
If the factory settings of the FUNCTION buttons (page
10)don’t match your system components, you can change them. For example, if you connect a Sony LD player to the VIDEO 2 jacks, you can assign the VIDEO 2 button to set the remote to control the LD player.
Note that the settings of the TUNER and PHONO buttons cannot be changed.
SYSTEM
CONTROL/
FUNCTION
Numeric buttons
0 ) = +
1Holding down the SYSTEM CONTROL/ FUNCTION button whose function you want to change (VIDEO 2, for example).
2Press the corresponding numeric button of the component you want to assign to the SYSTEM CONTROL/FUNCTION button (6 - LD player, for example).
For the numeric buttons, see the table in “Operating One Component While Using Another.”
Now you can use the VIDEO 2 button to control your Sony LD player.
To reset the setting to the factory setting
Repeat the above procedure.
