First of all I love the Commander!! I bought a new home theater system 3 months ago and was sold the OFA Kameleon remote to operate everything. The "coolness factor" was very high in the sale of the Kameleon but eventually became a burdon for lack of functionality.
I now am enjoying leaning the the 2500! No complaints, just some questions.

1. I have all the separate componants programmed and have a few macros set. I use the SYSTEM CONTROLs A and B for powering on and off the entire system. Dont use C at all. I have the COMPONENT SELECT buttons set for turning each on and switching to necessary inputs/ outputs for the TV and AMP. What else can I do??

2. When programming the SYSTEM CONTROL buttons, the numbers 1-9 come on in the touch screen. How could those be used for system control??

3. I have a PS2 and an XBOX. What do I need to get them both on the COMMANDER? I have no remote for either.

4. My TV is the Samsung DLP TV. To switch video inputs you have to scroll up and down the available inputs. HD Tv is on "componant input 1". To switch to XBOX I have to go down one to "componant input 2". My DVD is on "DVI input" which is down 3 from the usual setting of HD TV on "componant 1". As long as I always start from watching TV, my macros work fine. But if I want to switch from DVD to XBOX, the Commander doesnt know how to move through the input menu. Im open for suggestions on this one. I know I cant be the only one with this type of input menu.

5. This is the easiest. Any suggestions on cleaning the screen?

Any advise or tips from experienced users are welcome.

Thanks

Wes

I’ll tell you what little I know about this, and leave the rest for someone who knows the rest of your questions better than I do.

2. The numbers 1-9 give you 9 more system control buttons, which will act just like the system A-C buttons. When you are in the macro learn mode you can press either A-C or 1-9 buttons to make a macro. When you are in normal operating mode, you can access the 1-9 buttons by pressing the More button. I cannot find where it tells you how to use the 1-9 keys in the manual, and I don’t have a 2500, but I am sure this is the way it works.

4. On your Samsung, do you have to into the menu on the tv screen to change inputs, or can you scroll on the remote and select the input you want? I am thinking you have to go through a menu. You should have a button that takes you to the tv screen, or you should be able to use any channel button to return you to the tv screen. If this works, you can make a macro with the button that gets you to the tv screen as the first command in the macro, then the menu, then however many inputs to scroll down to the desired input, and then the command to change the input. This will always give you a constant starting point.

Yes, I have the button to turn to TV but I still need to manually change the input selection. I see where you are going with this but I still will need to move up or down and then select the input.
Im thinking along the lines of a way to number the input selection on the menu in the TV. In other words, if componant 1 could be accessed by pressing "one" and if the DVI input were labled 3, it would work. I just dont know how to change the numbering format of the input select screen in the TV.

1. What else do you want to do? :-)

3. You're going to need other remotes to learn the codes from. In fact, you're going to need to buy the appropriate remotes just for the IR receiver...

4. This is where you really need "discrete codes" for your TV - single codes that go to ONE input. These are not included on most factory remotes, but are used with computer programmable remotes and some of One For All's models. As far as I know codes likely DO exist, but you're going to need yet another remote to generate them...