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Making Connections, continued, 

and Set Up the Remote Control

connect the Ac power cord to the AVr’s Ac Input connector and then to a working Ac 

power outlet.

AVr Ac 

Input connector

Ac power 

outlet

power cord 

(supplied)

remove the remote control’s battery cover, insert the three supplied AAA batteries as 

shown in the illustration, and replace the battery cover.

In addition to using the remote to control the AVr itself and the Am/fm radio, you can 

program the remote to control up to five additional audio/video source devices plus 

your tV via the cable/Sat, disc, Server, game, Stb and tV Source Selector buttons. the 

remote is also ready to operate your ipod or iphone device when the device is connected 

to the AVr’s front-panel uSb port.
once you have programmed the remote, you can switch the remote’s control mode to 

access the functions for a particular source device by pressing the remote’s Source 

Selector button for that device. to control the AVr, press the remote’s AVr button.
before you begin programming the remote, review the connections you filled in on the 

Input connections and Source buttons table on page 13. the Source Selector buttons are 

assigned to the components that you listed in the table’s “connected device” column.
each of the programmable Source Selector buttons is set at the factory to control that 

specific type of device: the cable/Sat button is set to control cable/satellite tuners, the 

disc button is set to control dVd and blu-ray disc players, the Server button is set to 

control digital music servers, the game button is set to control game consoles, the Stb 

box is set to control dVrs and tiVo

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 devices, and the tV button is set to control tVs. 

you can program an unused Source Selector button to control a source device that is 

different from that button’s factory setting (such as programming the Server button to 

control a dVd player or a second tV), but completely different types of devices, such 

as cd players and Vcrs, cannot be controlled at all. See Advanced Remote Control 

Programming, on page 26, for more information.

1.  turn on the source device you want to program the remote to control.
2.  look up the code numbers for the device in tables A10 – A17 in the Appendix. write all 

the applicable code numbers in a convenient place.

3.  press and hold the Source Selector button for that source device until the program 

Indicator led on the remote starts to flash, then release it. (this procedure places the 

remote in the programming mode.) 

4.  Aim the remote at the source device and use the remote’s number buttons to enter a 

code number from Step 2, above.

a)  If the device turns off, press the Source Selector button again to save its code. the 

Source Selector button will flash, and the remote will exit the programming mode.

b)  If the device does not turn off, enter another code number. 
c)  If you run out of code numbers for a device, you can search through all of the codes 

in the remote’s library for devices of its type by pressing the up or down button 

repeatedly until the device turns off. when it does, press the Source Selector button 

to save the code.

5.  check that other functions control the device correctly. Sometimes manufacturers use 

the same power code for several models, while other function codes vary. repeat this 

process until you’ve programmed a satisfactory code set that operates most of the 

device’s functions.

6.  If you searched through the remote’s code library to find the code, you can find out 

which code number you have programmed by pressing and holding the Source Selector 

button to re-enter the programming mode. then press the remote’s ok button, and the 

program Indicator led will flash in the code sequence. one flash represents “1,” two 

flashes represent “2,” and so forth. A series of quick flashes represents “0.” record 

the code number programmed for each device in table A6 in the Appendix.

repeat Steps 3 – 6 for each source device you want to control with the AVr remote.
In general, the label for each button on the remote describes the button’s function when 

used to control the AVr. however, the button may perform a very different function when 

used to control another device. refer to the Remote Control Function List, table A9 in the 

Appendix, for each button’s functions with the various product types.
you can also program the remote to perform macros (preprogrammed code sequences 

that execute many code commands with a single button press) and “punch-through” 

programming (allowing the remote to operate a device’s channel or transport controls 

when the remote is in another device’s mode). See Advanced Remote Control 

Programming, on page 26, for instructions on these functions.

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