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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designed to rovide reasonable rotection against harmful interference in residential
installation. This equi ment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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You o erate devices using the buttons on your RC3200:
•Soft buttons (touch screen buttons);
•Hard buttons.
Using the Soft Buttons
By ta ing the soft buttons on the LCD touch screen you send IR
commands to the device you have selected. The name of the active
device is indicated at the to of the touch screen.
Note You can o erate the soft buttons in the same way you o erate
hard buttons on a conventional remote control. When you kee
the soft button ressed instead of ta ing it, RC3200 kee s
sending the IR command.
Using the Hard Buttons
Hard Buttons can be o erated at any time, even without turning on
the LCD touch screen.
Mode button:
Press and hold 3 sec-
onds to activate the
Mode screen (enables
you to rogram the
RC3200).
Back and Fwd buttons:
Ta to navigate back and
forth between the last few
anels you’ve viewed (like an
internet browser).
ome button:
Ta to activate the
Home screen.
Function button:
Can be rogrammed
at will.
Status button:
Reserved for status of
s ecial Marantz rod-
ucts.
Volume Up and
Volume Down
Channel Up and
Channel Down
Mute
Menu buttons:
To erform actions in
the menu of a device,
like the on screen dis-
lay of a TV or a VCR
dis lay. Use the cursor
to move u , down, left
or right in the menu and
ress OK to select.
Using Your RC3200
Function button:
Can be rogrammed at
will.

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Setting Up Your RC3200
1. The Mode Button and the Mode Menu
RC3200 starts u in Use mode. In this mode you o erate your
devices. For customizing the RC3200 (adjusting the settings, learn-
ing buttons or recording macros) you have to switch to the a ro ri-
ate mode via the menu that a ears when you ress and hold the
mode button.
The RC3200 can be ut into 4 different modes. These modes are:
Use mode Normal o eration. See ‘O erating Devices’ on . 8.
Setup mode For changing the RC3200 system settings. See
‘Adjusting the Settings’ on . 11 for more details.
Learn mode For learning commands from other remote controls.
See ‘Learning Commands’ on . 15 for more details.
Macro mode For recording macros. You can assign multi le com-
mands to one single button. See ‘Recording Macros’
on . 18 for more details.
Note Learning commands and recording macros is not ossible from
either of the Home ages. You must select a device or the
Macro grou first, then ress and hold the Mode button.
1 On one of the Home ages, ta the soft button of the device you
want to customize.
The first page of the selected device appears.
2 Press and hold the Mode button for 3 seconds
(this revents accidental re rogramming).
The Mode Menu appears.
3 Select the desired mode from the Mode Menu.
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2. Adjusting the Settings
The RC3200 settings can be adjusted in the Setu mode.
1 Press and hold the Mode button for 3 seconds.
The Mode screen appears.
2 Ta Setu in the Mode screen.
The first Setup page appears.
The RC3200 settings consist of 3 setu ages with several settings
er age. Use the Page U and Page Down buttons to navigate to
the a ro riate setu age.
First Setu Page
On the first setu age you can adjust:
• the LCD timeout;
• the backlight timeout;
• the bee volume.
Adjust the LCD Timeout
The LCD timeout indicates how long the LCD touch screen stays
active before it turns off. The LCD will only time out when you don’t
touch any buttons. You can set the timeout between 1 second and
120 seconds.
Press ‘+’ to increase or ‘-’ to decrease the
time the LCD stays active.
Ta ‘+’ or ‘-’ once to adjust the timeout
1 second u or down.
Press and hold ‘+’ or ‘-’ to adjust the
timeout er 10 seconds u or down.
Setting Up Your RC3200

Adjust the Backlight Timeout
The backlight setting indicates how long the backlight of the LCD
touch screen and the buttons stays active. The backlight timeout
can be set between 1 second and 120 seconds.
Note The backlight cannot stay active longer than the LCD. If you
increase the backlight timeout, the LCD timeout will automatical-
ly increase as well.
Press ‘+’ to increase or ‘-’ to decrease the time
the backlight stays active.
Ta ‘+’ or ‘-’ once to adjust the timeout 1
second u or down.
Press and hold ‘+’ or ‘-’ to adjust the timeout
er 10 seconds u or down.
Note When the settings for the LCD timeout and the backlight timeout
are high, the battery lifetime may be reduced.
Change the Beep volume
The bee volume setting adjusts or turns off the volume of all but-
ton and system bee s on the RC3200. The bee volume levels are
mute, soft, medium and loud.
Press ‘+’ to increase or ‘-’ to decrease the bee volume.
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Setting Up Your RC3200

Second Setu Page
On the second setu age 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.
Ta ‘+’ or ‘-’ once to adjust the year,
month and day one value u or down.
Press and hold ‘+’ or ‘-’ to adjust the values
for the year and the month more ra idly.
The value for the day settings will change
er 5 days.
The RC3200 will immediately reflect the date change at the to of
the screen.
Adjust the Time
Ta ‘+’ or ‘-’ once to adjust the time 1 minute u or down.
Press and hold ‘+’ or ‘-’ to adjust the time more ra idly. The time
will increase or decrease er 30 minutes.
The RC3200 will immediately reflect the time change at the to of
the screen.
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Third Setu Page
RC3200 Information
This age contains information that may be im ortant to the dealer
in case of a defect. The following information is dis layed on this
screen:
•Free memory (in ercentage), which gives you an indication on
how much memory is left to (further) customize the RC3200;
•Boot version;
•A lication version;
•Configuration file;
•The Revert button.
The Revert Button
Warning When you revert the RC3200, all customization is lost erma-
nently. You loose all RC3200 settings, learned codes and
recorded macros.
By ta ing the Revert button the RC3200 will be reverted to the
default configuration. Reverting to the original configuration restores
the RC3200 to its initial state. You might have to revert when you
notice that scrolling through ages is slowing down. This might be
the case when you have added a lot of commands to the RC3200.
1 Ta the Revert button.
A message screen appears to confirm or cancel the revert pro-
cess.
2 Press OK or Cancel.
To Exit Setu Mode
1 Press the Mode button.
The Mode screen appears.
2 Ta the mode button you want to go to.
RC3200 switches to this mode. See also ‘Working with Modes’
on p. 10.
Learning Commands
Setting Up Your RC3200

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3 Learning From Other Remotes
Overview of Learning
If you own any non-Marantz com onents, you can rogram
RC3200 to re roduce IR signals from your existing remote controls
via RC3200’s learning eye. To do this, lace RC3200 and the
device’s remote control on a flat surface, 1 to 4 inches (2 to 10 cm)
a art.
To learn commands from other remote controls, RC3200 has to be
in Learn mode. Switching to Learn mode is only ossible from a
s ecific device, not from the Home Pages. See “The Mode Button
and the Mode Menu” on . 10.
Per device you can learn all soft and hard buttons on the RC3200,
exce t for:
•the Backlight button;
•the Back and FWD buttons;
•the Page U and Page Down buttons;
•the Mode button;
•the “S” (Status) button;
•the Home button.
Setting Up Your RC3200
1 to 4 inches (2 to 10 cm)

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The Learn Sequence
1 From the Home age, 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 a ears.
3 Ta Learn on the Mode Menu.
RC3200 is now in Learn Mode. ‘Learn’ and the label of the
selected device appear at the top of the touch screen.
4 Use, if necessary, the Page U or Page Down button to go to
the next button you want to learn.
5 Press the soft or hard button you want to learn on the RC3200.
The Learn label changes to Learning, which means RC3200 is
ready to receive commands froman existing remote control. The
RC3200 will wait for 3 seconds to receive an IR code from
another remote control.
Note When a hard button is ressed to learn, there is no on screen
feedback to indicate which button is ressed.
6 Press and hold the button on the existing remote control you
want to learn to the RC3200.
When the RC3200 receives an IR code:
•You hear a confirmation bee ;
•The label changes from Learning to OK.
The Learn sequence has been successful.
When the RC3200 does not receive an IR code in 3 seconds:
•You will hear an error bee ;
•The label changes from Learning to Failed.
The Learn sequence has failed. RC3200 will return to Learn mode.
Return to ste 5 of the Learn sequence to relearn the button.
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Ti You do not have to wait for the OK or Failed to disa ear. If you
ress another button (soft or hard button), the RC3200 Learn
sequence immediately goes back to ste 5.
7 Go to other ages of the selected device with the Page U and
Page Down buttons. Re eat ste s 6 and 7 until you have co ied
all the commands of the existing remote control.
8 Press Done when you have finished learning commands to the
buttons of your choice.
RC3200 returns to Use Mode.
You can try out the new IR codes or select another device to learn.
Tricks for Remote Controls that are “Difficult”
Re lace the batteries in your original remote control. Poor battery
charge in the original remote will still o erate original com onent
from long range, but will corru t carrier frequency learning.
Change distance. Try increasing distance u to 4 feet. Start in
the normal 1” to 4”, then double the distance to 8” and so on.
Use a short “Ta ” instead of a ress and hold. A ress and hold
is only really necessary when you are learning a button that in
actual o eration you would sometimes ress and hold (e.g. vol-
ume u and down, fast forward scan). If your system is large
and you are concerned about memory, try teaching most com-
mands as ta s rather than extended ress and holds.
The “Flicker” technique – ra idly ta the button while learning
(7x er second or faster). This is very useful for difficult volume
u and volume down commands from some manufacturers.
The “Swoo ”- Start from 2’ away and swoo the remote towards
the learning remote. Use in absolute des eration, out of sight
from anyone who might see you. Re ortedly works occasionally.
The “Flasher” – Hold an o aque object in front of the remote
and remove it then quickly re lace it. This is es ecially useful
when you want to ca ture one art of a macro from another
remote.
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Overview
A macro allows you to send a sequence of commands using one
single button. You can for instance, switch on your TV, select the
external in ut, switch on your surround receiver, select the DVD
in ut, switch on your DVD layer and begin lay. All this can be
done be ressing a single “Watch DVD” button on your RC3200.
Basically, you can assign any button as a macro button. However, it
is recommended that you use the reserved macro buttons in the
Macro Grou since they are conveniently labeled with o ular
Macro titles. However, any button (exce t those on the Home
ages) can be re rogrammed to be a Macro.
Making Reliable Macros
If your entire system is new to you, ractice using the RC3200
manually for a few days before rogramming any macros. You’ll
find that your home theater requires many o erations that require
multi le ste s to do. You have to decide whether to use a Macro or
sim ly teach everyone how to do the rocedure manually. Some
macros will behave very inconsistently and are extremely frustrating
to casual users. An exam le is turning on a non-Marantz home the-
ater system.
Marantz builds com onents that are “macro-friendly”. Instead of a
single “ ower” button, the remote controls have a discrete “On” and
a discrete “Off” button. With a Marantz system, you can record a
Macro that is very reliable from a series of “On” commands.
However, many other brands turn on and off with a single “Power”
button. The RC3200 cannot “look” at your com onents to see if
they are on or off. So, if you recorded a macro intended to ower
u a non-Marantz com onent with a toggle ower command, it
wouldn’t be very reliable. Here’s an exam le:
Your s ouse goes out to the local video store and rents a video-
ta e. When he/she gets home, they o the ta e in the VCR (most
VCR’s automatically turn on when a ta e is inserted). Your s ouse
touches the macro button you rogrammed to ower u the sys-
4. Macro Planning
Setting Up Your RC3200