"jeff" wrote in message
news:q1Nyd.5010$He3.3573@trndny05...
Can you program those buttons on the universal remote to do something
else?

No, those buttons are not programmable.

J.



Hmm well if no other equipment uses them you can "lock out" buttons by
dissasembling the remote and sticking a piece of scotch tape over the pads
for the unwanted buttons. Completely reversible.

So strange that a single button can enter service mode, that's an accident
waiting to happen, usually you need to press a whole sequence to do that.