Vaux Electronics Marc Plus Instructions Manual - page 9
The RC-8 has a three-position slide switch which selects the
operating mode; Audio/Video, Lights/App, or MACROs.
The Audio/Video mode is used to operate infrared-controlled
components whose control codes have been learned by the MARC+
Controller.
The Lights/App mode is used to operate X-10 connected lights and
appliances. The MACRO mode is used to invoke up to a 10-step
key sequence by using the number pad (0-9), for ten different
MACROs.
There are several special buttons on the RC-8: the SHIFT button,
eight Device buttons (Tuner, CD, etc.), the Sec button, the Learn
button, and the Zone button.
In the Audio/Video mode, the “keyboard” buttons correspond to
the currently-selected “Device”. These eight separate keyboards
are also referred to as “pages” of infrared control codes. There are
30 programmable buttons which access the infrared codes for the
currently-selected device. That is, each of the eight selectable
Devices has a 30-button "keyboard" (or page) for a total of 240
infrared control codes.
Besides the standard buttons (FF, Play...) there are four general-
purpose “function” buttons, F1 - F4, which may be used for less-
frequently used infrared commands, for example, PIP, VCR
tracking, surround modes, etc.
One way to change the Device you are controlling is to press the
Shift key, followed by one of the Device buttons (e.g.: Shift-CD).
This changes the Current Device which the RC-8 is ready to
control, without transmitting any commands to the MARC+
Receiver.
A second way to change the Current Device is to simply press the
desired Device button (e.g.: CD). This changes the Current Device
which the RC-8 is ready to control, AND transmits a special
“Source-Change” command to the MARC+ Receiver. Each of the
Device buttons has an IR code associated with it, which is used to
store the source-selection commands for your A/V receiver. You
simply press CD: the A/V receiver automatically selects the CD
input, and the RC-8 keyboard now accesses the CD’s controls.
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