Lucasb, I've done a little more playing around this weekend and discovered something interesting. It looks like the Palm might actually need that external IR transmitter in order for it to work better.

I programmed the Palm with the power on/off button for my Technics receiver and noticed that it would only work if I was only a few feet away from the component. The Palm however did not do this for the Sony TV I've got. It worked from clear across the room. So, I think that depending on what kind of code is programmed on the Palm, that will determine whether it works properly or not. In the end, I think that that external device would probably make a difference but I don't know if I would buy one. I know $20 is not much but still it's $20 that's wasted if it doesn't work like the way we want it to work.

Lobo