This straightforward PCF came about as a result of the need for a design which handles the addition of long strings of text and ongoing button realignment without difficulty. In the past I have concentrated on a customized label for each button because the text looks so much better, but the shear volume of text used in this PCF made the model insupportable. So I ended up settling on a simple button and frame design so that on going additions are made easier. I even developed a simple repositioning graphic (behind the frame) to aid in this constant and frequent process. I then focused on buttons and various frame openings being perfectly aligned so page jumping is visually less tiring and annoying. The priority has become the burgeoning growth of my DVD collection. As if continually adding movie thumbnails to the file and various genres wasn’t enough, I came up with the idea of adding two new search engines! For those who don’t readily recognize the picture on a DVD cover, I added Search by Title and Search by Actor. All of the artwork for this PCF’s design evolved from the needs of the DVD Lobby area and then migrated to the rest of the file for a consistent and professional look... (more)

This time I was inspired by fellow Remote Central Pronto NG community member Lowpro and (in particular) by the way his movie library page functions. I eventually decided to convert my whole PCF to operate in this same manner because it allows me to have all 17 activities and control of my theatre readily at hand without making buttons or text too small. At over 700 PAGES and 300 DEVICES, this design is still simple to use and comes in under 7 megs and 69% free memory! The cosmetics reflect a snazzy PDA / Cell Phone. All of the artwork in the PCF is mine except for a couple of buttons borrowed from Daniel Tonks. PCF includes: complete control of 17 theatre activities; really cool (I think) customized loading pages for each activity; a DVD Library of 500 films (and growing); extensive interactive help screens; cable logo access buttons for Dallas area; an easy to use device teaching menu; X10 lighting control with active graphic of my theatre room and a slideshow area of theatre pictures and family photos. Special thanks and recognition to Lowpro, Lyndel McGee, and the great software upgrades from the Pronto Team. Needless to say, I would never have attempted this without the new shortcuts plus drag and drop provided in the new Pronto Edit software. As Lowpro says, "Enjoy"!

Basic buttons set plus joystick overriden to perform: channel and volume up/down & center push brings up display. Similar to preprogrammed number 161.

A multi-room system with a central A/V cabinet. Screen Graphics are custom designed to use a 3x3 grid, so they're easy for "fat finger" button selection and only provided the needed options at any given time. Other features include a party mode, power on/off on the home page, labeled IR codes, long macros with informative beeps, plus all channel logos created to fit on the 3x3 grid. All equipment picked for suitable I.R. functionality. Graphics only use white, dark grey and black (no light grey) to enable less sensitive use of screen contrast.

All 38 OnDigital (UK terrestrial digital) channel logos. Each logo is 100x75 and 6 can fit on each Pronto panel. Colors have not been reduced; previews are shown at half size.

A collection of 83 station logos for DTV/USSB. Most of these icons are smaller than those I've seen before and are pretty uniform in size. I found I can get more of these on a screen that the ones I've previously used, and they are easier to line up. Files have not yet been reduced to the Pronto's 4-color palette. The preview below shows logos at half of their real size.

This features a panel of the codes from the original remote plus a device control panel for the PC-based PVR with onboard hardware decoder.

Contains codes for each button on the remote, plus discrete on/off codes. Also likely works for the 42" screen.

Set to VTR 1. All commands from the original remote control, plus a few new ones.

This is a collection of learned commands for a Hughes DirecTV/TiVo unit set to code 2. It includes macros for all TiVo Central shortcuts, plus macros for System Information and a 30-second skip that toggles 30-second skip on, performs the skip, and then toggles it off. This allows both use of 30-second skip and retains the 'skip-to-end' function.