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PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE  49

Although the AVR remote is preprogrammed with
an extensive library of codes for many major
brands, it is also possible that you may have
attempted to program a product that is too new
or too old, and thus not all of its commands will
be in the code library. You may fill in the codes
for any button that does not operate properly by
using the learning technique shown on page 49.

In addition to manual code selection using the
brand name list, it is also possible to automati-
cally search through all the codes that are stored
in the AVR remote’s library to see whether a
device will respond even if it is not listed among
the brands that appear when you program the
remote manually. To automatically search
through the codes that are available for a specific
device type (e.g., DVD, VCR), follow these steps:

1. Turn on the power to the device you wish to

program into the AVR remote. This is impor-
tant, as in a later step you will need to see
whether the device turns off to determine
whether the remote has been programmed for
the proper remote codes.

2. 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.

3. 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 Set Button

F to begin the

process of selecting a device and locating the
proper remote codes.

4.

SELECT A DEVICE

will appear in the 

LCD display (Figure 17).
Press the 

⁄¤

E to

scroll through the list of device categories and
press the Set Button

F when the device

for which you wish to set the codes appears.
For this example, we will select “TV” to enter
the codes needed to operate your TV.

5. At the next menu screen on the remote (Figure

18), press the 

⁄

E

so that the bottom line of the LCD display
reads 

AUTO

(Figure 22) and then press the

F to enter the Automatic pro-

gramming mode.

6. As instructed on the next menu screen, press 

the 

⁄

E to begin

the automatic code search process. Your con-
firmation that the remote is sending out com-
mands is the movement of a square block
across the top line of the LCD display screen
while the bottom line reads 

PLEASE WAIT…

.

You will also see the transmit icon in the upper

right corner of the LCD display’s top line to
remind you that the remote is working even
though you may not see anything happening
to the device being programmed.

7. It will take a few seconds for the remote to

send out the first group of commands, after
which you will see a new display in the LCD
screen, as shown in Figure 23. Following the
instructions, if the device being programmed
has NOT turned off, press the 

⁄

E again to send another group of

codes. If the device being programmed has
turned off, skip to Step 9.

8. By pressing the 

⁄

E

again, the remote will send out a new set of
commands. When it pauses, follow the instruc-
tions shown in Step 7. Depending on how
many codes are stored for a specific device
type, you may have to repeat this process as
many as fifteen times. Remember, if the device
turns off, skip to Step 9. When all the codes for
the device being programmed have been tried,
the instruction shown in Figure 24 will appear.
This means that the codes for the product you
are trying to program are not in the AVR
remote library and you will have to “learn”
them into the remote following the instruc-
tions shown on page 49. Press the Set
Button

F as instructed to exit the program-

ming process.

9. If the device being programmed does turn off

after following the instructions in Step 7, you 
will need to verify the code set by pressing the
Numeric Keys

H in sequence, as instructed

in Figure 23. Point the remote at the device
being programmed, and press the “1” Button
H to see whether the device turns back on.

10. After pressing and releasing the “1” Button

H, check to see whether the device has
turned back on. If it has, skip to Step 12. If it
does not turn on, press the “2” Button

H,

or the next button in the numeric sequence if
you are repeating the procedure, as instruct-
ed by the LCD screen in Figure 25.

11. When pressing the “1” button does not turn

the device being programmed back on,
repeat the procedure by trying the remainder
of the Numeric Keys

H in sequence, each

time pressing and then releasing the button
to see whether the new device turns back on.
When it does, skip to the next step. However,
if you try all 10 numeric keys and find that
the unit will not turn on, you won’t be able
to use this method to program the device.
Press the Clear Button

# to exit the

programming process. You’ll need to follow
the Learning Commands instructions below
to enter the codes for this device into the
AVR remote.

12. When pressing one of the numeric keys in

Step 10 or 11 causes the device being
programmed to turn back on, follow the
instructions shown in Figure 22 and press the
Set Button

F within five seconds of the

device turning on. 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
bottom line.

13. 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 codes for the
new device will be used. If no further buttons
are pressed, the remote will revert back to
the default setting for AVR commands.

On occasions when the AVR remote does not
contain the codes for a particular product’s
remote in its built-in library, or when you wish to
program a missing or special function into one
button of a device, the AVR remote’s learning
capability allows you to do that. To teach com-
mands from one product’s remote into the AVR
remote, follow these steps:

The process requires that both the device’s origi-
nal remote and the AVR remote be available.
Before pressing any buttons on either remote,
place them so that the IR transmitter on the
remote from the device to be programmed is fac-
ing the Infrared Lens

1 on the AVR’s remote.

The two remotes should be no more than an inch
apart, and there should not be any direct
sunlight or other bright light source near the
remotes.

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

once so that Learn appears on the bottom line

P O W E R   O N ?

Y - > S E T   N - > 1 ~ 0

R E A C H   E N D   P O I N T

E X I T   -

>   S E T   K E Y

P O W E R   O F F ?

Y - >   1 ~ 0   N - >

P R O G R A M   D E V I C E

A U T O

50 PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE

of the LCD screen, as shown in Figure 26.
Press the Set Button

F to begin the

process of learning commands from another
device’s remote into the AVR remote.

3. The 

SELECT A DEVICE

message will appear

in the LCD display (Figure 17). Press the 

⁄¤

E to scroll through

the list of device categories and press the Set
Button

F when the device for which you

wish to set the codes appears. For this exam-
ple, we will select “TV” to enter the codes
needed to operate your TV.

4. The next menu screen (Figure 27) will prompt

you to select the button, or “key,” on the AVR
remote that you wish to program. Press that
button on the AVR remote.

5. Once you press the button to be programmed

on the AVR remote, press and hold the button
on the remote control for the device to be
programmed within five seconds, as instructed
on the next menu screen (Figure 28).

6. Continue to hold the button on the original

remote until the menu on the AVR remote’s
LCD screen changes. If the code is successfully
learned you will see the display shown in
Figure 29. If you see that menu, proceed to
Step 9. If the code is not successfully learned,
you will see the display shown in Figure 30. If
that menu appears, proceed to Step 7.

7. If the message shown in Figure 26 appears in 

the display, press the Set Button

F to try

programming the button again. When the
remote prompts you to press and hold the key
on the original remote again by showing the
display shown in Figure 28, immediately press
the button on the source remote again. To
avoid another failed attempt, make certain
that the windows on the two remotes are fac-
ing one another.

8. Continue to hold the button on the original

remote until the AVR’s display changes
again. If the code was successfully learned,
you will see the display shown in Figure 29.
In that case, skip to the next step. If the

LEARN FAILED

display (Figure 30) appears

again you may either try to program the key
again, or press the 

⁄

E to stop the process. It is possible that
some remotes may use code sequences or
infrared frequencies that are not compatible
with the AVR remote, and those codes can-
not be learned. When the display shown in
Figure 31 appears, press the Set Button
F to exit the Learning system.

9. When a code has been learned successfully,

you have three options. When the display
shown in Figure 29 is on the LCD screen on
the AVR remote, you may press the Set
Button

F to learn additional codes from

the buttons on a remote into the AVR
remote. Follow Steps 4 through 8 as often as
needed to complete the code-learning
process.

10. If you wish to change the name that appears

in the LCD display when the button that has
just had a new code learned is pressed,
press the 

⁄

E so

that the display shown in Figure 32 appears
in the LCD display. Press the Set Button

F

to open the 

RENAME KEY

menu. Enter the

new name for the key following the instruc-
tions shown in the Renaming Individual Keys
section of this manual on page 55. If you find
it more convenient to rename the buttons at 
a later time, you may do that separately by
following the instructions on page 55.

11. When you have programmed all keys for the

desired device, press the 

⁄

E twice when the 

LEARN MENU

(Figure 29) appears so that you see the dis-
play show in Figure 33. The remote will
return to normal operation.

12. If you wish to program the codes for another

device, repeat the procedure outline above,
but select a different device in Step 3.

After having programmed or learnt the different
sources, you can set the Device Priority. The
default setting is that after pressing one of the

Input Selectors and any of its function keys, the
remote control defaults back to controlling the
AVR functions after 6 seconds. You can either
extend this time to 12 seconds, or leave the
remote control to control the last used source,
by following the steps below.

1. Press and hold the Program Button 

&

until the 

MAIN MENU

appears.

2. Press the 

¤

E until

DEVICE PRIORITY

appears. Press the Set

F.

3. Press the 

⁄

/

¤

E to

select the requested setting. Confirm the set-
ting by pressing the Set Button

F.

In the factory default settings, the AVR remote is 
programmed so that the commands transmitted 
correspond to the device selected by pressing
one of the Input Selectors

4. This is logical,

as you want the remote to control the device
you have selected. However, in some circum-
stances you may have configured your system so
that the devices connected to the AVR do not
correspond to the default device settings and
the legends printed on the remote. For example,
if your system has two VCRs you may connect
the second VCR to the VID 2 input. There is no
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 com-
mands 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 display 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

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

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 com-
mands used for a particular device.

L E A R N   M E N U

E N D   L E A R N I N G

L E A R N   M E N U

R E N A M E   K E Y

L E A R N   F A I L E D

E X I T

L E A R N   F A I L E D

R E T R Y

L E A R N   M E N U

L R N   A N O T H E R   K E Y

P R E S S   K E Y   O N

O R I G I N A L   R E M O T E

S E L E C T   A   K E Y

T O   P R O G R A M

M A I N   M E N U

L E A R N

PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE  51

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 49. 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 pro-
gramming is completed, but remember that
you will then have to program the remote
manually by following the Learning
Commands instructions on page 49.

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

example 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

 . 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 program
a series of commands that will automatically
be sent out every time the Power button is
pressed. Press the Set Button

F to move

to the next program step.

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 program-
ming 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

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

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

52 PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE

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 reading a macro.

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 read
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,

R E A D   A   M A C R O

P O W E R   O N

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