Lynxo:
Thanks for links. I will try that one. My issue is how do you handle the IR when the button is pressed and held down. The NEC protocol sends all F's. Most of these sketches I have seen are for single remote key press. I've been scratching my head as to how to go about making a sketch that will also detect the continued key press on the remote.
Yeah, the "F" means there was no read other than there is an IR source. The on off timing sketch on the other hand will capture that information the hex dump misses.