How do YOUuse Macros (1 Viewer)

[Tommy_N]

Hey everyone,

I'm in the market for a new remote. I've been thinking about the macro feature and I'm not sure if I would actually use if or not.

What I'm getting at is how many macro's do you have programmed and what are they.

I think it would be great if everything was off, I'd press one button and my system would come to life. But what if my reciever & DVD player were on and I wanted to turn on my VCR. Depending on how I have my macro set up I might shut the TV while turning on the VCR.

I would need a different macro for every combination.

1 - Turn on TV, VCR & reciever; and switch reciever to VCR input
2 - TV on DVD & reciever; and switch reciever to DVD input
3 - VCR on; switch reciver to VCR

etc etc

Even shutting things off would be complicated

I'd have to have a dozen macro's depending on what is on and what needs to be shut.


So my question is do you use your macros and if so what for.

Thanks

Tom
Tom

 

[jeff peterson]

See this thread:
remote macro thread

 

[Tommy_N]

Wow great minds thinking alike at the same time.
Tom