I am still playing around, but I think most of my tweaking is done. Here is the direction I am going.
I only have few activities defined, but my general approach is to dedicate the top-level physical buttons to whatever media player (DVD or VCR) is active, and then use the "Picture" button to redirect the physical buttons to their analogous television controls. Not very creative, actually, but easy to remember. Some of the physical buttons (Volume Up/Down, Prev, Mute, etc) always apply to the TV, so I do not reassign them. I also always redefine the "\\/" and "/\\" arrows to control Aspect Ratio and Favorite Channels for the TV, regardless of activity. Likewise, no matter what activity or mode I am in, the Play/Pause/FF/etc keys are always left as is to control playback of media.
The "Additional" buttons are dedicated to functions that are not obviously analogous to anything on the physical buttons (ie., schedule recording, disc maintenance, etc), or tend to be used together frequently. I also try to have quick access to OK and PowerToggle under Additionals.
For the raw device Additional keys, I do not modify any of the defaults, but have added my own favorite mappings at the bottom ("New Page") and then get to them quickly by pressing the "
I only have few activities defined, but my general approach is to dedicate the top-level physical buttons to whatever media player (DVD or VCR) is active, and then use the "Picture" button to redirect the physical buttons to their analogous television controls. Not very creative, actually, but easy to remember. Some of the physical buttons (Volume Up/Down, Prev, Mute, etc) always apply to the TV, so I do not reassign them. I also always redefine the "\\/" and "/\\" arrows to control Aspect Ratio and Favorite Channels for the TV, regardless of activity. Likewise, no matter what activity or mode I am in, the Play/Pause/FF/etc keys are always left as is to control playback of media.
The "Additional" buttons are dedicated to functions that are not obviously analogous to anything on the physical buttons (ie., schedule recording, disc maintenance, etc), or tend to be used together frequently. I also try to have quick access to OK and PowerToggle under Additionals.
For the raw device Additional keys, I do not modify any of the defaults, but have added my own favorite mappings at the bottom ("New Page") and then get to them quickly by pressing the "
