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INSTALL ATION
Learning
You may “learn” individual key codes if you have the device’s original
remote control by following this procedure:
a) Place the two remotes with their IR transmitters facing each other,
about one inch apart. See Figure 39.
Figure 39 – AVR 3550HD and Original Remote Head-to-Head
b) Press the destination Source Selector, then press and hold the Learn
Button until the Source Selector lights up. See Figure 40.
Figure 40 – Learning Remote Commands
c) Press the destination button, and the Source Selector will flash once.
You may learn a new code into the following buttons: Device Power
On/Off, Alphanumeric Keys, Last Button, Back/Exit Button, Menu
Button,
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Navigation Buttons, OK Button, Disc Menu
Button, the four Teletext Buttons, Channel Up/Down, Volume
Up/Down, Mute and the Transport Controls (including Record).
d) Press and hold the source button until the Source Selector flashes
three times.
e) Program additional buttons by repeating steps c) and d). Press the
Learn Button once to exit Learning mode, or wait for the remote to
“time out” and exit Learning mode on its own after about 30 seconds.
Most of the button labels on the remote describe the button’s function
when used to control the AVR 3550HD. However, the button may per-
form a different function when used to control another device. Refer to
the Remote Control Function List, Table A13 in the Appendix.
Activities are preprogrammed code sequences that execute many code
commands with a single button press.“Punch-through” programming
allows the remote to operate a device’s channel or transport controls
with the remote in another device’s mode. See page 49 for instructions
on these advanced programming functions.
Step Nine – Remote IR Inputs and Output (Optional)
The AVR 3550HD is equipped with a Remote IR Input, a Zone 2
Input, an A-BUS IR Output and both full-carrier and stripped Remote IR
Outputs to facilitate use of your system with a remote control in a variety
of situations. See Figure 41.
Figure 41 – IR Inputs and Outputs
When the AVR 3550HD is placed inside a cabinet or facing away
from the listener, connect an external IR receiver, such as the optional
Harman Kardon HE 1000, to the Remote IR Input jack. For multizone
operation, connect an optional IR receiver, keypad or other control
device to the Zone 2 IR Input for remote control of the AVR 3550HD
(and any sources connected to the AVR’s Remote IR Output) from the
remote zone.Any signals transmitted through the Zone 2 IR Input will
control source selection and volume for the remote zone only. If a
source device is shared with the main listening area, any control
commands issued to that source will also affect the main room.
If any source devices are equipped with a compatible Remote IR Input,
use a 1/8" mini-plug interconnect cable (not included) to connect the
AVR’s Remote IR Output to the source device’s Remote IR Input.
The AVR 3550HD outputs a “stripped carrier” IR signal through the
Remote IR Output, but a full-carrier IR signal is available at the Carrier
Remote IR Output.
The AVR 3550HD is also equipped with an A-BUS IR Output for dedi-
cated use with the A-BUS multizone system. Any devices connected
to this output will only respond to commands transmitted through the
A-BUS system.
To control more than one source device through the Remote IR Output,
connect all sources in “daisy chain” fashion, connecting each device’s
IR output to the next device’s IR input, starting with the AVR. Connect
devices expecting a full-carrier IR signal to the Carrier Remote IR Output.
Use the Remote IR Output for devices expecting a stripped signal.
Step Ten – Install a Multizone System (Optional)
The AVR 3550HD offers several methods of distributing audio to other
areas in your home.
IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTE: Installing a multizone system
typically requires running cables inside walls.Always comply with
the appropriate safety codes when installing concealed wiring,
particularly all applicable state and local building codes and the
NEC (National Electrical Code). Failure to do so may present a
safety hazard. If you have any doubt about your ability to work
with electrical and telecommunications wiring, hire a licensed
electrician or custom installer to install the multizone system.
When the system is installed using methods 2 or 3 below, multizone
operation takes over the Surround Back/Zone 2 amplifier channels,
limiting the system in the main listening room to 5.1 channels.
AVR 3550HD