I'm starting to think that that would have been faster for me. I might still go back and do it, since there are so many input functions that don't make sense, and many of the other soft key entries don't seem to work at all.

But -- thanks to these notes, I got all the basics working!

I would like to better understand how the configurations in the database are built. I would have to say that the configuration for the STR-DE885 seems to be quite different than I would have expected.

Thanks again. This is now working to the point that I'll keep it, and I can see many useful tweaks down the road.