ENGLISH CONTENTS ENGLISH: INTRODUCTION ........................................................ 2 BUTTON NAMES AND FUNCTIONS ......................... 3 RC2000 Mk w BASIC OPERATION ......................... 11 PROGRAMMING THE RC2000 Mk w ...................... 12 ADVANCED PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES ........ 22 OTHER FUNCTIONS ............................................... 35 DIRECT COMMAND FUNCTIONS LISTING ............ 38 INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the Marantz RC2000 Mk w learning remote control. We developed this remarkable component so that you can easily control an entire A/V system, with many more features than are typically offered with other learning remote controls. Conventional remote controls that are usually supplied with audio and video components are often difficult to use, and may be designed with many small buttons identically sized and positioned too close together. Button labels are often not very legible, especially in low light (home theater) settings. Today, a typical home theater system might include a number of components, such as audio amplifier, CD player, tape deck, TV, VCR, a laser disc player, AM/FM radio tuner, satellite receiver, and others. Usually, the remote that is supplied with a central component, such as the amplifier or the TV set, has sufficient capacity to operate its own unit, but may be difficult and/or cumbersome to use for controlling the entire A/V system. The Marantz RC2000 Mk w is designed to take the place of all of your existing remotes. Now you have one easy to use remote to control your entire A/V system, and you can customize the RC2000 Mk w with your favorite command functions, regardless of the brands and models of the various components in your system. For ease of use, the RC2000 Mk w features button "groups", logically placed to eliminate "hunting" around the keypad to find a particular button. With only 58 buttons, the RC2000 Mk w can actually provide over 400 different infrared commands, enough to control virtually any fully equipped home theater system. For home theater viewing in darkened rooms, the RC2000 Mk w features a backlit keypad and backlit liquid crystal display (LCD) window, with automatic features to prevent battery exhaustion and to preserve the memory contents. At the heart of the RC2000 Mk w is a sophisticated microprocessor which has the ability to "learn" remote codes from a variety of A/V components, and can even be "taught" to send a "string" of remote codes in a specific sequence at the touch of a button. The ergonomically designed RC2000 Mk w provides buttons of different size and shape, with many buttons able to output different commands, depending on the source selected. The large, clear LCD window features alphanumeric display of functions in easy to read text, and the backlighting feature means that you'll easily and quickly find the right button even when the room is dark. FRANÇAIS: INTRODUCTION .......................................................47 NOMS ET FONCTIONS DES TOUCHES ................ 48 FENETRE D'AFFICHAGE A CRISTAUX LIQUEDES (LCD) ....... 11 OPERATIONS DE BASE DE LA RC2000 Mk w ...... 54 PROGRAMMATION DE LA RC2000 Mk w .............. 58 TECHNIQUES DE PROGRAMMATION AVANCEES ....... 70 AUTRES FONCTEONS ............................................ 83 INDICATEUR SONORE ........................................... 84 ILISTE DES FONCTIONS DE COMMANDE DIRECTE ........ 84 SPECIFICATIONS .................................................... 96 FIGURE .................................................................... 97 1 2 Finally, the smart power conservation feature means that towards the useful end of the battery life, you'll be advised when to change the batteries. We suggest that before you begin using your RC2000 Mk w that you take a few minutes to read this manual, so that you can become familiar with its many features. If you already have one or more Marantz components in your A/V system, you'll find that the RC2000 Mk w is already preprogrammed with hundreds of functions, and you can begin using it immediately with no additional programming required. Then, when you feel comfortable using the RC2000 Mk w and its provided commands, you may wish to "customize" it for your own system, by "learning" other remote commands for your other A/V components, and take advantage of other features, such as the macro capability. Now, let's take a few minutes to become familiar with the basic layout of the RC2000 Mk w, and introduce you to its features. Some buttons are intentionally small and usable only with a small pointed object, such as the tip of a paper clip, so that they cannot be inadvertently activated in normal use. You'll use these small programming buttons only if you wish to activate the various learning and programming features, which we suggest you use only after you have become comfortable using the RC2000 Mk w in your system for a while. r POWER ON and OFF These two buttons are used to turn the main component's (preamp 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 keypads, etc. t 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 power commands, such as TV, DVD player , laser disc player, VCR, etc. y 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: 1. Turn on the main system power 2. Turn on a particular source component (such as a laser disc player) 3. Turn on the TV set 4. Set the TV to its video input 5. Adjust the surround processor to the home theater surround decoding mode 6. 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. BUTTON NAMES AND FUNCTIONS q MODE (operating mode) This button is used to change from normal operation to the learning mode, and is used when "learning" commands from other brands of A/V components. Each time this button is pressed (using a small pointed instrument such as a paper clip tip) the mode changes as follows: LEARN USE NAME. As the mode changes, the LCD display will show which mode is currently selected. u 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 RC2000 Mk w keypad, we could easily exceed 300 buttons for an entire home theater system, which would result in either a huge keypad, 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 10 function selectors. Each DIRECT function may also be provided with an alphanumeric function indicator visible in the LCD display. You may even change the displayed name of each function to another name, if you wish. w MACRO (for multiple step macro functions) This button is used to memorize a series of functions. When this button is pressed, the RC2000 Mk w changes to macro programming mode, and is ready to learn a sequence of remote control commands. e CLONE The RC2000 Mk w has the ability to "replicate" itself, downloading some or all of its internal commands to another RC2000 Mk w. This button is used when you wish to "teach" another RC2000 Mk w some or all of the customized commands you've already programmed into the first RC2000 Mk w. Each time the button is pressed, the mode changes as follows: CLONE TX CLONE RX OFF. i PAGE Used to select any 1 of the 4 pages of 8 functions for each DIRECT button, as explained above. 3 4 o FUNCTION These buttons select either the source component that you wish to operate or the input that will be selected on the preamp or receiver. This is accomplished by the use of a single or double click. To simply operate a source component without changing the input on the receiver or preamp, click that source component's function button once. To change the input on the receiver or preamp, click twice. This offers the ability to cue up a particular CD or maybe a favorite laser disc without changing the source that you are listening to. For example, to operate the laser disc player, press the LD button once. To set the amplifier or receiver to the laser disc input, press the LD button twice. Once a source has been selected, the transport function and PAGE keys will directly operate the chosen component. 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. In addition, the function buttons can be programmed to activate a macro. Here are the button names and their functions: LD TV VCR DSS/MD AUX TUNER CD TAPE DVD AMP Laser disc player Television Videocassette recorder Digital satellite TV decoder or MD component Can be used for an auxiliary source component AM/FM tuner, or AM/FM tuner section of a receiver Compact disc player or changer Audio tape deck, or digital audio recorder DVD Player Amplifier or receiver control functions !0 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 indicators. The LCD window features backlighting, making it easy to view when the room ambient light is very low. !1 Volume UP / 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. !2 Ten Keypad Like a telephone keypad, the ten number buttons (0-9) are used to enter numeric digits, useful for finding a specific track on a CD, or to tune a pre-set radio station, etc. !3 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. !4 CLEAR This button is used to cancel certain memory or programming operations. !5 TRANSPORT CONTROL functions These buttons provide transport commands for your source components, such as laser disc player, CD player, DVD player, VCR, audio tape deck, etc., and are dependent on the function source selected. For example, when the RC2000 Mk w 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 RC2000 Mk w function selector to VCR, and these keys will then operate the VCR's transport command functions, etc. Remember, when you press a function selector button once, the RC2000 Mk w will not transmit commands to change the function of amplifier, only change to operate the functions of the selected source component. We have provided 10 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/MD is a little different from the others, in that, the remote can be configured for either the US or the rest of the world. When the remote is configured for the US, the DSS/MD button will switch to the DSS input on the receiver of preamp and will control RCA / GE brand DSS equipment. If you have another brand of DSS, you can "teach" the RC2000 Mk w with the remote control codes of your equipment. If the remote is configured for the rest of the world (discussed later), the DSS/MD button will switch to and issue MD commands. !6 CURSOR buttons Some components feature menus that are navigated with up, down, left and right direction commands. The cursor buttons can be used to navigate within on-screen menus, for components such as amplifier or receiver, TV set, DSS/satellite tuner, etc. These buttons are also used for certain RC2000 Mk w programming functions. !7 MUTE For those components (such as amplifier or receiver, TV, etc.) with a mute function, this button can be used to mute the sound temporarily. 5 6 !8 OSD (On Screen Display) Some components, such as an amplifier or receiver, TV set, etc., feature on screen display for operation and/or programming. The OSD button can be used to activate the on screen display, or turn it off if desired. LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) WINDOW Within this display, all operating messages (function name, mode names, etc.) are shown. When a particular button is pressed (such as a transport command, like PLAY), its status will be shown in the displ ...