Hey all... mostly thrilled new 976 owner here. Unfortunately the included remote is driving me up a wall. Is it inconsistent for anyone else at normal seating distances?

Specifically, if I'm any more than 2 feet away, most button presses aren't received consistently by the processor. For example holding the volume button doesn't smoothly raise the volume... it seems to pause and stutter on its way up. Even worse, often switching inputs causes the volume to go up or other random behavior! Everything is terribly inconsistent.

Batteries are fine, so I feel the problem is more with the IR generation or keypad itself. What's really telling is that I've swapped in my old 990 remote, and the processor works great when I use that instead.

Am I the only one? Did I get a bum remote?