Andy,

Yes the documentation leaves something to be desired, but that seems to be the way things are done by manufacturers these days. Try looking at the directions for a new digital camera!

I know what you mean about the ModelMatch....[X(]

There are a bunch of the orange shirt crowd who'll say it's not needed or necessary as they NEVER fire up a model with the wrong one loaded in the tx. But I maintain those guys are either stretching the truth, or only have one model....

As a former Futaba guy, I can sympathize with your confusion. Spektrum/JR does things a bit differently and it just takes a bit of time to get used to the programming, but once there I think you'll find it's really pretty user friendly.