Digital interconnect of entertainment equipment

A method for configuring a user interface of a universal remote control adapted to communicate commands to a target device, the method comprising:

• receiving into the universal remote control first data which specifies a type for a target device to be controlled using the universal remote control;
• using at least the first data to select a command set from a library of command sets stored within the universal remote control to be used for controlling functions of the target device;
• receiving into the universal remote control second data transmitted from the target device which specifies a plurality of functions of the target device to be controlled using the universal remote control;
• selecting from a set of command key indicia stored within the universal remote control prior to any communications with the target device a plurality of command key indicia where the selected plurality of command key indicia have been mapped within the universal remote control to the type of the target device specified by the first data and to the plurality of functions of the target device to be controlled specified by the second data;
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• causing the selected plurality of command key indicia to be displayed on the universal remote control in association with a plurality of command keys each actuatable to communicate one or more commands selected from the selected command set to the target device to control at least one of the plurality of functions supported by the target device that is represented by the second data.