Automatic Code Entry; Learning Commands - Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual

CONFIGURING THE REMOTE
or too old,andthus notallof itscommands willbe in
thecodelibrary Youmayfillinthecodes foranybutton
thatdoesnotoperate properly byusingthe learning
technique s hown on thispage.
Automatic Code Entry
Inaddition t o manual codeselection using thebrand
name list,it isalso possible t o automafically search
through allthecodes thatarestored intheAVBremote's
libran/to seewhether a device will r espond evenif it
is notlisted among thebrands f:sat appear w henyou
program theremote manually. Toautomafically search
through thecodes thatareavailable foraspecific device
type(e.g.,DVD, VCR), tollowthese steps:
1.Turnonteepower t o thedevice youwish to
program intotheAVB remote, Thisisimportant
because i na later s tepyouwillneed to seewhether
thedewce turns offto determine whether t heremote
hasbeen programmed fortheproper r emote codes.
2. Pressandholdthe ProgramButton _ for
aboutthreeseconds whilethemessage shown
in Figure 24 appears inthe remote's LOD
Information DisplayO. Release t he button
whenthe redlightunderthe Set Button
appears.
3,Theremote's lt_Itl ltEilU message (Fig, 2 5)
willappear i nthe LCDdisplay andthe Set Button
willremainilluminated i n red.Press the Set
Button _ to beginthe process of selecting a
device andIocafing the properremote codes.
4. SELECT _ DEUICEwillappear i nthe LCD
display (Figure, 26). Pressthe A/T Navigation
Button _ to scroll t hrough the listof device
categories a ndpressthe Set Button _ when
thedeviceforwhichyouwishto setthecodes
appears. Forthisexample, wewillselect"TV"to
enterthe codesneeded to operate your17/.
5.At thenextmenu screen onthe remote, press the
• Navigation Button _ sothatthebottomline
d the LCD display reads _UTO (Figure 31)and
thenpress theSet Button_ to enterthe
Automatic p rogramming mode.
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6,As instructed o nthe nextmenuscreen, p ress
the • NavigationButton _ to beginthe
automatic c odesearch process. Yourconfirmation
thatthe remote is sending outcommands isthe
movement of a square blockacrossthetop line
of the LCDdisplay screen whilethe bottomline
readsPLEASE t,J_IT.... Youwill alsoseethe
transmit i coninthe upperrightcorner of the LCD
display's t op lineto remindyouthatthe remote is
workingeventhoughyou maynot seeanything
happening to the devicebeingprogrammed.
Y. Itwilltakea tewseconds forthe remote to send
out thefirstgroupof commands, afterwhichyou
willseea newdisplay in the LCDscreen, a s
shownin Figure 32. Following t he instructions, if
the device beingprogrammed h asnotturnedoff,
press the • NavigationButton _ againto
sendanother g roupof codes.Ifthe device being
programmed hasturned off,skipto Step9.
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S. Bypressing t he • NavigationButton
again, t he remote willsendout a newsetof
commands. Whenit pauses, f ollowthe instructions
showninStep7. Depending o n howmanycodes
arestoredfora specific devicetype,youmay
haveto repeat t hisprocess asmanyas 15 times.
Remember, if the device turnsoff,skipto Step9.
Whenallthe codesfor thedevicebeingpm
grammed havebeentried,the instruction s hown
inFigure 33 willappear. Thismeans thatthe
codesfor the product y ouaretryingto program
arenot intheAVRremote libran/and youwill
haveto "learn" t hemintotheremote following the
insl_ucfions showninthe nextsection. P ress the
Set Button _ as instructed t o exitthe
programming p rocess.
I _EACH CMD POIHT i
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9. Ifthe device beingprogrammed d oesturnoft
afterfoMowing t he instructions inStep7, you
will need to verifl/thecodesetby pressing the
NumericKeys_ insequence, as instructed i n
Figure 32. Pointtheremoteatthe devicebeing
programmed, andpressthe "1" Button _ to
seewhether t he device lsrnsbackon.
10.Afterpressi%andreleasing the "1" Button
checkto seewhether t he devicehasturnedback
on. Ifit has,skipto Step12. If it doesnot lsrnoff,
pressthe "2" Button 0, or the nextbuttonin
thenumeric sequence if youarerepeating the
procedure, asinstructed b ythe LCDscreen in
Figure 34.
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.Whenpressing the '7" button doesnot turn
thedevicebeingprogrammed b ackon, repeat
theprocedure bytying the remainder of the
NumericKeys 0 in sequence, eachtime
pressing a ndthenreleasing t he buttonto see
whether t he newdevice turnsbackon,Whenit
does, s kipto thenextstep,However, if youtry all
10 numeric keysandfindthatthe unitwill notturn
on,youwon'tbeableto usethismethod to pro-
gramthedevicePress the ClearButton _ to
exitthe programming p rocess You'll n eed to follow
theLearning Commands instructions below to enter
thecodestot thisdevice intotheAVR remote,
12.Whenpressing oneof the numeric keysinStep
10 or 11 causesthedevicebeingprogrammed
to turnbackon,followtheinstrucfions s hown in
Figure 32 andpressthe Set Button _ within
fiveseconds ofthe deviceturning on. Afteryou
press the Setbutton, t he top lineof the LCDdis
play will readS_UIiIG... andthenthe wo_d
S_UED willflashfourtimesinthe centerof the
bottomline.
1S.Whenthe codesaresaved, t heremote will return
to normal o peration, andwhenever youpress
the Input SelectorButton _ thatwasjust
programmed, thecodestorthe newdevice will
beused.Ifno furtherbuttons arepressed, the
remote will revert b ackto the default s eltingfor
AVBcommands.
Learning Commands
Onoccasions w hentheAVRremote doesnotcontain
the codesfora particular p roduct's r emoteinits built
inlibran/, o r whenyou wishto program a missing or
special f unction intoonebuttonof a device, t heAVB
remote's learning capability a llows youto do that. T o
teachcommands f rom oneproduct's remote intothe
AVBremote:
TheAVR435's remote not onlyallows youto "learn"
inthe commands fromanycompafible r emote; i t also
allowsyouto learn a separate c odeintothe Input
SelectorButtons q_]D. T hisunique capability a llows
youto configure the remote sothatwhenever oneof
thesebuttons is pressed, the remote will notonly
selectthecodesforthatdevice for itself, b utit win
transmit a separately programmed r emote code.This
isparticularly v aluable w henyoursystem includes a
sourcesuchasa cablebox,satellite receiver o r DVD
player w ithan HDMI o r DVIoutputthatis connected
directyto yourvideodisplay. Byprogramming t he
d/sp/_y_ inputselection remote codeforthe specific
device, y oucan,forexample, pressthe VID3/Cable
InputSelectorButton E]P andnot onlyhavethe
AVBswitchto a cableset-topforaudioselection and
havetheAVRremote useremotecodesforthe cable
box,butyoucansenda codeto the display that
selects the HDMI o r DVIinputusedtora directcon-
nection between theset topandyourdisplay.
Before learning codes, n otethatall buttons on the
remote mayhavea command "learned" e xcept f or