Patent ID: 7324168

Claim:
A universal remote control unit having a set-up routine for matching it to a plurality of different devices, said universal remote control unit comprising: function means activatable by a user to control the operation of each of the plurality of different devices; a transmitter; a processor having a plurality of operating modes, each corresponding to a different one of the plurality of different devices, said processor being operable in each of said plurality of operating modes to control transmission from said transmitter in response to activation of said function means by the user; and said function means including a plurality of power function means each of which is operable to turn on or off a respective one of the plurality of different devices, and an additional single power default function means effective without programming and upon a single first activation by the user to transmit transmissions operable to turn on more than one different device and upon a single second activation by the user to transmit transmissions operable to turn off the more than one different device.