Onkyo HTR500 Receiver "philips home theatre remote working" Questions

...home theatre system/blueray player w/o a remote and I was wondering if the remote I bought was going to work and how I set it up You can buy a universal receiver remote and follow instruction in ...

...home theatre off and another will turn it on. neither will do both. any ideas I have the HT-R570 Receiver and here's what I ended up doing to use the Verizon FIOS DVR remote to turn the receiver on ...