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Power On and Off Macros for Pronto
This thread has 21 replies. Displaying posts 16 through 22.
OP | Post 16 made on Thursday December 3, 1998 at 13:21
Andy
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Steve, yeah i have an old Oneforall as well.
And I was able to get e-mail response from
their site. I guess they need those specific device codes first that you mentioned. So hopefully they'll have the direct on and off
signals and direct video input signals to teach
the Philips. That will definitely eliminate
the need for several different state specific
on/off macros.


OP | Post 17 made on Friday December 4, 1998 at 13:39
Phil
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Someone in the hometheater-forum brought following idea to my mind concerning the power-on/off problem:

Many devices don't just turn on if you hit the power-button but you hit a channel or play-button as well. So if you want to include a device in a "turn-on" macro you just programm it that way, "MD play (and stop)" or "TV Channel 6" for example.

If you're including a such a device in a "power-off" macro you just programm it like "MD play and MD Power" or "TV Channel 6 and Power". I guess most amps will turn on when selecting an input on the remote.

This way you can be sure the component will turn either on or off properly.

Except for my VCR and Satellite-receiver this would just work fine. I thought for this I could just setup "visual on", "visual off", "music on" and "music off" to or so. Since I haven't yet a pronto I couldn't try this myself.

Someone in this forum asked if it was possible to set the amplifier to a certain volume level on switching it on. I think on many amps you could do this by selecting a macro "mute amp" and then "4 times volume +" or so...

Just some thoughts about this "problem" :)
OP | Post 18 made on Friday December 4, 1998 at 15:05
Daniel Tonks
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The only problem with "mute amp" is that on many the mute control is indipendant of the volume control. ie. while in MUTE you can still adjust the volume knob; it doesn't actually move volume to 0 when you mute it just cuts the audio off.

There really would be no way to set it to a certain volume level. Why not just leave it where you want it? :-)
OP | Post 19 made on Friday December 4, 1998 at 18:53
George Mills
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Having a set volume per device would be REAL nice.

You can do it with out mute but it will take a long time. Turn the volume -,-,-,-, for as many steps that exist. If you go more negative then it will just be ignored. Then go +,+,+ to the desired level. However my Volume has 100 steps or so.

Since these remotes are running real cpu's they could keep track of the volume. And know that it's at -10db and that when you select the tuner you want to start at -20db and it could turn it down 10 steps and then switch. This is the sort of thing I hope the remote will upgrade to in the future with the existing hardware.

This exact issue is one of the few gripes I have with the Meridian 561 preamp. When I turn the unit on it remembers the volume level I last left it at. If I last listened to a CD at -5dB and decide the next day I want the tuner (which is much more sensitive) I hit Radio to turn the unit on and get blasted (15db higher than I normally use the radio at).

What I may do in the Power Off button on the remote is turn the unit down 10dB or so before shutting off as a safety.
OP | Post 20 made on Saturday December 5, 1998 at 01:41
jack schultz
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George,
I agree that the remotes could keep track of the volume commands they have sent, although they would not know if they had actually arrived and as such will easily get out of sync, which is preumably why mfrs don't bother. On the Meridian note, while I have not delved deeply in the 561 software yet, I would have thought that if there isn't a setup, that it would be worthwhile to send Meridian an Email requesting this in the next revision. I just received v1.3 (I think) and I know there's a new rev that is nearly due for release, perhaps being held for CES. In any case, an auto turn on level has to be cake for the chaps to do.
OP | Post 21 made on Saturday December 5, 1998 at 02:00
Timothy Morris
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George,

Have you thought of turning down the gain on your tuner input? I have the exact same problem with my VCR. I was speaking to Meridian on the phone yesterday, the new software will be released in the new year, and will have some "interesting" features. That was all they would say.

Tim.
OP | Post 22 made on Saturday December 5, 1998 at 10:30
George Mills
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It's already down to the next to lowest setting. One thing Meridian said they might do is add an "analog" offset for each analog device so they all run at similar output levels. So you don't have to fool around with the input gain which defeats the purpose of optimizing it. I would still like to see the output Volume returned to a specific level when you turn the unit on however. Sometimes you still forget how loud you had it on the last time you (or someone else) used it. If not I'll add the -10dB to the "ALL OFF" macro.
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