Marantz RC2000MKII User Guide - Page 2

Finally, the smart power conservation feature means that towards the useful end of the battery life, you'll be advised when to change the batteries. We suggest that before you begin using your RC2000 Mk w that you take a few minutes to read this manual, so that you can become familiar with its many features. If you already have one or more Marantz components in your A/V system, you'll find that the RC2000 Mk w is already preprogrammed with hundreds of functions, and you can begin using it immediately with no additional programming required. Then, when you feel comfortable using the RC2000 Mk w and its provided commands, you may wish to "customize" it for your own system, by "learning" other remote commands for your other A/V components, and take advantage of other features, such as the macro capability. Now, let's take a few minutes to become familiar with the basic layout of the RC2000 Mk w, and introduce you to its features. Some buttons are intentionally small and usable only with a small pointed object, such as the tip of a paper clip, so that they cannot be inadvertently activated in normal use. You'll use these small programming buttons only if you wish to activate the various learning and programming features, which we suggest you use only after you have become comfortable using the RC2000 Mk w in your system for a while. BUTTON NAMES AND FUNCTIONS q MODE (operating mode) This button is used to change from normal operation to the learning mode, and is used when "learning" commands from other brands of A/V components. Each time this button is pressed (using a small pointed instrument such as a paper clip tip) the mode changes as follows: LEARN Ǟ USE Ǟ NAME. As the mode changes, the LCD display will show which mode is currently selected. w MACRO (for multiple step macro functions) This button is used to memorize a series of functions. When this button is pressed, the RC2000 Mk w changes to macro programming mode, and is ready to learn a sequence of remote control commands. e CLONE The RC2000 Mk w has the ability to "replicate" itself, downloading some or all of its internal commands to another RC2000 Mk w. This button is used when you wish to "teach" another RC2000 Mk w some or all of the customized commands you've already programmed into the first RC2000 Mk w. Each time the button is pressed, the mode changes as follows: CLONE TX Ǟ CLONE RX Ǟ OFF. 3 r POWER ON and OFF These two buttons are used to turn the main component's (preamp or receiver) AC power on and off. We provide both ON and OFF commands so that your A/V system is remote compatible with external infrared controllers, such as in-wall keypads, etc. t SOURCE ON/OFF This button is used to turn the AC power on and off to any of your A/V source components that have their own remote control power commands, such as TV, DVD player , laser disc player, VCR, etc. y MACRO 1-4 Each of these 4 buttons can be programmed with a "string" of commands, called a macro, to initiate a sequence of remote codes to achieve a particular result. For example, a macro button could be programmed to: 1. Turn on the main system power 2. Turn on a particular source component (such as a laser disc player) 3. Turn on the TV set 4. Set the TV to its video input 5. Adjust the surround processor to the home theater surround decoding mode 6. Activate the laser disc player's PLAY function. This means that by pressing one macro button, you can achieve the same result as pushing up to 20 buttons in sequence. u DIRECT With today's high performance A/V systems, it is not unusual for each component in your system to have dozens of specialized command functions. If we were to duplicate all of those commands for each component onto the RC2000 Mk w keypad, we could easily exceed 300 buttons for an entire home theater system, which would result in either a huge keypad, or buttons of infinitesimal size. The DIRECT command buttons (4 on each side of the LCD display, 8 total) work with the PAGE buttons (4 pages for each source component) to provide up to 32 dedicated specialized functions for each of the 10 function selectors. Each DIRECT function may also be provided with an alphanumeric function indicator visible in the LCD display. You may even change the displayed name of each function to another name, if you wish. i PAGE Used to select any 1 of the 4 pages of 8 functions for each DIRECT button, as explained above. 4