FAVORITE CHANNEL” buttons: what are they?
As the name implies, you can set buttons to go directly to your favorite channels, rather than have to press two or three digits. In fact, you can set the FAV channel buttons to switch to TV first, if you happen to be using a different device at the time. Even better, you can program any of the FAV buttons to switch inputs on any device, such as your AV receiver, so that by simply pressing one button, you are automatically taken to the device you want. The FAV channel buttons are really a set of powerful Macro keys. • Sometimes on my current remote, the time between macro commands is too short. Macros can easily be set on the MX-1000 with variable lengths of time between each code sent to the Device, to give that Device time to activate one command before it attempts the next command. • I’ve seen remotes with a “home theater” button, that allows you to turn on your entire group of devices at once when watching a dvd movie. Generally speaking, that type of button is simply a Macro with
As the name implies, you can set buttons to go directly to your favorite channels, rather than have to press two or three digits. In fact, you can set the FAV channel buttons to switch to TV first, if you happen to be using a different device at the time. Even better, you can program any of the FAV buttons to switch inputs on any device, such as your AV receiver, so that by simply pressing one button, you are automatically taken to the device you want. The FAV channel buttons are really a set of powerful Macro keys.Sometimes on my current remote, the time between macro commands is too short. Macros can easily be set on the MX-1000 with variable lengths of time between each code sent to the Device, to give that Device time to activate one command before it attempts the next command.
