The above posts are pretty old. The R50 has survived a long time. It's 2014 and the R40 is the newest? Does it have the same limitations with regard to discrete codes? In other words my old MX700 I have had for many years with it's faulty screen* would be the only way to get any discrete codes to the R40? (I have no other computer based remote).
*not a complaint on the MX700 - it is just getting those blank lines across the text making it impossible to read certain rows. Time for a new remote. I am sad I have no options as a consumer to get a URC with a computer set up option. Am I wrong?
I am guessing I will set up 'devices' on the R40 or R50 like "watch TV" and "Watch Movie" or "big sound" (in addition to the actual remote mock ups for the actual DVD player or TV) that will allow for unique pages of soft keys that will be specific to that activity.
I have read where the R40 does not allow for hidden soft keys, so I suspect I will have to have a device (named 'don't go here') whose only job is to store macro sequences or learned commands that other buttons will be linked to so that the user will not have a page on an actual "device" they are using that will have a bunch of unusable fragments of sequences/codes.
And finally, because it is not computer based, I have to get the layout right the first time (plan ahead) because I can't tweak how the soft buttons are arranged?
My brain goes back to the programming headaches of my first URC remote without soft kets or screens.
Anyway, someone please save me from the Harmony One (I just got done trying to use it: transport button placement hard to get to; gesture option not as usable without looking at remote; family immediately opting to pick up 2-3 remotes simply because it is less mentally taxing). Help!
