Punch-Through Configuration; Programming The Remote - Harman Kardon AVR 645 Owner's Manual

Programming the Remote

Read a Macro
To check the commands stored in the remote's
memory for one of the buttons, follow these
steps:
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
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three times so that MACRO appears on the
bottom line of the LCD screen, as shown in
Figure 47. Press the Set Button
the main macro menu branch.
3. At the next menu screen (Figure 56) press the
Navigation Buttons
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bottom line in the remote's LCD display shows
READ A MACRO, as shown in Figure 56.
Press the Set Button to begin the
process of erasing a macro.
M A C R O
R E A D A M A C R O
Figure 56
4. The next display screen (Figure 57) is where
you select the macro to be read. Press the
Navigation Buttons
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name of the macro you wish to read appears.
For this example, we will read back the Power
On macro created in the previous section.
When the name of the macro to be erased
appears, press the Set Button
R E A D A M A C R O
P O W E R O N
Figure 57
5. As soon as the Set button is pressed, the first
two steps in the macro will be appear in the
remote's LCD screen. You may then use the
Navigation Buttons
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down through the list of commands stored as
the macro. As you read the display, you will
see Device Selector Buttons
appear in brackets, (e.g., [AVR]). When the
step in the macro is a function, navigation or
any other button, it will appear next to the
bracketed read-out of the underlying device
(e.g., [AVR] POWER ON).
6. When you are finished reviewing the macro's
contents, press the Set Button
the remote to normal operation.
58 PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE

Punch-Through Configuration

Punch-through is a capability of the remote that
allows the Volume controls, Channel Up/Down
buttons or Transport keys (Play, Stop, Record, Fast
Forward and Reverse, and Skip Up/Down) to link
for
to a different device. For example, if your TV, cable
box or satellite receiver is connected through the
AVR you will most likely want to use the AVR's
volume control commands even when the remote
has been set to issue all other commands for the
video device. "Punch-through" enables you to
easily program the remote to do this.
Volume Punch-Through
Follow these steps to enable the Volume
Up/Down and Mute controls from one device to
be used when the remote is otherwise
to enter
programmed for a different device.
Note for Volume Punch-Through:
The remote's default settings are for the AVR's
until the
volume controls to be used when any input or
device is selected with the exception of the VID
2/TV button. There is no need to program the
remote for volume punch-through for the AVR's
controls with other sources, such as DVD. To have
the AVR's volume commands used when the TV
device is selected, follow these steps:
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
until the
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
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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.
M A I N M E N U
P U N C H - T H R O U G H
to step up or
Figure 58
3. At the next menu screen (Figure 59) press the
Set Button
remote for Volume punch-through.
P U N C H - T H R O U G H
V O L U M E
Figure 59
4. The next display screen (Figure 60) is where
to return
you select the device that will receive the
punch-through commands. In our example,
that is the VID 2/TV button, as that is where
we want the AVR's volume controls to be
active. Press the
until the name of the base device appears
and then press the Set Button
for
. Release the button
will remain illuminated in
Navigation Buttons
to enter
to begin programming the
Navigation Buttons
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.
D E V I C E I N U S E
T V
Figure 60
5. At the next display screen (Figure 61), you will
select the device whose Volume Up/Down and
Mute commands will be used. Press the
Navigation Buttons until the desired
device's name appears to the right of the
device in use. In our example, that is the AVR
(indicated by AVR). 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 < - A V R
Figure 61
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 62. The word
SAVED will flash four times and then the
remote will return to normal operation.
T V < - A V R [ V O L ]
S A V E D
Figure 62
7. Once the punch-through is programmed, the
Volume Up/Down and Mute buttons of the
second device named will be used when those
buttons are pressed while the master
device is in use.
Returning the Volume Control Settings to
Default Operation:
If you wish to remove the Volume punch-through
so that the commands for Volume and Mute are
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 63.
P U N C H - T H R O U G H
T V < - T V
Figure 63
Channel Punch-Through
Channel punch-through allows the Channel
Up/Down buttons to send commands to a
different device than the one that has been
selected for other commands. For example, you
may wish to use a cable box or satellite receiver
as the source for a VCR, so you would want the
Channel Up/Down Selectors
commands to the cable box even though the
other button commands are programmed to
operate the VCR.
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