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Post 41 made on Monday January 2, 2012 at 04:53
FargleBargle
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It's good to know you can edit the macros on the R40. Although I love my old MX500, I don't make changes to the programming on it often enough to remember all the steps on each macro. Whenever I do, I need to re-invent the wheel so to speak, with a lot of trial and error, before arriving at a working version. It's a small complaint, given how great everything else is, but one I hope to do something about on my next remote. Given the number of years that have passed, users should expect to see SOME improvements after all.

Another point I've noticed on the R40 is the "My Favorites" buttons. I originally thought these were just the standard colored buttons seen on other remotes, and I could use them to store additional macros. I now see that they have been labeled with favorite channel categories "Sports", "Music", "Movies" and "News". This seems a bit odd, considering it's being marketed as "My Favorite Remote". These categories may be somebody's favorites, but they're certainly not mine. What if I want "Educational", "Sci-Fi", "Porn" and "Reality" instead? What if I have some other way of organizing my favorites, or want to use the buttons for something else entirely? It seems a bit odd that a "universal" remote would impose this kind of arbitrary organization scheme on users. Can these buttons be used for something else, or are they only for favorites? If they are just for favorites, I'll probably use different categories than theirs, so I guess I'll find out how durable the lettering is on the labels. Does anyone have more information on what you can and can't do with these buttons?


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