Methods for identifying control keys with particular devices are disclosed
along with methods of assigning control keys to particular devices. In particular,
a remote control comprises a set of hard keys comprising channel group keys and
volume group keys and a set of soft keys activated via a touch screen display.
The display identifies the device the volume group keys are set to control and
the device the channel group keys are set to control. Selecting the device currently
controlled by the channel group keys by, for example, depressing the device indicator
on the display screen, initiates a set up mode that displays numerous devices that
may be controlled by the channel group keys. Selecting one of the numerous devices
assigns the channel group keys to that device.