Nostalgia -- I chose not to go with the URC-8811 and JP1, and am very happy with that mix. The MX-500 is easy enough to set up without a computer interface, even with a few macros tossed into the mix.

There's also the IR Clone , if you want to play with setting the MX-500 up on a computer.

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