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PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE  49

problem in doing that, but in normal operation
the commands issued after selecting the VID 2
input are for a television, not a VCR.

The AVR remote allows you to correct that situa-
tion through the “Changing Devices” process.
That enables you to assign the codes from one
type of device to a different button. For example,
in the steps below, we will explain how to pro-
gram the VID 2 buttons to provide the commands
to operate a VCR. Of course, you may program
the remote to have any of the devices take on
the code set of any other device, as your system
requires. And, with the AVR remote’s “Rename”
function, you can even change the way the name
of the device appears on the remote’s LCD dis-
play so that you see exactly which commands are
being sent.

To program the buttons normally assigned to one
device for the commands of another, follow these
steps:

1. Press and hold the Program Button

& for

about three seconds while the message shown
in Figure 15 appears in the remote’s LCD
Information Display

2. Release the but-

ton when the red light under the Set Button
F appears.

2. The remote’s MAIN MENU message (Figure

16), will appear in the LCD display and the
Set Button

F will remain illuminated in

red. Press the 

⁄

E

twice so that CHANGE DEVICE appears on
the bottom line of the LCD screen, as shown in
Figure 34. Press the Set Button

F to begin

the process of reassigning the commands used
for a particular device.

3. The next menu display is where you select the

Input Select, or device, that you wish to
change. When the display shown in Figure 35
appears, press the 

⁄¤

E to scroll through the list to find

the device you wish to use for another func-
tion. In this case we will select “TV,” and show
how to change it to take on the codes for
operating a VCR. When that device’s name
appears, press the Set Button

F.

4. Once the “old” device type has been selected,

you need to tell the remote which set of
remote codes to use as a replacement for the
device just selected. When the instructions
shown in Figure 36 appear, press the 

⁄¤

E to scroll through

the list of device categories to find the name
of the device that you wish to use. The old
device name will remain on the left side of the
LCD screen, while the replacement device list

will scroll to its right. For example, press the

⁄

E until the display

screen reads TV

<

-VCR

to have the VID 2/TV

Button transmit the commands used to control
a VCR. Press the Set Button

F when the

desired device combination appears.

5. Once the new device is selected, the remain-

der of the process will select the codes for the
specific brand to be used, and for that reason
they are identical to the way a device is pro-
grammed using manual entry. Continue the
process as outlined in the next few steps,
remembering that if the codes for your specific
device are not found you may select any brand
and then “learn” the proper codes into the
AVR remote using the process outlined on
page 47. To begin the process, start by select-
ing the brand of device, as shown in Figure 19.
Press the 

⁄¤

E

until the brand name of the device you are
programming into the remote appears on the
lower line of the display and then press the
Set Button

F.

6. The next step is important, as it determines

which codes will operate the source device or
display. Point the AVR remote at the device
being programmed and, following the instruc-
tions shown on the remote’s LCD
Information Display

2, press and release

the Numeric Keys

H one at a time, start-

ing with the “1” button. After you press the
“1” Button

H the remote’s LCD screen will

briefly go blank as the code is being transmit-
ted, but you will see the “transmit” icon in the
upper right corner of the display to serve as
confirmation that the remote is sending out
commands.

7. After you press and release the number key,

watch the device being programmed to see
whether it turns off. As shown in the instruc-
tions that will appear on the next menu screen
(Figure 21), press the Set Button

F, and

then skip to Step 9. If the unit does not turn
off, proceed to the next step.

8. If the device being programmed into the AVR

remote does NOT turn off after you have
pressed the “1” key, continue Steps 6 and 7 by
pressing the available numeric keys shown
until the device turns off. If the device still does
not turn off after all choices have been tried,
the code for this specific device is not in the
AVR remote library under that brand name. If
that is the case, we suggest that you press the
Set Button

F to accept the codes from

another brand so that the programming is
completed, but remember that you will then
have to program the remote manually by fol-
lowing the Learning Commands instructions
on page 47.

9. When the device being programmed does

turn off after a numeric key has been
pressed, you must press the Set Button

F

within five seconds to enter the setting into
the remote’s memory. After you press the Set
button, the top line of the LCD display will
read SAVING... and then the word SAVED
will flash four times in the center of the bot-
tom line.

10. When the codes are saved the remote will

return to normal operation, and whenever
you press the Input Selector Button

4

that was just programmed, the display will
show the original device type code at the far
left side of the display, with the name of the
new code set type in brackets. For example,
the display will read TV

<

-VCR

in our exam-

ple of replacing the TV codes with those for a
VCR.

Macros enable you to easily repeat frequently
used combinations of multiple remote control
commands with the touch of a single button.
Once a macro is programmed you may send up
to 20 commands with one press of the Power On
or Macro buttons. This will greatly simplify the
process of turning on your system, changing
devices or other common tasks. Thanks to the
remote’s two-line display, it is easier than ever
for you to take advantage of the power of macro
commands.

Recording a Macro
To record a macro into the remote’s memory,
follow these steps:

1. Press and hold the Program Button

& for

about three seconds while the message shown 
in Figure 15 appears in the remote’s LCD
Information Display

2. Release the

button when the red light under the Set
Button

F appears.

2. The remote’s MAIN MENU message (Figure

16), will appear in the LCD display and the
Set Button

F will remain illuminated in

red. Press the 

⁄

E

three times so that MACRO appears on the
bottom line of the LCD screen, as shown in
Figure 37. Press the Set Button

F to enter

the main macro menu branch.

3. At the next menu screen (Figure 38) press the 

F to begin recording a macro.

4. The next display screen (Figure 39) is where

you select the button that will be used to
recall the macro. The choices are the Power
On Button

3 or one of the discrete Macro

M A C R O

R E C O R D   A   M A C R O

M A I N   M E N U

M A C R O

N E W   D E V I C E   T Y P E

T V

< - V C R

O L D   D E V I C E   T Y P E

T V

M A I N   M E N U

C H A N G E   D E V I C E

50 PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE

 . Press the 

⁄¤

E until the name of the button

you wish to program the macro into is shown.
For this example we will show how to pro-
gram a series of commands that will automat-
ically be sent out every time the Power button
is pressed.

5. The next screen that appears (Figure 40) is

where you select the device for the first com-
mand that will be sent out as part of the
macro. Press the 

⁄¤

E until the name of the device appears on
the left side of the lower line in the LCD dis-
play. For this example, the first button we
want to have the macro “press” is the Power
On button, so the AVR device is selected.
Press the Set Button

F when the desired

device name appears to move to the next pro-
gramming step.

6. The next display (Figure 41) is where you

begin entering the individual commands for
the macro, in the order you wish them to be
transmitted. Remember that when you want
to change devices, you must first press the
Input Selector

45 for that button, and

then press the Command or Function key.
Since we want to program a series of events
that occur each time the Power On button is
pressed, press the AVR button. In your specific
macro, this is the first command button.

7. The next display (Figure 42) and the subse-

quent screens are where the actual macro
programming take place. The words at the left
side of the top line of the display show the
button that is being programmed (e.g., the
Power On Button

3 or one of the Macro

 ) and the indication at the right

side of the top line shows the number of
macro steps available of 20 possible steps.
Following the instructions on the remote’s
LCD screen, press the first key you wish to be
transmitted in the macro. In our example, we
first want the AVR to turn on, so the Power
Button

3 should be pressed.

8. Once the first command button for the macro

has been pressed, continue to press the but-
tons you wish to be part of the macro, in the

order they will be used. Press each button
within five seconds of the last button, remem-
bering to press the Input Selector

45

when you are changing device functions.
As the buttons on the remote are pressed,
the remote’s display screen will show the
steps in the macro as they are programmed
(Figure 43).

9. For our example, we first want the AVR Power

On button pressed, followed by the TV Power
On, followed by the Cable Box On, followed
by the selection of the Logic 7 mode. To do
that, press the buttons in this order:

3

4

3

4

3

5

O

As each button is pressed to enter it into the

macro you will see the button names appear
and then scroll up on the LCD display as your
confirmation of the key entry (Figure 43).

10. When all commands for the macro have

been entered, press the Set Button

F to

save the macro. The display screen will show
the button to which the macro has been pro-
grammed and the number of steps used, and
the word SAVED will blink four times in the
lower line of the LCD display. When the dis-
play returns to normal, the macro has been
entered and the remote is ready for opera-
tion.

11. If a macro has been programmed into the

3, it will play back

anytime the Power On button is pressed. As
the macro plays, you will see the steps
appear in the remote’s LCD display. Macros
programmed into one of the four discrete
Macro buttons may be activated at any time
by pressing the appropriate button.

Erasing a Macro
Once a macro has been created and stored in
the AVR remote’s memory, you have the option
of erasing it. You may do this at any time by fol-
lowing these steps:

1. Press and hold the Program Button

& for

about three seconds while the message
shown in Figure 15 appears in the remote’s
LCD Information Display

2. Release the

button when the red light under the Set
Button

F appears.

2. The remote’s MAIN MENU message (Figure

16), will appear in the LCD display and the
Set Button

F will remain illuminated in

red. Press the 

⁄

E

three times so that MACRO appears on the

bottom line of the LCD screen, as shown in
Figure 37. Press the Set Button

F to enter

the main macro menu branch.

3. At the next menu screen (Figure 44) press

⁄¤

E until the

bottom line in the remote’s LCD display reads
ERASE A MACRO

, as shown in Figure 44.

Press the Set Button

F to begin the

process of erasing a macro.

4. The next display screen (Figure 45) is where

you select which macro will be erased. Press
the 

⁄¤

E until the

number of the macro you wish to erase
appears. For this example we will erase the
Power On macro created in the previous sec-
tion. When the name of the macro to be
erased appears, press the Set Button

F.

5. The word ERASED will flash four times in the

bottom line of the remote’s LCD display, and
then the display will return to its normal con-
dition. When that happens the macro is
erased and the remote is returned to normal
operation.

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

& for

about three seconds while the message
shown in Figure 15 appears in the remote’s
LCD Information Display

2. Release the

button when the red light under the Set
Button

F appears.

2. The remote’s MAIN MENU message (Figure

16), will appear in the LCD display and the
Set Button

F will remain illuminated in

red. Press the 

⁄

E

three times so that MACRO appears on the
bottom line of the LCD screen, as shown in
Figure 37. Press the Set Button

F to enter

the main macro menu branch.

3. At the next menu screen (Figure 46) press the

⁄¤

E until the

bottom line in the remote’s LCD display shows
READ A MACRO

, as shown in Figure 46.

Press the Set Button

F to begin the

process of erasing a macro.

M A C R O

R E A D   A   M A C R O

E R A S E   A   M A C R O

P O W E R   O N

M A C R O

E R A S E   A   M A C R O

[ A V R ]

[ A V R ]   P O W E R   O N

P O W E R   O N         0 0 / 2 0

S E L E C T   K E Y   P R E S S

S E L E C T   A   D E V I C E

A V R

S E L E C T   A   D E V I C E

A V R

R E C O R D   A   M A C R O

P O W E R   O N

PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE  51

4. The next display screen (Figure 47) is where

you select the macro to be read. Press the

⁄¤

E until the

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

F.

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

⁄¤

E to step up or

down through the list of commands stored as
the macro. As you read the display, you will
see Device Selector Buttons

45

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

F to return 

the remote to normal operation.

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
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 com-
mands 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 pro-
grammed for a different device.

Note for Volume Punch-Through:
The remote’s default settings are for the AVR’s
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

& for

about three seconds while the message shown 
in Figure 15 appears in the remote’s LCD
Information Display 

2. Release the button

when the red light under the Set Button

F

appears.

2. The remote’s MAIN MENU message (Figure

16), will appear in the LCD display and the

F will remain illuminated in

red. Press the 

⁄¤

E until PUNCH-THROUGH appears on the
bottom line of the LCD screen, as shown in
Figure 48. Press the Set Button

F to enter

the main punch-through menu branch.

3. At the next menu screen (Figure 49) press the 

F to begin programming the

remote for Volume punch-through.

4. The next display screen (Figure 50) is where

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 

⁄¤

E until the name of the base device appears
and then press the Set Button

F.

5. At the next display screen (Figure 51), you will

select the device whose Volume Up/Down and
Mute commands will be used. Press the 

⁄¤

E 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

F.

6. When the Set button is pressed, the display

will change to show you that the new combi-
nation of control commands is being saved to
the unit’s memory, as shown in Figure 52. The
word SAVED will flash four times and then
the remote will return to normal operation.

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 set-
tings will appear as shown in Figure 53.

Channel Punch-Through
Channel punch-through allows the Channel
Up/Down buttons to send commands to a differ-
ent 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

+ to transmit

commands to the cable box even though the
other button commands are programmed to
operate the VCR.

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

& for

about three seconds while the message shown 
in Figure 15 appears in the remote’s LCD
Information Display

2. Release the but-

ton when the red light under the Set Button
F appears.

2. The remote’s MAIN MENU message (Figure

16), will appear in the LCD display and the
Set Button

F will remain illuminated in

red. Press the 

⁄¤

E until PUNCH-THROUGH appears on the
bottom line of the LCD screen, as shown in
Figure 48. Press the Set Button

F to enter

the main punch-through menu branch.

3. At the next menu screen, press the 

⁄¤

E until CHANNEL

appears on the bottom line of the LCD screen,
as shown in Figure 54. Press the Set Button
F to begin programming the remote for
Channel punch-through.

4. The next display screen (Figure 55) 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 

⁄¤

E until the name of the base

device appears and then press the Set
Button

F.

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

C H A N N E L

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

T V

< - T V

T V

< - A V R   [ V O L ]

            S A V E D

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

T V

< - A V R

D E V I C E   I N   U S E

T V

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

V O L U M E

M A I N   M E N U

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

R E A D   A   M A C R O

P O W E R   O N

52 PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE

5. At the next display screen (Figure 56), you will

select the device whose Channel Up/Down
commands will be used. Press the 

⁄¤

E 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

F.

6. When the Set button is pressed, the display

will change to show you that the new combi-
nation of control commands is being saved to
the unit’s memory, as shown in Figure 57. The
word SAVED will flash four times and then
the remote will return to normal operation.

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 returned to the factory default set-
ting, 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 bot-
tom 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 58.

Transport Punch-Through
Transport punch-through allows the Play

P,

P, Fast Forward/Reverse P, Pause

P, Record P and Skip Up/Down  but-
tons to send commands to a different device
than the one that has been selected for other
commands. For example, you may wish to oper-
ate the transport of a second VCR you have con-
nected to the VID 2/TV input, as shown in the
following example.

1. Press and hold the Program Button

& for

about three seconds while the message shown 
in Figure 15 appears in the remote’s LCD
Information Display

2. Release the but-

ton when the red light under the Set Button
F appears.

2. The remote’s MAIN MENU message (Figure

16), will appear in the LCD display and the
Set Button

F will remain illuminated in

red. Press the 

⁄¤

E until PUNCH-THROUGH appears on the
bottom line of the LCD screen, as shown in
Figure 48. Press the Set Button

F to enter

the main punch-through menu branch.

3. At the next menu screen, press the 

⁄¤

E until TRANS-

PORT

appears on the bottom line of the LCD

screen, as shown in Figure 59. Press the Set
Button

F to begin programming the

remote for transport punch-through.

4. The next display screen (Figure 60) 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 

⁄¤

E until the

name of the base device appears and then
press the Set Button

F.

5. At the next display screen (Figure 61), you will

select the device whose transport commands
will be used. Press the 

⁄¤

E 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

F.

6. When the Set button is pressed, the display

will change to show you that the new combi-
nation 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.

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.

Returning the Transport Control Settings
to Default Operation:
If you wish to remove the Transport Punch-
Through so that the transport commands 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 set-
tings will appear as shown in Figure 63.

While the names given to the buttons and inputs
on the AVR represent recognizable categories of
audio/ video products, system operation may be
easier if the displays shown in the remote’s LCD
screen are customized to reflect the specific char-
acteristics of a playback source’s brand name or
the new function given to a specific button when
one remote’s controls are programmed into the
AVR remote. The AVR remote allows you to
change the name of either a master device or
any button on the remote using the following
steps.

Renaming a Device
To rename a specific device/input source button,
follow these steps. For this example, we will
show you how to rename the Device/Input
Selector normally shown as “TV” to “HDTV
TUNER.”

1. Press and hold the Program Button

& for

about three seconds while the message shown 
in Figure 15 appears in the remote’s LCD
Information Display

2. Release the but-

ton when the red light under the Set Button
F appears.

2. The remote’s MAIN MENU message (Figure

16), will appear in the LCD display and the
Set Button

F will remain illuminated in

red. Press the 

⁄¤

E until RENAME appears on the bottom
line of the LCD screen, as shown in Figure 66.

3. At the next menu screen press the 

⁄¤

E until RENAME

DEVICE

appears on the bottom line of the

LCD screen, as shown in Figure 67. Press the
Set Button

F to begin renaming a device.

R E N A M E

R E N A M E   D E V I C E

M A I N   M E N U

R E N A M E

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

T V

< - T V

T V

< - V C R   [ T R S ]

            S A V E D

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

T V

< - V C R

D E V I C E   I N   U S E

T V

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

T R A N S P O R T

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

V C R

< - V C R

V C R

< - C B L   [ C H A N ]

            S A V E D

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

V C R

< - C B L

D E V I C E   I N   U S E

V C R