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Home > CE > Philips Prestigo SRU9600 Universal Remote Control

Philips Prestigo SRU9600 Universal Remote Control

Price: $112.72
     
Editorial Reviews: 
The Philips SRU9600/17 Universal Remote controls every piece of equipment in your home theater setup. Put away all your remotes and replace them with a single, attractive, sleekly built SRU9600/17. Not only does it handle all your needs, it's also incredibly easy to use. Program and operate almost any device into it - any make or model. A universal IR code database lets you program the remote for controlling any device in your home system. The interactive LCD has guided setup functions to get you started with using it, right away. On-screen backlighting illuminates the LCD screen or keypad, for use in the dark Intuitive rotary cursor with rotary wheel, for navigating through setup menu and device pages One-touch convenience performs multiple commands with one press of a button Setup wizard tailors the device to perfectly match your home entertainment system Guided setup with on-device step-by-step instructions to set up equipment, regardless of brand Power Source - 3 AA batteries


Custom Reviews: 
Awesome product
5 out of 5 stars.
Great product. Very easily programmable to everything in my entertainment room. Maintains all the functions of my satellite/DVR, stereo surround sound receiver, DVD player, DVD recorder, and television all in one single package! Very nice touch screen has proven to be indestructable after 6 months of use so far. Not too hard on the batteries either.

Nightmare to program
1 out of 5 stars.
I bought this as a sale item to replace a harmony 550 that has suffered from too many drops onto a hardwood floor and now has a dodgy lcd screen.
The fact that I am still using the harmony after three months with the philips speaks volumes about how awkward the philips is to program and use.
Whereas the harmony is a one touch everything on the philips seems to demand that everything be turned on separately, plus the default button selection is chronically poor, no page up or down on my cable box for example. Having to switch between devices using the jog wheel to alter volume whilst using the cable box is a pain, I believe there is a way to map controls from one thing to another but good luck trying to find it.

poor documentation and programing
2 out of 5 stars.
Documentation very poor if you wish to program t.v. to be to channel 3 and turn on both tv and dvd player together in order to watch a dvd for example. Same limitation to watch cable or satellite. No response from Phillips support in spite of repeated request. I believe you first jog the dial to tv activity, then select channel 3, then jog the dial to dvd, turn on dvd. Not what a remote this expensive and supposedly programmable should be so limited.

Wished it worked as well as it looks.
3 out of 5 stars.
The remote looks very cool and was easy to set up, but it the end it went back. The scroll wheel is isn't that smooth and while clever is really annoying since you need to scroll through the different actions or devices. Direct access to functions would be easier and quicker. Also, touch screen would shut down quickly (probably to conserve batteries) but it became annoying since it was too quick. Decided to try the Harmony One.

SRU9600/17
3 out of 5 stars.
The Sru9600/17 remote works great besides a few things. First of all the Favourite button did not work and neither did the sleep button. The touch screen was pretty cool. But I have not tried all of the different features but im sure some of the other ones dont work if such an easy on as sleep did not work. But overall the remote worked quite well.

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