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A macro is a recording of a sequence of commands that is played back when the user presses a single button. A

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macro can have up to 190 steps. A step can be:

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the configuration.

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than one delay. If a delay is programmed as the first step in a Macro, the macro will not be issued until the

button is pressed and held for the specified amount of time.

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button on MAIN is automatically programmed to jump to the first page of the device as the first step in a

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Macro (unless all pages are hidden). You can program another jump in the macro, so that the automatic

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jump will happen at the beginning of the macro and the manually programmed jump will happen at the end

of the macro. See Advanced Programming Tips on page 45 for examples of how you can utilize this feature.

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Only LCD buttons and the Power On and Power Off buttons can be PROGRAMMED with a Macro. However, any

button can playback a Macro by using a shortcut to a button that has a Macro in it.Thus, if you need a Macro on a

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hard button (i.e. Prev CH), you can program the macro on an LCD button (could be in a hidden page somewhere)

and simply shortcut to it (see page 22 for step by step info on shortcuts).

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ton.The manufacturer programs the TV to respond to a POWER command by turning it on if it was off and

turning off if it was on. So one button can do two things. This requires that the user  know  or  see  that the

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television is on or off before pressing the button.

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Another example is a television with an  INPUT  command. When the code is issued, the television changes its

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input. Since the television has 5 inputs, the single  INPUT  command can have five different results, depending on

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what input was previously selected.The user has to  know  or  see  what input was previously selected before

deciding how many times to push the INPUT button.

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a POWER ON button and a POWER OFF button. If the television is already on, the POWER ON command has no

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effect. If the television is off, the POWER ON command will turn on the television. Another example is a television

with five discrete input commands (ANT A, ANT B, EXT 1, EXT 2 and EXT 3). No matter what input was previously

selected, any of these commands will change the television to the desired input WITHOUT the end user  knowing 

or  seeing  what the previously selected input was!

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