On October 25, 2006 at 02:27, JonW747 said...
Skip + - work really great on the soft-buttons for me.
*shrugs*
Also the earlier models do support click hold macros,
just not with the flexibility of having two different
macros. So you can have your remote go to the device page
when you click it, or switch to the device when you hold
the button down (supports real short delays too). But
so far we've just been using the MAIN button hold trick
to go to a device page without switching to it.
Extra devices and pages are nice if you need them of course,
but the 5 extra soft buttons are much more important to
me, as I try to get everything usefull on the first page.
As for the feel of the device and looks, well, I think
that's just personal preference.
I set my MX-900 up totally differently. The first page of each video device duplicates the first page of the Watch screen, ditto for audio devices and the Listen screen. That way the interface on the screen is consistent for novice users who don't need to be confused by all the obscure stuff (that is on pages 2+ of the devices). When they want to switch devices its always right there on page 1. For myself, if I want to just switch to a device page, I press Watch (or Listen) then go to page 2 where I have some "switch to device page" commands for devices which only I would ever want to go to (eg AMP and TV SET). I don't really have a need to switch to, for instance, the CABLE device page, without also switching the input on my amp but if I do, I can always cover the IR port with my hand!
