Clearly, the cost to program this will either go toward a new remote instead, or I'll be a fool and eat the time myself. I choose the first one.
Thanks, everybody. Disaster averted thanks to your knowledge, and I'm sure thanks also to some headaches you guys had to endure. Thanks again.
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