Using Macros - Onkyo TX-SR573 Instruction Manual

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Using Macros

You can program the remote controller's MACRO but-
tons to perform a sequence of actions.
Example:
To play a CD, you typically need to perform the follow-
ing actions:
1. Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE button
to select Receiver 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 REMOTE MODE [CD] button to select
the CD remote controller mode.
5. Press the Play [
CD player.
You can program a MACRO button to perform all five
actions.
Making Macros
You can make one macro for each MACRO button, and
each macro can perform up to eight actions.
ON
V1
1
4
CD
7
+ 10
- - / - - -
1, 3
1
1
RECEIVER
TAPE/AMP
TV
DIMMER
+
CH
DISC
ALBUM
-
PREV
CH
DISPLAY
58
] button to start playback on the
Remote
indicator
STANDBY
TV
I INPUT
V2 V3
+
2 3
TV CH
MULTI CH DVD
5 6 -
TAPE TUNER
8 9
TV VOL
0 CLEAR
10 11 12
INPUT SELECTOR
MACRO
2 3
REMOTE MODE
DVD CD HDD
VCR CABLE SAT
CDR MD
SLEEP
ENTER VOL
MUTING
1 While holding down the REMOTE
MODE button for the mode you
REMOTE MODE
want to start with, press MACRO
RECEIVER DVD
TAPE/AMP
button [1], [2], or [3].
CD HDD
The Remote indicator lights up.
TV VCR
CABLE SAT
For the CD example in the left column,
CDR MD
you'd press and hold the [RECEIVER]
REMOTE MODE button, and then
press MACRO button [1], [2], or [3].
2
On the remote controller, press
the buttons whose actions you
want to program into the macro
in the order you want them per-
formed.
For the CD example in the left column,
you'd press the following buttons:
[ON], INPUT SELECTOR [CD],
REMOTE MODE [CD], Play [
3
When you've finished, press the
MACRO button again.
The Remote indicator flashes twice.
If you enter all eight actions, the pro-
cess will finish automatically.
Notes:
• If one or more of the buttons you used to make the
macro are taught new commands, the macro will no
longer work properly and will have to be made again.
Running Macros
1
Press the MACRO [1], [2], or [3] button.
The actions in the macro are performed 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 anytime regardless of the
current remote controller mode.
Deleting Macros
1 While holding down the [RECEIVER]
REMOTE MODE button, press the MACRO
button whose macro you want to delete.
2
Press the MACRO button again.
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