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television and the surround sound receiver, since all the components have already been powered on by the Power

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programmer has copied the DVD device, named it CD, so that there are two identical devices (with the same DVD

player IR codes).The only difference between them is the Activity Macros you see below. The DVD Activity Macro

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selects THX Surround Sound with 5 speakers with the TV on, while the CD Activity selects Stereo with 4 speakers

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macro.Watch out for components with toggle type play/pause buttons.That kind of  Play/Pause  command should

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