52Chapter 3 - SetupGTP-870HD Owner’s ManualProgramming Macro ButtonsIf you find yourself repeatedly pressing the same se-quence of buttons while using your GTP-870HD, thenconsider taking advantage of the built-in Macro fea-ture. Macros allow you to execute a series of com-mands (up to ten button presses) at the touch of asingle button.Each Macro button (labeled M1, M2, M3, and M4) canstore two macros, one for each “group” of input but-tons:• Group 1 inputs - Main, Video 1, Video 2, andVideo 3• Group 2 inputs - Video 4, CD, Tuner, Room 2For example, if you program the M1 macro in Group1, the macro will perform the same series of stepswhether you are in any Group 1 mode (Main, Video 1,Video 2, or Video 3).Programming a Macro Button1 Press a Source button (Main or Vid 4) and theExt7.1 button, simultaneously.• Hold both buttons until the red light underthe Source button turns on.2 Press one of the five macro buttons (M1-M4, Pow-er) you wish to program.• The red light under the Source button willblink once for each subsequent buttonpress.3 Press up to 10 commands you would like to in-clude in the macro sequence.• Pressing a Source button to change modes iscounted as one command.Note:• The Power On/Off command, for devices other thanthe Main receiver, is programmed into a macro usingthe Ext7.1 button.4 Press the Volume button to store the com-mands.• The red Status LED and the Source buttonwill blink twice to confirm the program andthen turn off.Deleting a Macro button1 Press the Source button (Main or Vid 4) and theExt7.1 button, simultaneously.• Hold both buttons until the red light underthe Source button turns on.2 Press the macro button (M1-M4, Power) you wishto delete.• The red light under the Source button willblink once.3 Press the Volume button to delete the mac-ro.• The red Status LED and the Source buttonwill blink twice to confirm deletion and thenturn off.MacroButtons M1~M4Main, Vid 1~3Vid 4, CD,Tuner, Rm 2Group 1Group 2Ext 7.1