n2dablue Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 I am having trouble digging though all the crapola looking for a universal with the following, anyone have a suggestion? *Backlit (not glow in the dark) *Learning *Directional buttons for dvd menus *Halfway fair price Will be using on a Sharp 27" TV, Denon DRA-835 receiver, and a Pioneer DVD/SACD player. (plus whatever stuff I buy later ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skonopa Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 ---------------- On 11/2/2004 11:09:03 PM n2dablue wrote: I am having trouble digging though all the crapola looking for a universal with the following, anyone have a suggestion? *Backlit (not glow in the dark) *Learning *Directional buttons for dvd menus *Halfway fair price Will be using on a Sharp 27" TV, Denon DRA-835 receiver, and a Pioneer DVD/SACD player. (plus whatever stuff I buy later ) ---------------- I am in the same boat as you, so I am curious myself. I'll admit that the remote that came with my Denon AVR3802 is actually pretty decent, with full learning capabilities and back-lit buttons. I just gotta find the time to sit down and actually program the damn thing. With the weather supposed to be crap this weekend here, perhaps that'll make a good project. May I suggest checking out www.remotecentral.com? Everything and anything you ever care to know about remotes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formica Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Yup remote central is the place to be I cut to the chase and picked up a used Pronto a little while back (a B/W model after they released the colour units). It does it all, BUT requires quite a bit of time to customize if you want get the most out of it. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Adams Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Personally, I plan to purchase the Home Theater Master MX600. It's not overly complex and it has one feature I really need - it is RF. My seating position is forward of my equipment rack. So an IF remote would do me no good. With the MX600 (and it's included repeater), I can control my equipment from anywhere in the room. And the price isn't too bad. Around 150 bucks I think. Anyhow...I'd suggest giving it a look-see. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsear Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 I use the MX-600 and it meets all of your criteria. It seems daunting to begin with but is actually very easy to program and use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer9911 Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Marantz has some nice Universal remotes...the RC1200, RC2000mkII, well within a good price, their higher end are a bit costly though. The Pronto's and Marantz are VERY similar.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholtl Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Another vote here for the Home Theater Master series. I use the MX-700, which comes with my pre/pro. All reviews say it's the Daddy of Remotes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I love my Phillips Pronto TSU-3000. It's easy to design the screens and program through my computer using the USB docking station, which also recharges the unit's battery. It is both RF and Infrared capable and it never seems to let me down. For all that it does, I consider it very affordable. I found mine on EBAY a year ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkp Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 ---------------- On 11/3/2004 2:17:43 AM formica wrote: I cut to the chase and picked up a used Pronto a little while back (a B/W model after they released the colour units). It does it all, BUT requires quite a bit of time to customize if you want get the most out of it. Rob ---------------- Rob-I am picking up my new (used) equipment tonight which includes a Chad remote. I believe the Chad is made by Integra, but is also marketed under the Pronto name. How do you like yours? David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 dkp: Don't hang that thing on the wall, David! Otherwise, it'll be a hanging Chad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkp Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 ---------------- On 11/4/2004 2:39:44 PM picky wrote: dkp: Don't hang that thing on the wall, David! Otherwise, it'll be a hanging Chad! ---------------- hahahahaha!!! Where ya been, Mr. Picky?! Looks like the hockey season will be lost in another month or so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I'm a big fan of my Sony (RM-AV3000, I think.) Mucho programmable, touchscreen makes it really easy to use, though it's a bit large. Macros and learning functions are super easy to set up. Even has timers. As in, "Yes hon, we can watch this movie you've seen three times, but I'm programming the remote to switch it when the game comes on" timer. For under a hundred bucks, you can't beat it. After I got mine, I bought two more for my father-in-law and a friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime40 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I've got a Home Theater Master MX-500. I love it. It does take a little effort to program it, but so far I've not found a function for any component it can't handle. Plus, they can be found for around 100 bucks or so, and they aren't obnoxiously large. It even allowed me to use the sleep timer on my Hitachi television, something the Hitachi remote did not allow for. I don't think you can go wrong with it, but check out Remote Central for reviews and all kinds of excellent info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formica Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 ---------------- On 11/4/2004 1:56:03 PM dkp wrote: is also marketed under the Pronto name. How do you like yours? ---------------- I have no complaints about it... although I sometimes wish its screen were a little bigger (although I'm of small stature, I have... ummm... "round" fingers) It's a TSU1000 btw... One of the shortcomings I've found of these programmable remotes is when some of your components feature toggle (rather than discrete) remote functions. This makes it more difficult to produce complex macros. Let me give an example... you want to create a button to watch a "VHS movie on your TV using Dolby Prologic". You can program a series of commands like, switch TV to video input, Preamp to VHS, surround to DPL, etc... Problem is my preamp's remote doesn't offer a function to select DPL directly... rather it scrolls through it's 4 or 5 choices. The number of times the "surround mode" button must be pressed will vary depending on what I used it for last. This isn't the remotes fault though... I just try to maximize it's use. No regrets here... Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Leeroy Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 The Pronto works more than well enough for me. You can find most equipment files on Remotecentral.com and avoid having to "capture" all of the inputs yourself. I found every file there for my gear with the exception of my OTA HD rec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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