AVR 7300 (serv.man7) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 55

PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE 55

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.
Press the Set Button

F to continue the

program proces.

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.

4. The next display screen (Figure 68) is where

you select the device that will be renamed. In
our example, that is the TV button. Press the

⁄¤

E until the

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

F.

5. At the next menu screen you will see the

device name on the bottom line of the display
with a blinking cursor box to the right of the
device name. Press the 

‹

E to return the blinking cursor to

the far left side of the display line. You may

then retitle the device name as shown in the
next step.

6. To enter the new name, press the Numeric

H. The letters above the numbered

buttons indicate which letter or symbol will
appear when the button is pressed during the
renaming process. The first press of the button
will enter the first letter shown, subsequent
presses of the same button will change the
display to the other letters above that num-
bered key. For example, since the first letter we
need to rename the input to HDTV Tuner is an
“H”, you would locate the “H” above the “4”
button, and press the button twice. The first
press shows a “G,” the second press changes
it to an “H.” Consult the table at the end of
this section to see which characters pressing a
particular button generates.

7. After you enter the first letter of the new

device name, there are three options for enter-
ing the next character:

a. To enter a letter that requires a different 

numeric key to be pressed, simply press
that button. The cursor will automatically
move to the next position and the first let-
ter accessed by the new button will appear.
Following our example, the next letter
needed is a “D,” so you would press the
“3” button once.

b. To enter a letter that uses the same numer-

ic key, you must first press the 

›

E to move the

blinking cursor block to the next position.
Then press the Numeric Key

H as

required to enter the desired letter.

c. To enter a blank space, press the 

›

E twice. The first

press will move the cursor to the right, and
the second press will move the cursor one
more space to the right, leaving a blank
space between the last letter and the next
one.

8. Repeat Step 7 as needed to enter all the

needed letters, numbers, characters and
spaces.

9. When the text entry is complete, press the 

F. The LCD display will blink

DEVICE RENAMED

three times and then

return to normal operation.

Once a device is renamed you will see the new
name on the top line of the remote’s LCD display
whenever the Input/Device Selector

4 is

pressed, or when any other command/function
button on the remote is pressed after the main
Device Selector is pressed. Note that renaming a
device in the remote will not change the name of
the input used by the on-screen menu system of
the AVR.

Notes on Renaming Devices:
• To move the cursor to the right or left of the

display during the renaming process, press the

‹

/

›

E as required.

• The table below shows the letters, numbers

and characters that may be accessed by press-
ing the Numeric Keys:

Key

Characters

Key

Characters

1

[,],/,1

6

M,N,O,6

2

A,B,C,2

7

P,Q,R,S,7

3

D,E,F,3

8

T,U,V,8

4

G,H,I,4

9

W,X,Y,Z,9

5

J,K,L,5

0

-,.,#,0

• Renaming a device changes the name of the

device only, not any of the individual key func-
tions within that device memory. To change the
name of an individual key, follow the instruc-
tions in the next section.

Renaming Individual Keys
Thanks to the programming flexibility of the AVR
remote, an individual button on the remote may
be assigned a feature or function that is different
from the name that appears as the factory
default when the button is pressed. However,
with the Rename Key function it is possible to
rename almost any button on the remote so that
when the button is pressed you will see a more
descriptive or appropriate name displayed.

To rename a specific button on the remote, fol-
low these steps. For this example, we will show
you how to rename the Tone Control Button

., which is normally not used when DVD is
selected so that it reads ZOOM in the remote’s
display.

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

KEY

appears on the bottom line of the LCD

screen, as shown in Figure 69. Press the Set
Button

F to continue.

4. The next display screen (Figure 70) is where

you select the device within which the key to
be renamed exists. Press the 

⁄¤

E until the name of

the base device appears. In our example, since
we want to rename a button within the DVD
device memory,

DVD

should appear in the

R E N A M E

R E N A M E   K E Y

R E N A M E   D E V I C E

T V

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