Ron, I haven't tried your procedure yet, but just one more thing to note. When I got home the other day, I rechecked the remote and found out something that may be of interest. The only buttons that aren't working are the black ones. All of the round white buttons under the display work, and the display lcd buttons work too, but none of the other buttons work - channel up/down - volume - commander off - menu - mute etc....However when I tried to configure by hitting the commander and mute button,...as soon as I hit the commander button the display went blank, so there's some connection going on there.

I took the remote apart and checked the number pad to see if there was a connection issue or something - all appeared to be ok - no corrosion or dirt etc - I put it all back together and got the same results. Keep in mind that like I said above, the white buttons work, and they're part of the same button assembly - I will try the procedure tonight for the default and see what happens.