Using Macros - Onkyo TX-SR705 Instruction Manual

Controlling Other Components

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:
9. Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE button to
select the Receiver remote controller mode.
10.Press the [ON] button to turn on the AV receiver/AV
amplifier.
11.Press the [CD] INPUT SELECTOR button to select
the CD input source.
12.Press the [CD] REMOTE MODE button to select the
CD remote controller mode.
13.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.
MACRO
1,2,3
REMOTE
MODE
1
While holding down the REMOTE
MODE button of the remote con-
troller mode you want to use at
the start of the macro, press
MACRO button [1], [2], or [3].
The Remote indicator lights up.
For the CD example above, you'd press
and hold the [RECEIVER] REMOTE
MODE button, and then press MACRO
button [1], [2], or [3].
108
] button to start playback on the
Remote
indicator
RECEIVER
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.
Notes:
• 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/AV
amplifier until all of the commands
have been transmitted.
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-
ton, press the MACRO button
whose macro you want to delete.
The Remote indicator lights up.
2
Press the MACRO button again.
The Remote indicator flashes twice.
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