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CLONE
The RC-18SR has the ability to “replicate” itself, downloading all of its
internal pre-programmed and user-programmed commands to another
RC-18SR or RC2000MK
II
. This button is used when you wish to “teach”
another RC-18SR or RC2000MK
II
all of the customized commands
you’ve already programmed in this RC-18SR.
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POWER ON and OFF
These two buttons are used to turn the main component’s (amplifier
or receiver) AC power on and off. We provide both ON and OFF
commands so that your A/V system is remote compatible with
external infrared controllers, such as in-wall key pads, etc.
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SOURCE ON/OFF
This button is used to turn the AC power on and off to any of your A/V
source components that have their own remote control turn-on and
turn-off commands, such as TV, laser disc player, VCR, and etc.
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MACRO 1-4
Each of these 4 buttons can be programmed with a “string” of
commands, called a macro, to initiate a sequence of remote codes to
achieve a particular result. For example, a macro button could be
programmed to turn on the main system power, then turn on a particular
source component (such as a laser disc player), then turn on the TV set,
set the TV to AUX video input, and then adjust the surround processor to
the home theater surround decoding mode, then activate the laser disc
player’s PLAY function. This means that by pressing one macro button,
you can achieve the same result as pushing up to 20 buttons in
sequence.
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DIRECT
With today’s high performance A/V systems, it is not unusual for each
component in your system to have dozens of specialized command
functions. If we were to duplicate all of those commands for each
component onto the RC-18SR key pad, we could easily exceed 300
buttons for an entire home theater system, which would result in either
a huge key pad, or buttons of infinitesimal size. The DIRECT command
buttons (4 on each side of the LCD display, 8 total) work with the PAGE
buttons (4 pages for each source component) to provide up to 32
dedicated specialized functions for each of the 11 function input
selectors. Each DIRECT function may also be provided with an alpha-
numeric function indicator visible in the LCD display. You may even
change the displayed name of each function to another name, if you
wish.
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PAGE
Used to select any 1 of the 4 pages of 8 functions for each DIRECT
button, as explained above.
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FUNCTION
Press one of these buttons once or twice to select a particular source
component. For example, to set the amplifier or receiver to the laser
disc input, press the LD button twice within 2 seconds. Along with the
source selection, special functions may become available (the
DIRECT keys), as well as activating the transport function keys, so
that you can now directly operate the laser disc player from the RC-
18SR. If you wish, you may even re-program the status indicators in
the LCD window to reflect your own particular function name
whenever that source (function) button is selected.
Here are the button names and their functions:
LD
:
Laser disc player
TV
:
Television
VCR1
:
Video cassette recorder
DSS/VCR2
:
Digital satellite decoder or second video cassette
recorder
AUX
:
Can be used for an auxiliary source component
TUNER
:
AM/FM tuner, or AM/FM tuner section of a receiver
CD
:
Compact disc player or changer
TAPE
:
Audio tape deck, or digital audio recorder
AMP
:
Amplifier or receiver control functions
DVD
:
Digital video disc player
CD-R/MD
:
CD-Recorder or mini disc player
Note:
Press a function selector button only once to select the LD player, etc.
Remember, when you press a function selector button only once, the
RC-18SR will not send out a remote control code to instruct the
amplifier or receiver to change to that corresponding input, but the RC-
18SR keypad and DIRECT function commands will provide the
selected component’s specialized remote control codes. Press a
function selector button twice within 2 seconds to change the function
of the amplifier or receiver.
For example, if you press the LD function button twice within 2
seconds, the amplifier or receiver’s input will immediately be switched
to the laser disc input, and the keypad and DIRECT function
commands for laser disc operation will be activated. Press the CD
function button only once, the amplifier or receiver’s input will not
switch to the CD input, however the RC-18SR keypad and DIRECT
function commands for compact disc operation will be activated.
We have provided 11 popular function command selector buttons,
based upon the typical input selections available with most quality A/
V amplifiers (or receivers) including popular Marantz models.
The function button DSS/VCR2 is a little different from the others, in
that when you press this button, the RC-18SR will send out a
command to the amplifier or receiver to switch to the DSS input, and
then the RC-18SR keypad and DIRECT function commands will be
configured for DSS (digital satellite system) control. We have
included DSS commands within the RC-18SR’s pre-programmed
memory for RCA brand DSS equipment. If you have another brand of
DSS, you can “teach” the RC-18SR with the remote control codes of
your equipment.
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LCD window
The LCD window provides a wealth of information, including function
selection name, DIRECT function names, learning and programming
steps, as well as useful indicators for battery status, and other helpful
indicators. The LCD window features back-lighting, making it easy to
view when the room light is very low.
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Volume up (+) and down (-)
Used to raise and lower the main system volume level. Note that
these buttons are clearly the largest size, and are conveniently
located and contoured for easy operation, even in low lighting.
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Ten keypad
Like a telephone key pad, the ten number buttons (0-9) are used to
enter numeric digits. They are useful for finding a specific track on a
CD, or to tune a pre-set radio station, etc. The “0” button performs the
same operation as the “CLEAR” button on the SR-19EX main unit.
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MEMO
This button is used to program your CD player’s track memory, or to
enter a VCR recording program, and can be used to provide the
MEMO function included with other components in your system.
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CLEAR
This button is used to cancel certain memory or programming
operations. It operates differently from the “CLEAR” button on the SR-
19EX main unit.
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Transport control functions
These buttons provide transport commands for your source
components, such as laser disc player, CD player, VCR, audio tape
deck, etc., and are dependent on the function source selected. For
example, when the RC-18SR is set to LD (laser disc) mode, the
transport keys will operate the laser disc player’s PLAY, STOP,
PAUSE, FAST FORWARD, FAST REVERSE, NEXT and PREVIOUS
track functions. Change the RC-18SR function selector to VCR, and
these keys will then operate the VCR’s transport command functions,
etc.
