Marantz RC2000MKII User Guide - Page 13

Within each macro button, up to 20 steps can be memorized. In the event that you wish to memorize more than 20 steps per macro, then press another MACRO button y, and follow the above operations. A maximum of 80 steps can be programmed this way. However, you will probably find that 20 steps is more than enough to carry out even the most complex macro instructions to achieve a specific home theater operating result. ¼ When programming macro steps, note that the following buttons would not normally be included in a macro sequence, and are therefore not available for inclusion in a macro: MODE q, MACRO w, CLONE e, PAGE i, VOLUME !1, MEMO!3, CLEAR !4 and LIGHTING @0. Recalling the step number. To increase step No. OK To decrease step No. ¼ To check to see which MACRO buttons y have been programmed with macros, at the beginning of the macro learning sequence the four numerical (1 through 4) indicators at the bottom of the LCD window will show a box around the number for each macro button that already has a macro assigned to it (see Figure 11, which shows that only macro button number 1 has a macro assigned to it). 456 OK 789 OSD GUIDE MUTE M0C LEARN 1234 Figure 11 Press the MEMO button. ¼ In the event that you wish to revise a programmed macro sequence, search the step number you wish to change by using the direction keys ̆ and ̄ !6, and then re-enter the new command. If you memorized different commands than have already been programmed, then the previous macro sequence will be erased and re-written over with the new sequence. 456 OK 789 OSD GUIDE MUTE M0C Press the CLEAR button. 25 ¼ If you want to insert a new step between the programmed steps, press the "MEMO" button at the place that you wish to insert the step. ¼ If you wish to clear a step after programming is finished, select the step using the cursor keys and press "CLEAR", ¼ During macro programming, if a button is not pressed within 1 minutes, the mode will automatically revert to the "USE" mode. 5. When you have completed the macro programming sequence, press the MACRO w operation button with the paper clip tip. The "END" indication appears in the LCD display window. When you release the MACRO button, all indications will revert to the initial status. There is one more important point to note about programming a macro sequence. During a macro sequence, you may include more than one function selection button to access some transport and/or other commands. Depending on the macro sequence, this might result in the amplifier or receiver's function selection to be inadvertently changed as well when the macro is played back. The RC2000 Mk w has a special feature to prevent this from occurring, allowing you to access the special commands available under each RC2000 Mk w function button during a macro playback sequence, while at the same time prevent the amplifier or receiver from constantly switching its input source back and forth at the same time. During the programming sequence, just remember that if you wish to activate a specific input selector on your amplifier or receiver, make sure that you press the desired input selection button FIRST. Subsequent function button selections can be incorporated in the macro sequence, but on playback, the RC2000 Mk w will only send out a function selection infrared command to the amplifier or receiver based upon the first function command used in the macro sequence. For example, you may wish to have a macro sequence which activates the laser disc player input on your amplifier or receiver, and then have additional commands in the sequence to instruct your TV set to switch to an external video source to receive the laser disc video signal. During the macro programming, make sure that you press the LD function selector button BEFORE you press any of the other function selector buttons in the sequence. You can then include any of the TV commands by pressing the TV function selector button, later in the sequence. When this macro is next used (played back), the RC2000 Mk w will send out the command to change the amplifier or receiver's input selector to laser disc input (since its function selector button was the first one programmed into that macro sequence), and will not subsequently change the amplifier or receiver's input to TV (but will send out any special TV commands that you included in the macro sequence). 26