Figured it out.... incase anyone else was thinking of mapping odd functions to their CH map here is a way to make shortcuts work.
"Keyboard control: To toggle the sound on and off from your keyboard, create a shortcut for Mute and place it either on the desktop or in a folder in the Start Menu hierarchy. For this purpose, I recommend creating a folder called 'Keyboard Shortcuts' in the Start Menu\Programs folder. This makes it easy to find the shortcuts if you ever need to delete them or change their key assignments.
Right-click your shortcut and choose Properties. With the Shortcut tab in front, click the 'Shortcut key' box, and press the keys you want for toggling your system sound. If you select just a function key (one of the Fx keys at the top of your keyboard) or a key on the numeric keypad, you won't be able to use that key for anything else; instead, choose Ctrl, Alt, Shift, Ctrl- Alt, Ctrl- Shift, Alt- Shift, or Ctrl- Alt- Shift along with another key. And try to pick a combination that you don't use in another program (see FIGURE 3). Click OK. If you later delete this shortcut, you'll need to restart Windows before the key combination you chose becomes free again.""
If you need to download "mute.exe" go here
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,15480,00.asp
