After finally growing disgusted with the idea of
getting a mid-range Sony universal remote,
despite their otherwise fine design, due simply
to the fact that they can operate the menu on a
Sony VCR, but NOT any other kind (or so their web
site seems to indicate), I got a Cinema 7 IQ this
Christmas, and am quite please with its
versatility.

After much fiddling, I have discovered a trick
which I do not believe I have seen referenced
anywhere else...and I HAVE looked. This trick
allows one to have at least partial control of
far more than the 7 devices it is supposed to
control.

Here is a simple example of how to have the
functionality of two devices programmed onto one
device key. Let's assume for the sake of
argument that one is a TV, and one is a VCR, and
that you want both programmed into the TV device
key. Let us further assume that you only need
minimal control of the VCR. (play, stop, record,
rewind, fast forward, pause, and power).

1. Set the TV button to the TV's device code.
2. Set the VCR button to the VCR's device code.
3. Use the 994 code to move the needed VCR
functions to buttons in the TV mode. (for
example, put VCR power on shift-power in TV mode
with TV*SETUP*_**9*9*4**VCR*POWER*SETUP*POWER**)
4. Here's where the trick comes in: You can
configure 6 other devices on the remaining device
keys INCLUDING the VCR key. Even if you change
the device type (via 992) and device code on the
VCR key, the functions you copied to keys in TV
mode will still function perfectly.

The method could, in theory, be used to make a
power on/off macro for about 36 different devices
before running out of memory.

Any opinions/ideas?

-=Ingenious=-

"The difficult we do right away;
The impossible just takes a little longer."