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Can you elaborate on this for the technically challenged? I plan to add an ID40 card to my 861v4.

I presently use the Roomie remote (just installed) which is redundant, presently, with my Pronto remote setup (which is no longer made). The only thing my installer could not do was program access to surround modes and EQ functions of the MSR. The install is in North Carolina and I am in Florida (met him there on a side trip) so I have not explored whether there are advanced programming options. Super simple to set up and almost no latency issues with IP control. Also offers IR for those components which exclude IP on/off commands.

I have played with various iPad remotes using wifi and bluetooth to IR bridging but I haven't used RS232 output to the equipment.

All the iPad apps suffer from re-connection delay if you put the pad down for a bit. Also some keep the screen illuminated all the time (stopping the iPad going into standby) which is a pain in a darkened cinema.

However, my main gripe is the lack of Pronto-like flexibility in programming macros to operate multiple equipment. As for the predefined databases of commands, why is it that they never contain the exact model I want and only have one codeset for each device? I generally end up programming each button to get it to work.

... and then there is the discrete "off" and "on" command issues.