URC RF20 questions - macros on main buttons and disable IR

I'm taking a hard look at the URC RF20 with RF base station on Amazon but had a couple of questions I couldn't find answers to.

1) On the MAIN buttons, where you can select a device, can those be programmed as macros? I'd love to be able to press DIRECTV to choose the device and then have it power on the correct devices. And then OFF could turn off everything. Not as good as activities from Harmony but close enough.

2) Can you disable IR output so it's just RF? My devices are behind glass and visible but the angles are horrible depending on where we sit so RF is ideal. But I'd hate to get double hits if you can't stop the URC RF20 from sending IR.

Thanks for any info.

Adam

Thanks everyone...one more question. How well does the URC RF20 play with the Apple TV, specifically as far as powering off. To power an Apple TV off, you need to press Menu at most 3 times, then down at most 5 times, then Select, then down at most 7 times, then Select. A real hassle obviously. Will this be able to be programmed in a Macro on the LCD screen so I can hit one button to power off the Apple TV and then hit the main Off button to turn off everything else (as they have discrete off buttons)? Thanks again for your help.

Thanks again everyone. I understand that On and Off macros are universal, so my plan is that I can set the Component buttons to select a device as a macro to power on the right devices (i.e. SAT would turn on TV, turn on DirecTV, turn on receiver, discrete off to Blu-Ray, change input to SAT). Then the OFF would use the discrete off buttons on all devices. I may just have to stick with manual on/off for Apple TV but the convenience of RF would trump that.

My local Sears has it for $80 with the RF blaster and the return policy is 30 days so I'll give it a shot. Thanks again!

Hey everyone! I picked up the URC RF20 this weekend and I love it! I programmed everything by learning and it really didn't take that long. And all of the devices are set up so when I press the device button, the right actions occur to turn on the proper devices and turn off any unneeded devices. It also just feels extremely responsive, as opposed to my Harmony, especially with my DirecTV DVR. I dare say it's faster than the pack-in remote. And the RF is awesome...I can't imagine I'll be able to get another remote without it. Never have to worry about line of sight again and once I push a macro button, I can put the remote down and let it do it's thing.

My only "issues" are that I have to manually turn off the Apple TV (but that's more the device's fault than anything and I've created macros to help out) and that I couldn't have programmed it properly without a Harmony, as the Harmony brings out the discrete power on/off codes that aren't in the included remotes. But for $80, it's awesome and I can sell off the Harmony to more than make up for it.

Thanks again everyone for your help! I'm now a URC fan for life.