Marantz RC3200 User manual

User Guide
To The
RC3200
Touch Screen Remote Control
Automating Your
Home Theater
With Marantz

Automating Your Home Theater With The Marantz RC3200
RC3200 Remote Control User Guide
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FCC NOTICE: This equi ment has been tested and found to com ly with the limits for
a Class B digital device, ursuant to art 15 of the FCC rule. These limits are
designed to rovide reasonable rotection against harmful interference in residential
installation. This equi ment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy
and , if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. However, there is not guarantee that interfer-
ence will not occur in a articular installation. If this equi ment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television rece tion, which can be determined by turning the
equi ment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one
or more of the following measures:
■Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
■Increase the se aration between the equi ment and receiver.
■Connect the equi ment into an outlet on a different circuit from the receiver.
■Consult the dealer or an ex erienced radio/TV technician for hel .
Note If serial or arallel orts are configured, a filtered/shielded serial or aral-
lel cable is recommended to minimize EMI and ensure FCC class B
com liance.

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
1. Installing the Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Using Your RC3200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
1. Buttons and Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
2. Details of the Touch Screen Dis lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
3. Controlling the LCD Dis lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Turning on the Dis lay and the Backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Changing the LCD Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
The Battery Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
4. O erating Audio Video Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Using the Two Home Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Selecting a Device from a Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Using the Soft Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Using the Hard Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Setting U Your RC3200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
1. The Mode Button and the Mode Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
2. Adjusting the Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
First Setu Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Second Setu Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Third Setu Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
To Exit Setu Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
3 Learning From Other Remotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
The Learn Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Tricks for Remote Controls that are “Difficult” . . . . . . . . . . . .17
4. Macro Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Secrets of Great Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Time the Power On Delays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
5. Recording Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Programming Via PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Minimum System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Maintaining RC3200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Im ortant Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Cleaning RC3200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
S ecifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Table of Contents

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The RC3200 is an intelligent remote control designed to
control virtually all audio video devices that understand
infrared (IR)remote control signals. Its easy-to-use LC
touchscreen and its intuitive interface make it a perfect
remote control for every user.
The RC3200 is completely customizable and pro-
grammable. Although the RC3200 is pre-programmed for
Marantz components, a collection of built-in pages with
pre-arranged button art enables you to easily choose the
perfect interface for any non-Marantz component. The
RC3200 easily “learns” commands from your original
remote control. See page 15 for more details.
To tame complicated home theaters, the RC3200 will
record your favorite sequences of commands as Macros,
so that dozens of commands are initiated with the touch
of one button. See page 18 for more details.
With the RC3200 Setup Programming Software for PC
you can layout your pages, create and label new buttons
to completely personlize your RC3200. In the future, the
software will enable you to update your RC3200. You can
download the software from www.marantz.com. See page
24 for more details.
Introduction

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Introduction
1. Installing the Batteries
Before you use the RC3200 (and whenever the batteries run out),
you will have to install three fresh AA batteries (3 x 1.5V). You can
utilize conventional dis osable or rechargeable batteries.
1 Release the catch to the
battery cover by ressing it down.
2 Remove the battery cover by
ulling it away from the body of the
remote control.
3 Place the batteries in the
com artment.
4 Re lace the battery cover, bottom
first, ressing the to into lace so
that the catch sna s into lace
securely.

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Using Your RC3200
1. Buttons and Features
The Touchscreen
Sending LED sends the
invisible Infrared commands
to your com onents
Learning Sensor learns any non-Marantz commands.
The two center hard but-
tons are labeled “Back”
and “FWD”. These but-
tons enable you to quickly
navigate the last six
screens you’ve dis layed.
Home Button
takes you to the
Home menu of
devices
Hard buttons for Volume, Mute,
Channel, Menu, Enter, Exit and 4
way navigator buttons will change
their function de ending on what
device you are controlling.
Press and Hold the Mode
button to switch to rogam-
ming modes
The Backlight
button lights u
the screen.
Page U and
Page Down but-
tons scroll
between control
ages of each
device.
The Serial Port
enables you to
rogram vua a
Windows PC.

Touch the Home button to
o erate another com o-
nent. The RC3200 will
immeadiatly dis lay one of
two Home ages listing all
of the com onents in your
system. Switch between the two ages using
the age u and age down buttons on the
side of the RC3200. When you see the name
of the com onent you want to o erate, ress
its button. The RC3200 will dis lay the first
age of several devoted to controling the
device you selected.
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2. Details of the Touch Screen Dis lay
Using Your RC3200
The name of the device you
can control is always dis-
layed in the center. In this
case TV(US) indicates that a
Marantz TV made for the
American market can be con-
trolled.
When in normal
o erating mode,
the to row dis-
lays day, date
and time.
The bottom row
dis lays the
labels for the four
hard buttons
below the screen.
The anel dis lay
indicates which of
the control age
you are viewing (in
this case, the 1/4
means you are
looking at the first
of four age you’ll
use to control the
TV).
The battery indicator changes
to whtn the batteries
need to be re laced.
The Soft buttons you use to
control your com onents.

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3. Controlling the LCD Dis lay
Using Your RC3200
Turning on the Dis lay and the Backlight
RC3200’s dis lay can be activated in two different ways:
1 Ta the touch screen gently with your finger or a blunt, soft
object like a encil eraser.
OR
2 Press the Backlight button on the left side of the RC3200.
If the LCD touch screen stays blank or becomes black when turning
on the dis lay, read the next section ‘Changing the LCD Contrast’
to adjust the contrast of the LCD touch screen.
Note RC3200 has a timeout feature: the LCD touch screen and the
backlight automatically turn off to save ower. See ‘Adjusting the
Settings’ on . 11 to adjust the timeout for the LCD and the
backlight.

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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, ress the Page U but-
ton once to increase the LCD contrast one level. The LCD con-
trast is adjusted one level u . Or, ress the Page Down button
once to decrease the LCD contrast one level. The LCD contrast
is adjusted one level down.
3 Release the Backlight button when the contrast is satisfactory.
The LCD contrast can be adjusted 16 levels.
Note To adjust the contrast multi le levels, you have ress the Page
U or Page Down button multi le times. When you ress and
hold the Page U or Page Down button, the LCD contrast will
only change one level.
Using Your RC3200

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The Battery Status
The battery icon indicates the status of your batteries.
When the battery status is low, the Low Battery icon a ears
at the to of the touch screen.
You can still o erate your devices, but you cannot adjust the set-
tings, learn commands or record macros anymore. When you try to
erform these actions, a message screen a ears.
Re lace the batteries to make the RC3200 fully functional again.
See ‘The Batteries’ on . 3 to re lace the batteries.
4. O erating Audio Video Devices
To o erate your home theater com onents via your RC3200 you
have to switch to the Home Page. This screen dis lays the avail-
able devices like TV, VCR, DVD, PreAm and so on.
Using the Two Home Pages
Press the far right Hard button directly beneath the screen (it’s
labeled “Home” directly above the button).
The first of two home pages appears, showing some of the
available devices in the RC3200.
Use the Page U and the Page Down hard buttons on the left
side of the body of the remote control to switch between the two
home anels.
Selecting a Device from a Home Page
Ta the soft button of the device you want to o erate.
The first age of the selected device a ears. Use the Page U
and Page Down Button to go to another age of the device
Using Your RC3200