I think the removal of the links function is strait out DUMB!!!!! We set up templates that control 5 zones using the firm keys at the bottom and we use the linking function to control 1 device from all 5 zones. Now this is going to take 20 times longer to do this. This also now means that you can no longer have a volume command under the TV page if you have more than 1 volume to control. Or you can use a connecting block and lose the IR routing it has. The new layout is nothing spectacular, easier in some respects, annoying in others. Personally I think I could have done better with my eyes closed. Philips Belgium are ABSOLUTE MORONS!!!!! I think we will make the step to AMX. The programming time will probably be shorter that PEP2.