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URC R6 Learning Remote Control

Price: $19.53
     
Editorial Reviews: 
The URC R6 AVEX pre-programmed and learning remote control sends IR (infrared) commands to all home theater A/V equipment and can replace up to 6 different remote controls. With MacroPower, you can program the R6 to turn up to 6 components ON or OFF with the press of one button. The SimpleSound feature gives you total volume control over all the components in your system, even those that do not have their own built-in volume control, such as TiVo, DVD and VCR.


Custom Reviews: 
Agree with others. Great only if it has to learn few buttons.
2 out of 5 stars.
I agree with other reviewers. I bought this elswhere as an impluse buy to replace a lower end Philips learning remote [model pmdvd6t]. It has a good look and feel. The buttons have a good response. However, I need it to learn the entire button layout for 3 devices that don't have codes or incomplete commands. Like other reviewers have pointed out. It bombs after a very short number of memorized keys. I haven't counted, but 30-40 seems right before reaching the memory limit. This surprised me a lot, considering my lower end Philips didn't have this problem.
I've found that any of the Philips remotes have a greater learning capacity than this remote.

I wanted it to work for me, but due to its memory limits, I returned it.

absolutely awesome
5 out of 5 stars.
i just picked one of these up today and WOW, for the price and the quality, i'm truly amazed. i was able to configure everything (dvd, cable, tv, audio) perfectly and the learning function is great! i was even able to program my apple remote onto it to control front row/itunes using the pre-program setup option. i HIGHLY recommend this product. given its price/quality i'm very happy i went with this rather than one of those expensive/over-priced remotes.

Can't beat it for the price
4 out of 5 stars.
I purchased this last week from Best Buy. I was a little reluctant at first because the packaging looked a little cheesy. But having checked out various reviews I decided to give it a go. I was planning on buying one of the Harmony series but I said "Its just a remote ...someone has to have one that will accomidate 90% of my functions needed , if not 100% without paying an arm and a leg."
Anyway my main reason for buying it was because my remote to my Onkyo hts has been on the fritz and like half of the country I was tired of juggling remotes.

Far as programming read the manual carefully first to get the jist of how everything works and how to program your 'macro' settings. After that all is great. I thought I came to problem programming a Manavox DVD/VCR but I belive I used two different codes even though it is the same unit. For the basic On/Off on the Onkyo hts progamming was ok but far as changes with with radio stations I set the macro setting by holding the old remote face to face . I belive I did the same trick for changing hts setting like 'neo ceniema' or 'dts music' or 'all speaker' etc...

So far it seem to be working well. Will keep you posted. I didn't give it five stars because the buttons are not backlit ;)

BEST BUTTON LAYOUT AMONG LEARNING REMOTES
5 out of 5 stars.
I've had this remote for two weeks and I'm very happy with its performance. I was sold on this remote by its logical layout of buttons and the fact that it is a learning remote. Other reviewers have pointed out that it has a finite number of learning-buttons it can learn to its memory (40 according to the company's website universalremote.com). For those who are able to successfully use the pre-programmed codes for all or most of their components, I think that the majority of people will find the limit of 40 learning-buttons adequate. (I'm happy to use the original remotes for rarely used esoteric tasks, if necessary.)

Note that the 4 "My Favorites" buttons can be used as macro buttons (to punch in your favorite channel numbers for example) or they can be used as simple "nonmacro" learning-buttons.

Great Universal Remote!!!
5 out of 5 stars.
This is a high quality and versatile remote. I purchased it on Wal-Mart for $20 and I am very happy with my purchase. It will control most of the functions on your devices.

PROS:
High quality feel
It is made out of good quality plastic and the buttons have a nice feedback. The device keys light up when pressed. Clean design and layout.

Easy to program
I use it to control the main functions on my TV, DVD, Home Theater and Cable Box. The basic device functions worked after punching a 3 digit code listed on the manual. I had to program the rest by placing the original remote in front and following simple instructions. The whole process took less than 10 minutes. The remote will not loose your setup if you remove the batteries.

Macros
It can be programmed to run a set of instructions by pressing only one button. For e.g. with the click of one button turn on the TV, Stereo and Cable Box.

CONS:
Don't expect it to control every single function on all of your electronics because it does not have all the buttons or enough memory to do so. You will need to purchase a more expensive remote to have this capability.


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