Ray, would you be able to speak a bit to the advantages you see in the 700 vs the 500? I recently picked up the 500 and I'm w/in the 30 day return. It was a good price - the 700 open box would be about $50 more for me and I'm looking for reasons to go that route.

I can see the enhanced programming ability via the pc and I also note a few improvements as to the layout of the buttons. Any other improvements that you feel justify the additl. expense?

Thanks much

btw, does anyone know what the remote code is for the yamaha 1400? If the code is not in the list for the 500 would it even recognize it? or do I need to do the "learn" routine?