Marantz RC3200 - Manuals

User Guide 4 Using Your RC3200 1. Buttons and Features The Touchscreen Sending LED sends theinvisible Infrared commandsto your components Learning Sensor learns any non-Marantz commands. The two center hard buttonsare labeled “Back” and“FWD”. These buttons enableyou to quickly navigate thelast six s...

Touch the Home button tooperate another compo-nent. The RC3200 willimmeadiatly display one oftwo Home pages listing allof the components in yoursystem. Switch between the two pages usingthe page up and page down buttons on theside of the RC3200. When you see the nameof the component you want to oper...

User Guide 6 3. Controlling the LCD Display Using Your RC3200 Turning on the Display and the Backlight RC3200’s display can be activated in two different ways: 1 Tap the touch screen gently with your finger or a blunt, soft object like a pencil eraser. OR 2 Press the Backlight button on the left sid...

User Guide 7 Changing the LCD Contrast To adjust the LCD contrast on the touch screen: 1 Press and hold the Backlight button. 2 While still holding the Backlight button, press the Page Up but- ton once to increase the LCD contrast one level. The LCD con-trast is adjusted one level up. Or, press the ...

User Guide 8 The Battery Status The battery icon indicates the status of your batteries. When the battery status is low, the Low Battery icon appears at the top of the touch screen. You can still operate your devices, but you cannot adjust the set-tings, learn commands or record macros anymore. When...

User Guide 9 You operate devices using the buttons on your RC3200: • Soft buttons (touch screen buttons);• Hard buttons. Using the Soft Buttons By tapping the soft buttons on the LCD touch screen you send IRcommands to the device you have selected. The name of the activedevice is indicated at the to...

User Guide 10 Setting Up Your RC3200 1. The Mode Button and the Mode Menu RC3200 starts up in Use mode. In this mode you operate yourdevices. For customizing the RC3200 (adjusting the settings, learn-ing buttons or recording macros) you have to switch to the appropri-ate mode via the menu that appea...

User Guide 11 2. Adjusting the Settings The RC3200 settings can be adjusted in the Setup mode. 1 Press and hold the Mode button for 3 seconds. The Mode screen appears. 2 Tap Setup in the Mode screen. The first Setup page appears. The RC3200 settings consist of 3 setup pages with several settingsper ...

Second Setup Page On the second setup page you can adjust:• the date• the time Adjust the Date You can set the year, the month and the day in the date settings. Press ‘+’ to increase or ‘-’ to decrease the value for the year, month and day. Tap ‘+’ or ‘-’ once to adjust the year, month and day one v...

User Guide 14 Third Setup Page RC3200 InformationThis page contains information that may be important to the dealerin case of a defect. The following information is displayed on thisscreen: • Free memory (in percentage), which gives you an indication onhow much memory is left to (further) customize ...

User Guide 15 3 Learning From Other Remotes Overview of LearningIf you own any non-Marantz components, you can programRC3200 to reproduce IR signals from your existing remote controlsvia RC3200’s learning eye. To do this, place RC3200 and thedevice’s remote control on a flat surface, 1 to 4 inches (...

User Guide 16 The Learn Sequence 1 From the Home page, select the device, e.g. TV, with the but- tons you want to teach new commands to. The device screen appears. 2 Press and hold the Mode button for 3 seconds. The Mode Menu appears. 3 Tap Learn on the Mode Menu. RC3200 is now in Learn Mode. ‘Learn...

User Guide 17 Tip You do not have to wait for the OK or Failed to disappear. If you press another button (soft or hard button), the RC3200 Learn sequence immediately goes back to step 5. 7 Go to other pages of the selected device with the Page Up and Page Down buttons. Repeat steps 6 and 7 until you...

User Guide 18 Overview A macro allows you to send a sequence of commands using onesingle button. You can for instance, switch on your TV, select theexternal input, switch on your surround receiver, select the DVDinput, switch on your DVD player and begin play. All this can bedone be pressing a singl...

User Guide 19 tem. The recorded sequence of “power” buttons is played back.Unfortunately, since the VCR was already on, it is now off andeverything else is on. Your spouse sees no picture, assumes themacro didn’t work, so touches the button again. This time, themacro turns the VCR on and everything ...

User Guide 20 Selecting Source on a TV Macro:Many televisions will return to a particular input with either a chan-nel up or down command or by selecting a particular channel.Thus, to construct a macro that selects the EXT1 input: 1) Channel Up (selects the Antenna A input) 2) Input (toggles to the ...

User Guide 21 5. Recording Macros Remember, you can assign any button as a macro button.However, it is recommended that you use the reserved macro but-tons in the Macro Group since they are conveniently labeled withpopular Macro titles. However, any button (except those on theHome pages) can be repr...

User Guide 24 Programming Via PC 1. RC3200 Setup Programming Software If you want to personalize your RC3200 even more beyond its stan-dard programming features, RC3200 Setup Programming Softwareis the tool for you to use. You can find more information andupdates of the software on http://www.marant...

User Guide 25 Minimum System Requirements • PC with a Pentium 166 MHz or higher• Windows 95/98/ME/XP or NT 4.0/2000• 32 MB of RAM• 16 MB of free hard disk space• Free serial port The first time you run RC3200 Setup Programming Software, youhave to accept the license agreement. Otherwise RC3200 Setup...

User Guide 26 In Important Notices Take care not to scratch the touch screenUse your finger to tap the LCD touch screen or use plastic-tippedpens intended for use with touch screens.Never use an actual pen, pencil or other sharp object on the LCDtouch screen. Protect RC3200 from extreme temperatures...

User Guide 27 How do I reset the RC3200?Under normal circumstances, you will never have to reset theRC3200. However, on rare occasions, if the RC3200’s touch screenfreezes or if you notice unusual behavior, you need to perform areset to get the RC3200 running again. All customized commandsand device...

User Guide 28 General Problems The display stays blank or becomes black• Make sure the batteries are properly installed.See “The Batteries” on page 3.• Press the Backlight button to make sure RC3200 and the back-light are turned on.See ‘Turning on the Display and the Backlight’ on p. 6.• Adjust the ...

User Guide 29 RC3200 is not recognized by the RC3200 Setup ProgrammingSoftware software• Make sure the serial cable is properly connected. See ‘RC3200Setup Programming Software’ on p. 24.• Disconnect other equipment connected to the serial ports, e.g.PDA’s.• Plug the serial cable in another serial p...

User Guide 30 The specifications and design of this product are subject to change without notice. Display Monochrome touch screen LCD with 4 gray levels and digital contrast control. Resolution: 160 x 100 pixels Blue EL backlighting for LCD and hard buttons Interface 3-wire (RS232) serial port conne...

User Guide 31 A Ahead 4Anchor macro technique 19Application version 14Adjusting Backlight timeout 12Beep volume 13Date 13LCD Contrast 7LCD Timeout 12Settings 11time 13 B Back 4Back and Ahead buttons: 9Backlight 6 adjusting 12Switching off 6Switching on 6 Backlight button 4, 6, 10Batteries 3Battery c...

User Guide 33 Service and Support For service and support, please contact Marantz customer serviceat 1-800-447-1970. When you contact Marantz customer service,you will be asked for the technical information listed on the Infopanel. To view this information, follow these steps. 1 In Use mode, press a...