HTR3 Remote Control

As Home Theatre systems have added new features and capabilities, the problem of easily accessing and controlling these systems has become a high priority. The HTR-3 represents NAD's best thinking about what a remote control should do and how it should do it.

The challenge was formidable: we had to find a way to store and transmit hundreds of commands for radically different types of components - often from different manufacturers - and do this all with a minimum number of buttons that can fit easily in one hand!

We started with a form that is well balanced and fits easily and comfortably in the hand - small hands, large hands, left hands, right hands. We then arranged buttons by function, with distinctive shapes for each type of function.

Finally, we gave prominent size and location for the most commonly used buttons. Button size is large enough for large hands, and the use of high contrast color and back lighting makes it easy to find the right button in any ambient light situation. As the user becomes accustomed to the operation of the HTR-3, it should be easy to find most commands using only tactile sensation.

The HTR-3's Learning Function allows the user to add codes from virtually any brand of IR controller to any button location of the HTR-3. Pressing and holding 2 buttons activates the Learning Function and the Status LED gives immediate feedback while learning or programming the HTR-3.

Macro Operations allow a long sequence of commands to be sent with the press of only two buttons. You could, for example, set up a Macro that would turn ON your TV, your DVD Player, and your AV Receiver, and select the correct input and operating mode for each device. Other Macros can be set to select the users favourite cable or satellite stations, or to view tapes or just listen to music. You can program the HTR-3 to command your system to do exactly what you want, and setting up macros is simple and straightforward.

Since the same keys can have multiple functions, Punch Through Operations allow commonly used commands like AV Receiver volume, to be accessed when the Cable/Satellite device is selected, for example. In this way, you can change channels and navigate your Cable device and adjust AV Receiver volume without changing the HTR-3 device selection first, thus simplifying operation.

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