Guys, I may have found a solution to our problem! Being as the RC-855 is no longer in production and the RC-974 is the replacement. I found out that the AVR2803 is operated by the RC-974. Since I had a problem setting up the RC-974 with my AVR1700 whereinas I had no instructions manual I went to see if there was any auction on Ebay for the AVR2803. I found one that had the manual and remote for sale. The guy had a Adobe run manual in his auction, so I am printing out the manual as I type this. All the instructions are here. The link is [Link: denon.ca]
I am going to try to setup my new RC-974 to operate my AVR1700 this afternoon. I will post the results this evening for you. Hopefully we have a solution to all this mess. I feel pretty confident though, so keep in touch!

Greg (hafengr)