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I'm in remote control hell. Just bought a new 60" Samsung HDTV DLP TV. I also have Direct TV Satellite service. I also have a Pioneer Elite DVD and a Denon amp. I can't get any of the remote codes programmed onto any of the other remotes; which, of course, means that I have to keep using four. Any good suggestions for a LEARNING remote, since I just never seem able to find of the correct remote codes anywhere? Help!
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these a week.i have several in customers rental homes and have had no problems even with people that have never used them before.
you get to label things so that they make sense to the user and you can eliminate all unneccesary info.
it will do 10 devices.
i have put peoples remote control blinds/fans/fireplaces/etc on them providing the ir frequency is correct.
it broadcasts ir and rf so you can also get the rf/ir base station if your equipment is concealed.
extremely versatile.
funny story...........after doing a complete 7.1 installation for a customer they did not want to spend the extra $150 for the mx-350 and wanted me to show them how to use the system with all the remotes.
after about 1/2hr and a lot of note taking they demonstrated that they could use the system.
i left the house at 5pm and said --when you get to the $150 frustration level give me a call.--
they called me at 8:20pm that evening. lololololol
i brought the mx-350 the next morning they couldnt have been happier with the system.
Just got the 550 off of ebay for $80.Just stick the installations CD into you computer, hook the remote up using supplied USB cable. Tell it make and model numbers of the components being used and which ones you want to use in combinations, and presto!
Push one button to set up to watch TV with sound system, etc...
Gave up on the universal remote long ago.
Got used to my 4 remotes, they are very different to each others
and except for the space they take, they are all user friendly.
jazz1
I agree. Even a friendly multiple remote is far more complicated than separates (like it takes twice as long to read the time on a digital watch than an analoge one).
Thanks to all for your thorough and helpful advice.
Sorry, I messed up my first post. This remote comes with the NAD home theater receivers and I love it. Very easy to use, logical and intuitive. Not very expensive either. Doesn't have a LED readout but the buttons are very well placed, easy to program and readable.In a review of the T773,
"NAD’s HTR-2 remote is programmable and can control up to eight different components, aiding in the consolidation of your existing remotes (TV, VCR, DVD players, etc.). It is illuminated for assisted viewing in low-light environments. Remote commands for products not already included in the HTR-2’s memory can be easily entered into the HTR-2. A macro function allows up to 64 individual commands to be triggered by pressing just two keys. With this feature, all of the commands required for watching a DVD, for example, are executed automatically by the HTR-2’s Macro function."
I have the NAD learning remote which came with their L53 receiver. I don't k now whether it's the same remote that you mention.It works fine but the programming process can be messy. The problem I find with it is that you basically have to choose which device you want to send a command to first, and then press the button for the command. I was forever forgetting which device was last selected and the buttons I pressed often ended up sending a command to a different component than the one I wanted, usually with disastrous results.
I ended up migrating to a Logitech Harmony 880. It works by organising commands by activity so, if you're watching TV, the numerical keypad will control the channel choice, the volume buttons will control the receiver, and other buttons can control TV parameters such as brightness and contrast. You can customise to your heart's content.
Codes are basically loaded from the web, and Logitech's database is reasonable but was deficient for my NAD receiver (it didn't have the commands for the DVD drive that the L53 incorporates) and also for my Loewe LCD TV. On the other hand, modifying the wrong commands by teaching it the correct codes for those commands is simpler in some ways than training the NAD remote. I said that programming the NAD remote could become messy and so can this one at times, but they're 2 different sorts/flavours of 'messy'.
The NAD remote and the Logitech are the only two learning remotes I have tried and I have to say that there is a level at which I find both quite frustrating. On balance, however, I strongly prefer the Logitech and I have it now set up so that it basically works fine for me for the basics of watching TV or playing a DVD. When it becomes necessary to actually change the setup paramaters for a component, I find the best approach is simply to use the remote that came with that component. As a result, I haven't been able to totally dispense with the individual remotes but for something like 95% of the time the Logitech remote works fine for me and causes me less trouble than the NAD remote.
Given the very different organisation strategies of both, plus their different layouts, I suspect that this kind of choice is going to be a very individual one and that any remote you care to name will have its supporters and detracters. Check around with friends and see if you can try before you buy with devices like these.
David Aiken
I think you're right about the individual choice. I tried the Logitech and didn't like it at all.You actually don't need to change the devise button for the NAD HTR-2. For example, for watching satellite, I assign just a few buttons to the TV and most of the rest for the satellite under the Sat button. For most tv watching, I just use the Cable/Sat button and it stays there 90% of the time. If I need a tv adjustment, I just hit TV and can make it.
My suggestion was just an "outside the box" suggestion in that I have just loved the NAD remote and got one for another set up. My family (most important wife) seem to be able to use it too. The LED ones just seem to have too many buttons everywhere with tiny writing and lack intuitiveness for me.
"Special praise is due to whoever designed NAD's HTR-2 remote control, which comes with the T773. Its by a long stretch, the most logical, easy-to-use, universal remote I've ever handled. All its primary functions -- and there are so many -- are so clearly laid out that first time users will feel familiar with it immediately."
I like my Home Theater Master, but check out all the reveiws at the Remote Central web site.
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