" When I comms linked the 800 and 861 together, they would never work correctly. Basically, 861 commands were mostly okay but 800 commands worked very poorly. I tried everything I could over a year and a half to address this issue. I ended up just leaving the comms unconnected and in this manner, had no problem communicating."

I do the same w/my 598/568.2 combo using an MX500. After a lot of trial and error using the learn function on the 500, then disconnecting the comm. cord, I have reasonable control over the components.

I'll look into the MX700. It would be nice to be able to download some commands. I'm not a big fan of pronto remotes either. That's great news about being able to accept .ccf files.

Any suggestions on a good place to buy the MX700?