The way I have my remote set up I only use the device left/right buttons in an emergency, in other words almost never. I do however have a page which contains jumps to the TV, Amp and power devices (which are hidden) that allow me to get to these pages if I want to change the default operating modes (so I guess I'm cheating here as these are the moral equivalent of device right/left).

Don,

I'm not claiming that the remote remembers state (although state variables have been promised in a future firmware revision). However if you set up your device actions properly you should be able to get the remote to do the minimal amount of switching to go from mode to mode.

--John