Yep- they were very helpful but as confused as me (at least the one I talked with). Maybe I need to try again.

Lonny-
I have 3 activities so far.

1. Watch DVD
2. Listen to SACD
3. Listen to CD-DVD (CD using the DVD player)

#1 and #3 use the same 990 input (DVD), #1 just turns on the TV to it's proper input.

#2 needs the 7.1 input from the 990 but comes up in DVD input. The help button on the 880 corrects this by changing the 990 to 7.1

If I program #2 to turn on the 990 in 7.1 mode, then #1 and #3 come up in 7.1 and require the help button on the 880 to get them to DVD input.

I'm obviously missing a step in the activity setup that the tech I spoke with didn't get either.

Del