Well, I just got mine, after much research and reading through the whole message forum, but might I suggest something more.
Instead of fighting your fingers to "learn" how to push the buttons softer, couldn't you just block the signal to the components by putting your
hand in front of the IR transmitter while you push the button, thus the remote changes modes, and the learned signal is never sent to the somponent,
thus achieaving the same result.
thanks again for a great page...