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Hold the remote

The device LCD buttons on MAIN are automatically programmed

Using the MAIN Menu 

steady and

pointed at the

The MAIN Menu enables you to either

system until

with a navigational  jump  to the device they correspond to.

select a new Activity or simply select a

the sound

new Device to control.

and picture

have been

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When you select a new activity, the

switched. 

Home Theater Master will issue a

MACRO (a timed sequence of many

The MAIN Menu buttons issue

commands from many different remote

MACROS that reset the sound and 

The device LCD buttons on the MAIN menu should be programmed

controls). This MACRO was custom

picture of your home theater to a new

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programmed for your system by your

activity.

installer. It will issue all of the com 

mands necessary to switch the sound

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with a macro that issues every command necessary to reconfigure

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  Hold the remote control

and picture of your system. 

steady and pointed at the sys 

steady and pointed at the system

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tem until  the         indicator

When you select a device, the Home

until the 

indicator stops

the home theater for the activity (inputs, modes, play, channel etc. ).

Theater Master becomes the remote

stops flashing.

flashing.

control you select WITHOUT affecting

the home theater.

If the sound or the picture still are

This macro will be issued every time the client presses the button.

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not correct,  repeat steps 1   4.

Select a New ACTIVITY

Select a DEVICE Only

This is described in the manual.

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1. Touch the MAIN button to make

sure that you are on the MAIN

1. Touch the MAIN button to make

Menu. Touch the PAGE button if you

sure that you are on the MAIN

don't see the activity you want.

Menu. Touch the Page button if you

don't see the activity you want.

2. Press and hold the MAIN button.

Remember to train your power user clients to hold down the MAIN

While holding the MAIN button

down, touch the button next to the

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desired screen label. The remote

button while they press a device LCD button.That way, the macro is

2. Point the Home Theater Master at

control will now display the name of

the system (or at the repeating

the selected device and all buttons

INFRARED sensor if one is

will operate the device, however, the

installed).

sound and the picture of your sys 

not sent, the MX 700/800 simply jumps to the device.

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tem have not been changed.

3. Touch the activity button next to

the desired screen label. For exam 

ple if you wish to watch a DVD

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movie, touch the DVD button.

If you are willing to make your own summary sheet, you can program

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the activity macro to only be issued if the client presses and holds

Page 3 and 4 of the Owner's Manual

the button.This requires the use of the Advanced Programming

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describe how Activity macros automate

technique Press and Hold Macros on page 44.

their system.

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The Power ON and OFF buttons now

Controlling the Volume

Use the Punch Through programming step (step #6) to program

operate only the selected device (to

turn the entire system on/off, return to

For your convenience, the VOLUME

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the MAIN Menu).

Up, VOLUME Down and the MUTE

Volume and Mute to operate the surround sound processor

buttons will always control the sur 

round sound system, regardless of

what activity or device you are control 

ling. 

regardless of what device is active.

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The ten screen labeled buttons are

now labeled with any commands

that do not fit one of the buttons with 

printed labels.

It has been common in the past for installers to program a way for

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Operating any Device

the customer to watch TV using the internal speakers of the TV

You can see the name of the device at

the top of the screen. If it is not the

rather than the surround sound system.There is a good way to

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one you want, return to the MAIN

Menu and select a new device or

activity.

accomplish this on the MX 700/800 system.You could program the

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Up to 40 screen labeled buttons are

available for each device. To view

TV's internal volume on two of the LCD buttons on the TV device.

the additional buttons, press the

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PAGE button to display additional

pages. The Home Theater Master

can display up to four pages of

All of the printed

screen labeled buttons for each

label buttons on the

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activity or device! As you scroll

remote operate just

through the pages, notice that the

like the original

bottom title bar displays which page

remote control (with

you are viewing (PAGE 1, PAGE 2,

the exception of

etc.).

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Volume Up, Volume

Down and Mute

which operate your

surround sound sys 

tem). 

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Page 5 of the Owner's Manual describes

how volume always adjusts the surround

sound system. Page 5 and 6 describe

normal operation of any device.