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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1182893" data-attributes="member: 141969">Edit 2: This post is completely wrong.&nbsp; Please see later post from me.&nbsp; Apologies everyone!I think of a layer as the remote-control equivalent of a shift key on the keyboard.&nbsp; For example, on the keyboard you can assign functions to keys such as F1 - F12, but you can also assign functions to SHIFT_F1 - SHIFT_F12, CTRL_F1 - CTRL_F12,&nbsp; and ALT_F1 - ALT_F12.The problem with most remote controls is identifying a button to use as the SHIFT button.&nbsp; The Harmony 650 has an extra rocker button with UP and DOWN directions.&nbsp; But since most MP panels use other buttons for scrolling lists etc., this extra rocker button does not really have a function.&nbsp; Well, it could be used to define two extra shifts for the other buttons -- an UP shift and a DOWN shift.What would you use it for?&nbsp; How about:(1) GUIDE == TV Guide;&nbsp; SHIFT+GUIDE == Radio Guide(2) RED == Recorded TV;&nbsp; SHIFT+RED == Recorded Radio(3) MENU == Context Menu;&nbsp; SHIFT+MENU == Home Panel(4) EXIT == Return (Back);&nbsp; SHIFT+EXIT == Exit MenuEdit: note that you would press the buttons sequentially, not simultaneously.-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1182893, member: 141969"] [b]Edit 2: This post is completely wrong. Please see later post from me. Apologies everyone![/b] I think of a layer as the remote-control equivalent of a shift key on the keyboard. For example, on the keyboard you can assign functions to keys such as F1 - F12, but you can also assign functions to SHIFT_F1 - SHIFT_F12, CTRL_F1 - CTRL_F12, and ALT_F1 - ALT_F12. The problem with most remote controls is identifying a button to use as the SHIFT button. The Harmony 650 has an extra rocker button with UP and DOWN directions. But since most MP panels use other buttons for scrolling lists etc., this extra rocker button does not really have a function. Well, it could be used to define two extra shifts for the other buttons -- an UP shift and a DOWN shift. What would you use it for? How about: (1) GUIDE == TV Guide; SHIFT+GUIDE == Radio Guide (2) RED == Recorded TV; SHIFT+RED == Recorded Radio (3) MENU == Context Menu; SHIFT+MENU == Home Panel (4) EXIT == Return (Back); SHIFT+EXIT == Exit Menu Edit: note that you would press the buttons [I]sequentially[/I], not simultaneously. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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