OK, my previous post can be disregarded as I have fixed the problem. For anyone out there that is having this same problem, the way that I finally got the programming code that I entered to be stored on the remote was to follow these steps:

1. Press the SELECT+MUTE buttons for 3 seconds until the TV button lit up. (Muchas gracias to member GOKU!)

2. Enter the 3 digit programming code (in my case it was 211)

3. Press and hold the SELECT+MUTE button for an additional 20 seconds. This may seem obvious in retrospect since it's the way to initiate the programming module, but hey, what can you do?