I need design help from the real pros. How do I do this. It's a gym w/ a treadmill an an elliptical. One monitor in front of each machine, TV speakers are in use. Each controlled by URX MX900 running RF to an MSC-400 , 3 DVRs, CD, AM/FM, and ipod available on any TV.

The problem is that there is a pair of in ceiling speakers w/ an 8x8 audio switcher driving them...and I can't decide the best way to do this. Do I use 2 remotes and a keypad (3 controllers total?) Do I somehow automate and prioritize the speakers to come with the existing pair of remotes and TV's?

I suppose the customer could potentially want both displays and the speakers on at the same time. I don't think is important to have the speakers play anything different than at least one TV at a time.

I have press + hold functions at my disposal, but I was hoping to use press and hold to turn all 8 zones on in the house. I suppose that's not life or death in this room anyway.

Thanks guys and have a great week.

 I would use one remote. The home page would have 3 buttons.

Tread TV (to view and control the treadmill TV)
Ellip TV (to view and control the elliptical TV)
Spkrs (to listen and control the audio from the ceiling speakers)

On each of the TV activities, there would be a button to send the audio to the speakers in the ceiling.

Unless you think there would be a person using each machine at the same time, then give them two remotes, if they can't share the one.  Program them the same way, and let them fight over the speakers. :)

Woops I posted this in the wrong forum, maybe.

Well, I ended up doing basically what you said but keeping 2 remotes: speaker toggle on/off button on each page.(Sometimes two people exercise and watch at once.)

I also ended up putting a "spkr vol++ and "spkr vol-" right below that on each page at the top so I could keep the hard volume buttons for TV speaker volume. Seemed like that might be the only way to make it super simple... you don't have to remember anything about the ceiling speakers unless you just want to, then it's still easy. I tend to get into trouble when I make my customers do too many page flips on a wand remote.

Thanks again for your idea. Worked well.