Harman Kardon AVR 645 Owner's Manual page 59

Programming the Remote
To program the AVR for Channel punch-through,
follow these steps. This example will show how
to program channel punch-through so that the
commands programmed for Channel Up/Down
for the VID 3/ Cable device will be transmitted
when the VID 1/VCR device has been selected as
the current device.
1. Press and hold the Program Button
about three seconds while the message shown
in Figure 25 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
26), will appear in the LCD display and the
Set Button will remain illuminated in
red. Press the Navigation Buttons
⁄¤
until PUNCH-THROUGH appears on the
bottom line of the LCD screen, as shown in
Figure 58. Press the Set Button
the main punch-through menu branch.
3. At the next menu screen, press the
Navigation Buttons until CHANNEL
appears on the bottom line of the LCD screen,
as shown in Figure 64. Press the Set Button
to begin programming the remote for
Channel punch-through.
P U N C H - T H R O U G H
C H A N N E L
Figure 64
4. The next display screen (Figure 65) is where
you select the device that will receive the
punch-through commands. In our example,
that is the VID 1/VCR button, as that is where
we want the cable box's channel controls to
be active. Press the Navigation
⁄¤
Buttons until the name of the base
device appears and then press the Set
Button .
D E V I C E I N U S E
V C R
Figure 65
5. At the next display screen (Figure 66), you will
select the device whose Channel Up/Down
commands will be used. Press the
Navigation Buttons until the desired
device name appears to the right of the device
in use. In our example, that is the cable box.
When the desired combination of devices
appears, press the Set Button
P U N C H - T H R O U G H
V C R < - C B L
Figure 66
6. When the Set button is pressed, the display
will change to show you that the new
combination of control commands is being
saved to the unit's memory, as shown in Figure
67. The word SAVED will flash four times and
then the remote will return to normal
operation.
for
V C R < - C B L [ C H A N ]
S A V E D
Figure 67
7. Once the punch-through is programmed, the
channel up/down buttons of the second device
named will be used when those buttons
are pressed while the master device is in use.
Returning the Channel Control Settings to
Default Operation:
If you wish to remove the Channel Punch-Through
so that the commands for Channel Up/Down are
to enter
returned to the factory default setting, follow the
steps shown above, except that in Steps 4 and 5,
⁄¤
select the same device for both the DEVICE IN
USE on the left side of the bottom line and the
PUNCH-THROUGH device. In the example used,
the display to return the remote to default settings
will appear as shown in Figure 68.
P U N C H - T H R O U G H
V C R < - V C R
Figure 68
Transport Punch-Through
Transport punch-through allows the Play
Stop , Fast Forward/Reverse
, Record
buttons to send commands to a different device
than the one that has been selected for other
commands. For example, you may wish to
operate the transport of a second VCR you have
connected to the VID 2/TV input, as shown in the
following example.
1. Press and hold the Program Button
about three seconds while the message shown
in Figure 25 appears in the remote's LCD
Information Display
button when the red light under the Set
Button appears.
⁄¤
2. The remote's MAIN MENU message (Figure
26), will appear in the LCD display and the
Set Button
red. Press the
⁄¤
until PUNCH-THROUGH appears on the
.
bottom line of the LCD screen, as shown in
Figure 58. Press the Set Button
the main punch-through menu branch.
3. At the next menu screen, press the
Navigation Buttons
TRANSPORT appears on the bottom line of
the LCD screen, as shown in Figure 69. Press
the Set Button
the remote for transport punch-through.
,
, Pause
and Skip Up/Down
for
. Release the
will remain illuminated in
Navigation Buttons
to enter
⁄¤
until
to begin programming
P U N C H - T H R O U G H
T R A N S P O R T
Figure 69
4. The next display screen (Figure 70) is where
you select the device that will receive the
punch-through commands. In our example,
that is the TV button, as that is where we want
the VCR's transport controls to be active. Press
the Navigation Buttons
⁄¤
name of the base device appears and then
press the Set Button .
D E V I C E I N U S E
T V
Figure 70
5. At the next display screen (Figure 71), you will
select the device whose transport commands
will be used. Press the Navigation
⁄¤
Buttons until the desired device name
appears to the right of the device in use. In our
example, that is the VCR. When the desired
combination of devices appears, press the Set
Button .
P U N C H - T H R O U G H
T V < - V C R
Figure 71
6. When the Set button is pressed, the display
will change to show you that the new
combination of control commands is being
saved to the unit's memory, as shown in Figure
72. The word SAVED will flash four times and
then the remote will return to normal
operation.
T V < - V C R [ T R S ]
S A V E D
Figure 72
7. Once the punch-through is programmed, the
transport buttons of the second device named
will be used when those buttons are pressed
while the master device is in use.
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