I guess you are confused because you assumed if the Cinema6/7 allowed learning on any key, that the Producer 8 would as well. Never assume :-)

I think the *reason* the Producer 8 does not allow this is because, originally, the Producer 8 was not a learning remote at all. I think they just tacked on this feature very quickly, and the easiest way to do that was to only have it learn to the dedicated keys.

The Cinema6/7 arent supposed to learn to any key, they just do. So officially you arent losing any features by stepping up to the Producer 8.

We know better, of course!