Programming Macro Buttons; Programming Macro Functions To M1, M2, M3, Power And System Off Buttons - Home Theater Master MX-500 Operating Manual

5. Programming Favorite Channels
Tip: If you press a wrong channel number, move the cursor
by using the left or right button of the joystick and then
reassign the correct channel number.
6. Return to Step #3 until you have programmed all of the
FAV channel buttons that you require.
7. Once you have completed the programming and wish to
exit from the Favorite Channel mode, press the MAIN
button. Exit from the SETUP mode by pressing the MAIN
button once again.
Tip: There are five pages of LCD screens for favorite
channel programming. You move to other pages by
pressing the PAGE or FAV button.
Tip: You can use the following buttons: 0-9, ENTER,
DISPLAY, POWER, SYSTEM OFF, and INFO/PAUSE in
your FAV macro.
Tip: (For Advanced Users) To make even more powerful
FAV macros, you can learn codes from your original
remote(s) to the 0-9, ENTER, DISPLAY, POWER, SYSTEM
OFF, and INFO/PAUSE buttons in any device, and use
them in your FAV macros. (This will not work if you have
already applied a preprogrammed device code to those
buttons.)
For example: Some televisions require you to send out a
code after the digits other than the ENTER code in order to
change channels. For this, you could LEARN the proper
code to the ENTER button from your original television
remote, and use that in your FAV macro. If you are
creative, you can learn any codes to these buttons and
make your FAV macros do almost anything!
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6. Programming Macro Buttons

A ÒmacroÓ is a series of commands that you choose to be
sent out with the push of one button.
There are two types of macro functions you can program
with the MX-500 TM :
The M1, M2, M3, POWER and SYSTEM OFF buttons
are designed to send out up to twenty commands from each
of the five hard buttons. The ten device buttons can each
send a macro of up to 20 commands when the device
button is pressed for more than 1 second while on the
MAIN page of the remote control.
Important: If you program the POWER or SYSTEM OFF
buttons with a macro, they will no longer function as ON
and OFF buttons for your components. Just erase any
macros you have programmed on to these buttons if you
want to restore the original ON and OFF function.
See the ÒTipsÓ at the end of this section for help on
programming macros.
A. Programming Macro Functions To M1, M2, M3,
POWER And SYSTEM OFF Buttons
1. Go to the SETUP mode by pressing the MAIN and
ENTER button simultaneously for three seconds.
2. Press the MACRO button next to the LCD screen.
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