Configuring The Remote; Preprogrammed Code Entry - Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual

CONFIGURING THE REMOTE
TheAVR435 remoteisfactoryprogrammed t or
all functions needed to operate theunit.Inaddition,
it isalsopreprogrammed to operate mostrecent
Harman Kardon DVDplayers andchangers, CD
player-s andchangers, CDrecorders a ndcassette
decks. Thecodesfor otherbranddevices maybe
programmed i ntotheAVR435 remoteusingits
extensive l ibraryof remote codesor a head-tohead
learning process forcodesnotin theinternal l ibrary.
Thanks to the remote's advanced t echnology a nd
lwo lineLCDdisplay, it is no longernecessary t o
lookup cumbersome c odeswhenprogramming t he
remote; f ollowing the stepsoutlined below, y ou simply
saaroh forthe brandnamefromthe remote's memory.
Werecommend t hatyoufirsttry the preprogrammed
codeentrymethod. I fthatprocedure is notsuccessful,
thentry thecodelearning method.
Preprogrammed Code Entry
Theeasbstwayto program the remote for operation
witha soume device from another b randisto follow
thesesteps:
1.Turnonthepower tothedevice youwish to pm
gramintotheAVRremote. This is important, asina
laterstep youwillneed toseewhether t hedevice
turns offto determine whether the remote hasbeen
programmed forthe proper r emote codes.
2. Press andholdthe ProgramButton _ for
aboutthreeseconds whilethemessage shown
inFigure 24 appears inthe remote's LCD
Information DisplayO. Release t he button
whenthe redlightunderthe Set Button
appears.
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3.Theremote's M_IM MEMU message
(Figure 25).will appear i nthe LCDdisplay and
the Set Button _ willremainilluminated
inred. Press the Set Button _ to begin
the process of selecting a deviceandlocating
the proper r emotecodes.
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4. SELECT _ DEL._ICE w illappear i nthe LCD
display (Figure 26). Pressthe A/T Navigation
Button _ to scroll t hrough the listof device
categories a ndpresstheSet Button _ when
the device youwishto setthe codesforappears.
Forthisexample, wewillselect"TV" toenterthe
codesneeded t o operate yourTX4
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NOTE: T hecodes for harddriverecorder products
(PVR) suchasT#o _ andReplay T V ®areprogrammed
bysabcbng V CR asthedevice. F or s atellite based Wo
products, checkunder t he brand name of theproduct.
5. Atthe nextmenuscreen on the remote (Fig.27).
press the Set Button _ to entertheManual
mode. w hichmeans thatyouwillselectthebrand
name of the device fromthe listprogrammed i nto
the remote's memory.
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6. Thenextmenuscreenonthe remote(Figure 28)
will show the startof thelist ofavailable brands.
Press the A/T NavigationButtons _ until
the brandnameof the device youareprogram
ruingintothe remote appears on the lowerlineof
the display andthenpressthe Set Button qi_iJ.
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NOTE: I f thebrandname forthe product y ouwishto
program doesnotappear i nthe list.thecodesmay
stillbeavailable, assomemanutacturers sharecodes.
If thedesiredbrandis notlisted,pressthe Clear
Button _ to exitthe programming p rocess,
andskipto the instructions s hown on page44 forthe
"Automatic" method of programming t he remote. If
desired, o r if thecodesfor yourbrandare notpart
of the remote's library at all,youmays111 usethe
remote to program mostinfrared-controlbd products
by "learning" thecommands fromtheproduct's
original r emote intotheAVRremote. Theinstructions
forLearning Commands a reon page44.
7. Thenextstepis important, asit determines w hich
codeswill opeTate the sourcedevice or display.
Point t he AVRremote atthe devicebeingpro
grammed and.following theinstrucSons shown in
the remote's LODInformationDisplayO.
press andrelease the Numeric Keys0 shown
on the menuscreen(Figure 29) oneat a time,
starting withthe "1" button. A fteryou pressthe
"1" Button qi1_.theremote'sLCDscreen will
briefly go blankasthe codeis beingtransmitted.
butyouwillseethe "transmit" icon [] inthe
upperrightcorner of thedisplay to serveas
confirmation t hatthe remote is sending out
commands,
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S.Afteryou pressandrebasethe number k ey.
watch the devicebeingprogrammed t o see
whether i t turnsoft Asshowninthe instructions
thatwillappear o n thenextmenuscreen
(Figure 30). if yourdevicehasturned off, press
theSet Button qi_ii_, andthenskipto Step1O.If
theunitdoesnotturnoft proceed to thenextstep
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ifthe devicebeingprogrammed i ntotheAVR
remote doesnottumoff afteryou havepressed
the "1" Button Q. repeat S teps7 andS by
pressing theavailable numeric keysshownuntil
thedevice turnsoft.Ifthe device stilldoesnotturn
offafterallchoiceshavebeentried,or if thereis
onlyonenumber k eyshown asavailable t o try,
thecodeforthisspecific deviceis not intheAVR
remote library underthatbrandname.Ifthatis the
case, p ressthe Clear Button _ to exitthe
manual p rogramming m ode.Remember thatthe
codesmaystillbe storedinthe AVR remote's
library underanother b rand, a ndyoucan havethe
remote contral s earch for thembyfollowing the
instructions belowforautomatic programming. You
mayalsomanually " learn" t he codesfor most
devices intotheAVRremote byfollowing the
Learning Commands instructions o n page44.
10.Whenthe devicebeingprogrammed d oesturnoff
aftera numeric keyhasbeenpressed, y oumust
pressthe Set Button _ withinfiveseconds to
enterthe settingintotheremote's memory. After
youpressthe Set Button qi_iJ, t hetop lineof the
LCDdisplay will readSaUIttG... andthenthe
wordS,a, OEDwillflashfourtimesinthe centerof
the bottomline.
11.Whenthe codesaresaved, t he remotewillreturn
to normal o peration, andwhenever youpressthe
Input SelectorButton _ thatwasjustpro
g_ammed, thecodesforthe newdevicewillbe
used.If nofurtherbuttons arepressed, the
remote will revert b ackto the default s ettingfor
AVRcommands.
NOTE: S omebrandsshare a common remote conhol
codetot "Power O ff"for manymodels. F orthatreason
it is possible thateventhoughtheremoteappears to
beproperly programmed, you mayfindthatsomebut
tonsdo not appear t o issue the correct c ommand. If
thisisthe case,repeat t he procedure oullined above.
butif morethanonenumeric k eyselection issuggested
inStep7, try a different n umber t o seewhether t he
remote operates correctly. Although theAVRremote is
preprogrammed withanextensive l ibrary of codesfor
manymajorbrands, i t is alsopossible thatyoumay
have altempted to program a product t hatistoo new