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Using Macros, Deleting Macros

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Controlling Other Components-Continued Using Macros You can program the remote controller's MACRO buttons to perform a sequence of remote control actions. Example: To play a CD you typically need to perform the following actions: 1. Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE button to select the Receiver remote controller 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 [CD] REMOTE MODE button to select the CD remote controller mode. 5. Press the Play [] button to start playback on the CD player. You can program a MACRO button so that all five actions are performed with just one button press. Making Macros Each MACRO button can store one macro, and each macro can contain up to eight commands. MACRO 1, 2, 3 REMOTE MODE ON STANDBY TV INPUT DVD 1 VCR/DVR CBL/SAT 2 3 GAME/TV 4 AUX1 5 AUX2 6 + TV CH - TAPE TUNER CD 7 8 9 PHONO NET/USB D. TUN TV VOL +10 0 CLEAR --/--- 10 11 12 INPUT SELECTOR MACRO 1 2 3 ZONE3 DVD REMOTE MODE VCR CD ZONE2 CDR/MD/DOCK TV DIMMER + CH DISC ALBUM CABLE SAT TOP MENU NET/USB RECEIVER TAPE/AMP SLEEP MENU ENTER VOL Remote indicator RECEIVER 1 While holding down the REMOTE MODE button of the remote con- troller mode you want to use at the start of the macro, 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]. 2 Press the buttons whose actions you want to program into the macro in the order you want them performed. For the CD example in the left column, you'd press the following buttons: [ON], [CD] INPUT SELECTOR, [CD] REMOTE MODE, Play []. 3 When you've finished, press the MACRO button again. The Remote indicator flashes twice. If you enter eight commands, the pro- cess will finish automatically. Note: If any of the buttons you used to make a macro are taught new commands, the macro will no longer work properly and will have to be made again. Running Macros Press the MACRO [1], [2], or [3] button. The commands in the macro are transmitted in the order in which they were programmed. Keep the remote controller pointed at the AV receiver until all of the commands have been transmitted. Macros can be run at any time, regardless of the current remote controller mode. Deleting Macros 1 While holding down the [RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE but- ton, press the MACRO button whose macro you want to delete. 2 Press the MACRO button again. 141

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Controlling Other Components
—Continued
You can program the remote controller’s MACRO but-
tons to perform a sequence of remote control actions.
Example:
To play a CD you typically need to perform the follow-
ing actions:
1. Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE button
to select the Receiver remote controller 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 [CD] REMOTE MODE button to select
the CD remote controller mode.
5. Press the Play [
1
] button to start playback on
the CD player.
You can program a MACRO button so that all five
actions are performed with just one button press.
Making Macros
Each MACRO button can store one macro, and each
macro can contain up to eight commands.
Note:
If any of the buttons you used to make a macro are taught
new commands, the macro will no longer work properly
and will have to be made again.
Running Macros
Deleting Macros
Using Macros
1
While holding down the REMOTE
MODE button of the remote con-
troller mode you want to use at
the start of the macro, 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].
INPUT SELECTOR
ON
STANDBY
DIMMER
CDR/MD/DOCK
SAT
TAPE/AMP
SLEEP
MACRO
REMOTE MODE
--
/
---
10
11
12
TV
TV CH
TV VOL
DVD
AUX
1
AUX
2
GAME/TV
CBL/SAT
VCR/DVR
D. TUN
CD
TUNER
TAPE
PHONO
ENTER
T
O
P
M
E
N
U
M
E
N
U
VOL
CH
DISC
ALBUM
TV
VCR
CABLE
NET/USB
DVD
RECEIVER
CD
+
-
1
2
3
ZONE
3
ZONE
2
INPUT
+
+10
0
CLEAR
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
NET/USB
RECEIVER
REMOTE
MODE
MACRO
1, 2, 3
Remote
indicator
2
Press the buttons whose actions
you want to program into the
macro in the order you want them
performed.
For the CD example in the left column,
you’d press the following buttons:
[ON], [CD] INPUT SELECTOR, [CD]
REMOTE MODE, Play [
1
].
3
When you’ve finished, press the
MACRO button again.
The Remote indicator flashes twice.
If you enter eight commands, the pro-
cess will finish automatically.
Press the MACRO [1], [2], or [3]
button.
The commands in the macro are trans-
mitted in the order in which they were
programmed. Keep the remote control-
ler pointed at the AV receiver until all
of the commands have been transmit-
ted.
Macros can be run at any time, regard-
less of the current remote controller
mode.
1
While holding down the
[RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE but-
ton, press the MACRO button
whose macro you want to delete.
2
Press the MACRO button again.