I presume you used learning on the 4 special function buttons, right? Well, although the Radio Shack manual doesn't tell you this, you can learn to almost any button, including volume up, volume down, and power. See the improved 1994 manual at:
[Link: hifi-remote.com]If you have some electronics ability, you could build a JP1 interface to program your remote from your computer, and you could probably create a Nak upgrade that would give you full functionality. See
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