Well after speaking to the support folks, I am a little disappointed. The surfboard does not have all of the options listed in Ray's post. That was the ascenda which they discontinued. They had too many complaints that it was hard to set up. The surfboard is much simpler and does not control surround systems, dvd or vcrs. He told me that it may not work for my mother if the TV is too loud surfboard won't hear her very well. It is designed to be about an arm's length away. I wish that I would have ordered their charger. I didn't realize that it will only work with their charger. And when I described how I want it to change source inputs he is not sure that it can do it. It is now designed for simple surfing and to control the tv and cable box. I will have about 30 days to toy with it. I am still optimistic that I can get it to work. Later
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