Patent ID: 8068183

Claim:
A method for learning the command codes of an audio-video receiver (AVR) coupled to a primary display and control unit (PDCU), the PDCU being configured to receive PDCU specific user input commands corresponding to the operation of the PDCU and the selection and operation of a plurality of input audio-video (A-V) devices coupled to the PDCU comprising one or more analog A-V devices and one or more digital devices, translate the PDCU specific user input commands to device specific control commands, and transmit the device specific control commands via IR signals to the analog A-V devices and via a bidirectional bus to the digital A-V devices, comprising the steps of presenting a user on a display of the PDCU with a list of control buttons on a remote control for the AVR for which the command codes can be learned, receiving a user selection of a control button comprising a PDCU specific input command indicating the control button in the list of control buttons on the AVR remote control to be learned, capturing within a control unit of the PDCU the IR code corresponding to the selected control button, wherein the control unit is configure to translate PDCU specific user input commands to IR code corresponding to the selected control button, and presenting the user with a visual indication on a display of the PDCU that the command code for the selected control button on the AVR remote control has been learned.