I am sure there is plenty of expertise out there in terms of how to best program your remote. So if you have any nifty ideas or layouts, please share.
I am working with Keith to program my remote, and in the process discovering the many features of the Beo5. So far, I am only using it control non-B&O equipment in my bedroom, though I may eventually add another room. At any rate, this is my "opening screen" (showing bedroom and family room):
Once the zone (or room) has been selected, I opted to show just the TV channels (I only have a TV, Tivo and Apple TV in that room), see below. My ten screens have been filled with channels, and it would have been nice with a couple extra (and, I don't want to add another menu structure).
I control my equipment through the scene menu, see below. The first screen controls volume (Keith is helping assign this to the hard keys, so it is a temporary fix only), turns on/off equipment, shifts between Tivo and Apple TV (I don't use the TV's antenna), and access the Tivo Guide. The second screen is for controlling my Lutron lights and three actual scenes (morning, evening and night)
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I have on the third screen (not shown) to attached icons to control fully the various equipment (i.e., Samsung PN50C8000, Tivo and Apple TV). I developed some icons for the Tivo, see below.
Now, all of this works very well. The only annoyance is that I cannot find a discrete code for the Samsung PN50C8000's HDMI 3 and 4 ports. Jason's codes did not seem to work (or maybe I got it wrong, somehow).
Cheers,
Anders
