Harman Kardon AVR 645 Owner's Manual page 52

CONFIGURING THE REMOTE
Recording a Macro
To record a macro into the remote's memory, follow
these steps:
1. Press and hold the Program Button y for
about three seconds while the message shown
in Figure 26 appears in the remote's LCD
Information Display . Release the button
when the red light under the Set Button
appears.
2. The remote's MAIN MENU message (Figure
27), will appear in the LCD and the Set Button
will remain illuminated in red. Press the
Navigation Button so that MACRO
appears on the bottom line of the LCD, as shown
in Figure 49. Press the Set Button
the main macro menu branch.
M A I N M E N U
M A C R O
Figure 49
3. At the next menu screen (Figure 50) press the
Set Button to begin recording a macro.
M A C R O
R E C O R D A M A C R O
Figure 50
4. The next display screen (Figure 51) is where you
select the button that will be used to recall the
macro. The choices are the Power On Button
or one of the discrete Macro Buttons
Press the ⁄ ¤ Navigation Button
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name of the button you wish to program the
macro into is shown. For this example we will
show how to program a series of commands that
will automatically be sent out every time the
Power button is pressed.
R E C O R D A M A C R O
P O W E R O N
Figure 51
5. The next screen that appears (Figure 52) is where
you select the device for the first command that
will be sent out as part of the macro. Press the
Navigation Button until the name of
⁄ ¤
/
the device appears on the left side of the lower
line in the LCD. For this example, the first button
we want to have the macro "press" is the Power
On button, so the AVR device is selected. Press the
Set Button when the desired device name
appears to move to the next programming step.
S E L E C T A D E V I C E
A V R
Figure 52
6. The next display (Figure 52) is where you begin
entering the individual commands for the macro,
52 CONFIGURING THE REMOTE
in the order you wish them to be transmitted.
Remember that when you want to change devices,
you must first press the Input Selectors d
for that button, and then press the Command or
Function key. Since we want to program a series
of events that occur each time the Power On
button is pressed, press the AVR button. In your
specific macro, this is the first command button.
S E L E C T A D E V I C E
A V R
Figure 53
7. The next display (Figure 54) and the subsequent
⁄
screens are where the actual macro programming
takes place. The words at the left side of the top
line of the display show the button that is being
to enter
programmed (e.g., the Power On Button
one of the Macro Buttons
tion at the right side of the top line shows the
number of macro steps available of 20 possible
steps. Following the instructions on the remote's
LCD screen, press the first key you wish to be
transmitted in the macro. In our example, we first
want the AVR 645 to turn on, so the Power
Button should be pressed.
P O W E R O N
S E L E C T K E Y P R E S S
Figure 54
8. Once the first command button for the macro has
been pressed, continue to press the buttons you
.
wish to be part of the macro, in the order they will
until the
be used. Press each button within five seconds of
the last button, remembering to press the Input
Selector when you are changing device
functions. As the buttons on the remote are
pressed, the remote's display screen will show the
steps in the macro as they are programmed
(Figure 55).
[ A V R ]
[ A V R ] P O W E R O N
Figure 55
9. For our example, we first want the AVR Power
On button pressed, followed by the TV Power On,
followed by the Cable Box On, followed by the
selection of the Logic 7 mode. To do that, press
the buttons in this order:
• Power On
• VID 2/TV
• Power On
• VID 3/Cable
• Power On
• AVR
• Logic 7 h
10. When all commands for the macro have been
11. If a macro has been programmed into the Power
or
) and the indica-
Erasing a Macro
Once a macro has been created and stored in the
AVR remote's memory, you have the option of
erasing it. You may do this at any time by following
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these steps:
As each button is pressed to enter it into the
macro, you will see the button names appear and
then scroll up on the LCD as your confirmation of
the key entry (Figure 55).
entered, press the Set Button
macro. The display screen will show the button
to which the macro has been programmed and
the number of steps used, and the word SAVED
will blink four times in the lower line of the LCD.
When the display returns to normal, the macro
has been entered and the remote is ready for
operation.
On Button , it will play back anytime the
Power On button is pressed. As the macro plays,
you will see the steps appear in the remote's LCD.
Macros programmed into one of the four discrete
Macro buttons may be activated at any time by
pressing the appropriate button.
1. Press and hold the Program Button
about three seconds while the message shown
in Figure 26 appears in the remote's LCD
Information Display . Release the button
when the red light under the Set Button
appears.
2. The remote's MAIN MENU message (Figure
27), will appear in the LCD and the Set Button
will remain illuminated in red. Press the
Navigation Button so that MACRO
appears on the bottom line of the LCD screen, as
shown in Figure 49. Press the Set Button
enter the main macro menu branch.
3. At the next menu screen (Figure 56), press the
Navigation Button until the bottom
⁄ / ¤
line in the remote's LCD reads ERASE A MACRO.
Press the Set Button to begin the process
of erasing a macro.
M A C R O
E R A S E A M A C R O
Figure 56
4. The next display screen (Figure 57) is where you
select which macro will be erased. Press the
Navigation Button until the number
⁄ / ¤
of the macro you wish to erase appears. For
this example, we will erase the Power On macro
created in the previous section. When the name
to save the
for
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to