Was that an Elite receiver that had gotten that hot? I love the MCACC I think it's called. Automatically configures the entire speaker setup for you. But I wasn't stuck to Pioneer as yet. I started to look at Marantz and that is a nice remote with the 8200. I would probably get the lowly Kenwood VR-6070 if it had OSD. A magazine tested it's output at 92 out of a rated 100 watts. And overall great reviews on it.