Changing Devices; Macro Programming - Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual

CONFIGURING THE REMOTE
,, Whenthe S EL EC T A D EV I C E message
(Figure 26)appeam, as described i nStep4, press
the specific Input SelectorButtonO thatyou
wishto havetransmit a special c odewhenit is
pressed.
,, Whenthe R EN AME D EV I C E optionis
offered bythe remote afterthe codeispro
grammed, youwill be changing the name thatis
shown inthe remote's LCDdisplay everytimethat
Input S elector i s pressed.
Changing Devices
Inthe factory default s etlngs, t heAVRremoteis
programmed s othatthe commands t ransmitted
correspond t o thedeviceselected bypressing one
ofthe InputSelectors_]P. Thisis logical, a syou
want t heremote to control thedevice youhave selected
However, in somecircumstances youmayhavecon
figured yoursystem sothatthe devices connected to
theAVR435 do not correspond t o the default d evice
settings a ndthe legends printedonthe remote. F or
example, if yoursystemhastwoVCRs youmaycon-
nectthesecond VCR to theVID2 input. T hereisno
probbmindoingthat,but innormal o peration the
commands i ssued afterselecting theVID2 inputare
fora television, nota VCR.
TheAVRremote a41ows youto correct t hatsituation
through the "Changing D evices" p rocess. Thisenables
youto assign thecodesfromonetypeof deviceto
adifferent b utton. F orexample, in thestepsbelow,
wewill explain howto prog/am theVID2 buttons t o
provide thecommands to operate aVCR.Ofcourse,
youmayprogram the remote to haveanyof the
devices takeon the codesetof anyotherdevice, a s
yoursystem requires. And,withtheAVRremota's
"Rename" functionyou canevenchange the way
thenameof the device appears on the remote's LCD
display sothatyouseeexactly whichcommands a re
beingsent.
Toprogram the buttonsnormally a ssigned to one
device forthe commands ofanother, followthese
steps:
1. Pressandholdthe ProgramButton @ for
aboutthreeseconds whilethemessage shown
in Figure 24 appears inthe remote's LOD
Information Display0. Release t he button
whenthe redlightunderthe Set Button
appears.
2.Theremote's M,_Itl MEtlU message (Fig. 2 5),
willappear i nthe ICD display andthe Set Button
willremainilluminated i n red.Press the •
NavigationButton @ twicesothatCH,_tIGE
DEb_ICE appears onthe bottomlineof the
LCDscreen, a sshownin Figure 44. Press
theSet Button _ to beginthe process of
reassigning thecommands usedfora particular
device.
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3. Thenextmenudisplay is where youselectthe
Input S elect, o r device, t hatyouwishto change.
Whenthe display showninFigure 45 appears,
press the •/T NavigationButton _ to scroM
through the listto findthedeviceyouwishto use
foranother f unction. I nthiscasewewillselect
"_" andshowhowto changeit to takeon the
codesfor operating aVCR. W henthatdevice's
name appears presshe Set Button
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4. Oncethe "old"device fype hasbeenselected,
youneedto tellthe remote whichsetof remote
codestouseasa replacement forthedevice just
selected. Whenthe instructions showninFigure.
46 appear; pressthe•/T NavigationButton
to scrollthrough the listof devicecategories
to findthe nameof thedevicethatyouwishto
use. T heolddevicename will remain on the left
sideof the LCD screen, w hilethereplacement
devicelistwinscrollto its right.Forexample, press
the • NavigationButton _ until t he display
screenreads TLI<-t)CR to havetheVID2/_
Button t_ansmit the commands usedto control a
VCR.Press the Set Button _ whenthe
desired devicecombination a ppears.
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5. Oncethe newdeviceieselected, t heremainder of
the process will select t he codesforthe specific
brandto be used, a ndforthatreason theyare
identical to thewaya deviceis programmed using
manual entry. C ontinue the process asoutlined in
the nextfewsteps,remembering thatif the codes
for yourspecific devicearenotfound,you may
selectanybrandandthen"learn" t he proper
codesintotheAVRremote usingthe process out
lined on page44. Tobeginthe process, startby
selecting the brandof device, a sshownin Fig.28.
Press the•/T NavigationButton _ untilthe
brandnameof thedeviceyouareprogramming
intothe remote appears on the lowerlineof the
display andthenpresstheSet Button qi_iJ.
6. Thenextstepis important, asit determines w hich
codeswill operate thesourcedevice or display.
Point t heAVRremoteatthe devicebeingpro
grammed and,following theinstructions s hown
onthe remote's LCDInformation Display0,
pressandrelease the NumericKeys_ oneat
atime,starting withthe "1" Button qiD. After
youpressthe "1" Button qiD, the remota's
LCDscreen willbrieflygo blank asthe codeis
beingtransmitted, butyouwillseethe "transmit"
iconinthe upperrightcorner of the display to
serveasconfirmation t hatthe remote is sending
outcommands.
7. Afteryou pressandrelease the number k ey,
watch the devicebeingprogrammed t o see
whether i t turnsoft Asshowninthe instructions
thatwill appear o n the nextmenuscreen(Fig30),
presstheSet Button _, andthenskipto
Step9. Ifthe unitdoesmtturn off,proceed to
thenextstep.
S. Ifthe device beingprogrammed i ntotheAVR
remote doesnottumoff afteryou havepressed
the "1" Button _, continue Steps6 and7 by
pressing theavailable numeric keysshownunSl
thedeviceturnsoft Ifthe device stilldoesnotturn
offafterall choices havebeentried,the codefor
thisspecific deviceis not intheAVRremote
library underthatbrandname. I fthatis thecase,
wesuggest t hatyoupressthe Set Button
to accept t hecodesfromanother b randsothat
theprogramming i scompleted, but remember
thatyouwillthenhave to program the remote
manually b yfollowing the Learning Commands
insl_uctions on page44.
9. Whenthe device beingprogrammed d oesturnoff
aftera numeric keyhasbeenpressed, you must
presstheSet Button _ withinfiveseconds to
enterthe setting intothe remota's memory. After
youpresstheSet button, t hetop lineof the LCD
display will readSe(JIttG... andthenthe word
S_L_ED will flash fourtimesinthe center o f the
bottomline.
10.Whenthe codesaresavedtheremote winreturn
to normal o peration, andwhenever youpress
the Input SelectorButton _ thatwasjust
programmed, thedisplay willshowtheoriginal
devicefypecodeatthe tarleftsideof the display,
withthename of thenewcodesettypeinbrackets.
Forexample, thedisplay willreadTU<-L_CR in
ourexample of replacing theTVcodeswiththose
fora VCR,
Macro Programming
Macros enabbyouto easily repeat f requently used
combinations of mullpleremotecontrol c ommands
withthe touchof a single button. O ncea macrois
programmed, youmaysendupto 20 commands w ith
onepressof the Power Onor Macrobuttons. Thiswill
g_eatly s implify the process of lsrningon yoursystem,