Regarding problems #1 and #2.

I imported my pronto pro ccf then compared the IR codes for the buttons that are not working. The ipronto icf showed anywhere from 3-6 lines of code for each button whereas the pro ccf showed 1 short line of code for each button. I copied and pasted the ccf code over to the ipronto icf and know each button works perfectfly.

There must be a bug in the ipronto causing this. The learning function simply does not work for some remotes like the meridian MSR whereas as I have yet to find a remote that did not work perfectly with the pronto's.

I also hope that philips changes the functionality of the hard buttons. I was expecting them to work like the pronto hard buttons. In other words, I would like to program the hard buttons dependent of the device. I have a tivo, hd box, and TV that all have different ir codes for mute, ch, and vol.