The great thing about a learning remote like the Philips Pronto is that you can “teach” it the commands from your original remote. This is really pretty easy. You can also download most commands from this website. After you have taught your new remote all the commands for all your equipment you can create macros. The Pronto is a very capable remote when it comes to macros. A macro can have a very long series of commands if necessary. You can even put pauses in the macro if your equipment needs time to respond before the next command. Yes it costs a few hundred and to get it to do what you want will take some time and patients. In my opinion the software for the Pronto is very easy to use. This website will help a bunch when you need help.