Using Macros - Onkyo TX-NR905 Instruction Manual

Controlling Other Components—Continued

Using Macros

You can program the remote controller's MACRO but-
tons to perform a sequence of remote control actions.
Example:
To play a CD you typically need to perform the follow-
ing actions:
1. Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE button
to select the Receiver remote controller mode.
2. Press the [ON] button to turn on the AV receiver.
3. Press the [CD] INPUT SELECTOR button to
select the CD input source.
4. Press the [CD] REMOTE MODE button to select
the CD remote controller mode.
5. Press the Play [
CD player.
You can program a MACRO button so that all five
actions are performed with just one button press.
Making Macros
Each MACRO button can store one macro, and each
macro can contain up to eight commands.
GAME/TV
TAPE
PHONO
MACRO --/--- 10
1, 2, 3
DVD
REMOTE
MODE
DIMMER
DISC
ALBUM
1
While holding down the REMOTE
MODE button of the remote con-
REMOTE MODE
troller mode you want to use at
DVD VCR
the start of the macro, press
CD
TV
MACRO button [1], [2], or [3].
CDR/MD/DOCK
CABLE NET/USB
The Remote indicator lights up.
SAT
RECEIVER
TAPE/AMP
For the CD example in the left column,
you'd press and hold the [RECEIVER]
REMOTE MODE button, and then
press MACRO button [1], [2], or [3].
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] button to start playback on the
Remote
indicator
ON STANDBY
TV
INPUT
DVD VCR/DVR CBL/SAT
+
1 2 3
AUX 1 AUX 2 TV CH
-
4 5 6
TUNER CD
7 8 9
TV VOL
NET/USB D. TUN
+10
0 CLEAR
11 12
INPUT SELECTOR
MACRO
1 2 3 ZONE 3
REMOTE MODE
VCR CD ZONE 2
CDR/MD/DOCK
RECEIVER
TV CABLE NET/USB RECEIVER
SAT TAPE/AMP
SLEEP
+
CH
VOL
ENTER
2 Press the buttons whose actions
you want to program into the
macro in the order you want them
performed.
For the CD example in the left column,
you'd press the following buttons:
[ON], [CD] INPUT SELECTOR, [CD]
REMOTE MODE, Play [
3 When you've finished, press the
MACRO button again.
The Remote indicator flashes twice.
If you enter eight commands, the pro-
cess will finish automatically.
Note:
• If any of the buttons you used to make a macro are
taught new commands, the macro will no longer work
properly and will have to be made again.
Running Macros
Press the MACRO [1], [2], or [3]
button.
The commands in the macro are trans-
mitted in the order in which they were
programmed. Keep the remote control-
ler pointed at the AV receiver until all
of the commands have been transmit-
ted.
Macros can be run at any time, regard-
less of the current remote controller
mode.
Deleting Macros
1
While holding down the
[RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE but-
RECEIVER
ton, press the MACRO button
whose macro you want to delete.
2
Press the MACRO button again.
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