I always wonder about the remotes with those colored buttons. Does anyone know if this is Xbox 360-compatible? (or is there a way to program those functions? Don't have an official remote)

just an FYI.... wouldn't recommend for dishnetwork users. Dish receivers are only supposed to work with their remotes.

qvirus89 wrote:I always wonder about the remotes with those colored buttons. Does anyone know if this is Xbox 360-compatible? (or is there a way to program those functions? Don't have an official remote)

There is a code for Xbox listed in the quick start guide, and Philips said it's compatible with "all your AV devices since 1990."

mx023 wrote:just an FYI.... wouldn't recommend for dishnetwork users. Dish receivers are only supposed to work with their remotes.

There's a code for Dish Network listed too.

maxbunge wrote:Anyone know if they work with Olevia TV's and Comcast boxes? I have 2 of each and no remotes seem to work with both.

It has codes for both Olevia and Comcast.

yeawuteva wrote:work with Charter's DVR?

Yup - it has a code for Charter as well.

galenanderson wrote:Does it work with Mac?

It is guaranteed to make a Mac explode.

Looks like a great deal. I'm in for 1 (2). Darn you woot... got me again.

haveabigjohnson wrote:For this price I am to assume that this is a IR remote and not RF?

You better hope so. I don't think too many devices have RF receivers for remote control... they generally all work on IR.

equazcion wrote:You better hope so. I don't think too many devices have RF receivers for remote control... they generally all work on IR.

Universal RF remotes send an RF signal to a transceiver which outputs an IR signal to your device(s).

In for 1, those amazon reviews looked really good, well except the guy who got his in the mail broken.....just two reviews to go on. The learn button sold me.....

Anyone know if these have JP1 connectors on them? If you take the battery cover off, do you see a 6-pin male connector in a 2x3 matrix?

I got one of these as a gift, opened it, read the directions, wrapped it back up and re-gifted it. If I was ambitious enough to enter codes to program a remote I wouldn't need a remote. I'd get up and and push the buttons on my devices manually! I picked up a Logitech Harmony 688 remote and love how easy it is to program. They cost a lot more, but great deals can be found on eBay. I got mine for about $30. This all about personal integrity. I refuse to compromise my principles on a remote that requires thought or effort to program. I have put an enormous lack of effort and devoted countless hours of non-productivity into achieving this lifestyle.

stevesds wrote:Do the buttons light up so you can use it in a darkened HT room?

According to the website: http://www.usa.philips.com/c/remote-control/12532/cat/#/cp_tab1, the answer is "No."

If you point them at each other, will they go into an Infinite Learning Loop and eventually explode from TMI?!

Philips provides a code search tool so you can see if your devices are listed. I think devices like xBox and Playstation are considered DVD players.

Code Search Tool

can it control 2 TVs?

This remote has codes for most of the rare models. This is a huge plus for people like me that are always buying closeout electronics. This is actually the first universal that I have found that has the codes for an olevia. My 6 year old daughter will be so happy that she doesn't have to sit by the tv and change the volume for me any longer. In for 4 remotes.

It says that it works with all AV devices since 1990. Does this remote control Blu-ray players or HD DVD players?

Can't find any codes for Blue-Ray players....

No code for my Panasonic Laserdisc player made after 1990! HA stumped you, fancy remote.

Looked up codes for my ROKU box that I got from WOOT a few weeks ago.
But no luck, only programable remotes work according to the few web sites I found. Although interestingly enough, I found a "remote" program that I can use on my computer to control the ROKU from the network. And I found the specs for the IR codes that the remote uses.
In short, these remotes will not work for the ROKU... but there is an amazingly large collection of ways to pretend you have a remote: including an IPhone and Android app.

Isn't technology amazing!

All of my TV/TAPE/DVD components are on a powerstrip so when they are off, they are really OFF. It's amazing how much power they use over a year for ease of pressing a remote to turn them on.

Crazy question, but whatever. Will these types of universal remotes control air conditioners that have remotes?

does anyone know if it will also work with Blu-Ray players? couldn't find any on the code list but maybe it's outdated?

srf1516 wrote:Can't find any codes for Blue-Ray players....

Look under DVD Players

theant: it will work with a Roku player but you have to program it manually by having it learn IR commands.

davidra: see above

It also has no codes for the Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player and Eagle Tech Speakers.

That's why I gave mine away. Basically it would only work out of the box with my TV and Sony Blu-Ray player. I would have had to spend a lot of time getting it to learn IR commands with no guarantee of results. I have 11 devices on my Logitech Harmony remote including a Roku player, WD TV HD Media player, Amcor air conditioner and a space heater. The only device I own that wasn't in Logitech's database is a clock radio that isn't worth the time to add manually.

Can it switch between TV and HDMI? I'm tired of having to get up to change the function with my current universal remote.

stevesds wrote:Do the buttons light up so you can use it in a darkened HT room?

There is actually a "Light Button" that you hit to light up ALL buttons.

buffaloed wrote:I got one of these as a gift, opened it, read the directions, wrapped it back up and re-gifted it. If I was ambitious enough to enter codes to program a remote I wouldn't need a remote. I'd get up and and push the buttons on my devices manually! I picked up a Logitech Harmony 688 remote and love how easy it is to program. They cost a lot more, but great deals can be found on eBay. I got mine for about $30. This all about personal integrity. I refuse to compromise my principles on a remote that requires thought or effort to program. I have put an enormous lack of effort and devoted countless hours of non-productivity into achieving this lifestyle.

You actually read the directions first? LMAO! hahahahaha

I have been using this remote for over a year... I bought mine off Amazon for about $20. I bought it because the remote for my Toshiba LCD had gone out, and it had some buttons that were unique to it so I had to have one that could "learn" commands.

I'm not a technophile or a remote-phile but I know what works. This remote works, and it was really easy to set up. I had been used to having three remotes on my table; one for the tv, one for the cable, one for the home theater.

I was able to program this thing within 15 minutes to take over ALL of those things. I had plenty of buttons to program the necessary DVR functions from my Cable remote, the unique functions from my TV remote, as well as my home theater and even my PS3!

The learning function were really nice and worked quickly, thankfully because my TV remote was going the way of the DODO and I could only get it to barely come on long enough to do it.

The buttons feel really nice to the touch, the whole remote really has a great feel to it.

Overall, I would really really highly recommend this remote. It's of a nice quality, it's easy to use, and it gets the job done.

jokerman wrote:You actually read the directions first? LMAO! hahahahaha

Is it really that big of a deal? I didn't even know that you could get remotes that you didn't have to program.

Will this baby replace my Logitech Z-680 remote control? Would be nice not to need it just for volume.

omnipotentq wrote:Is it really that big of a deal? I didn't even know that you could get remotes that you didn't have to program.

I guess buffaloed refuses to be buffaloed. I didn't think so either....lol

PS if you read the directions you basically try a few codes by pushing a few buttons and it works.....now that takes effort!

theant wrote:Looked up codes for my ROKU box that I got from WOOT a few weeks ago.
But no luck, only programable remotes work according to the few web sites I found. Although interestingly enough, I found a "remote" program that I can use on my computer to control the ROKU from the network. And I found the specs for the IR codes that the remote uses.
In short, these remotes will not work for the ROKU... but there is an amazingly large collection of ways to pretend you have a remote: including an IPhone and Android app.

Isn't technology amazing!

I was just going to ask if it would work with a Roku! I'm looking for a universal remote that will work with that -- did you find any other alternatives?

davidra wrote:Crazy question, but whatever. Will these types of universal remotes control air conditioners that have remotes?

you can use the learn fuction for those devices

I got this remote about a month ago from Sears. I got it on sale, it was only $7 when I picked it up, but this is still a good deal.

It's not that the buttons have to be pressed very hard - there's a red LED at the top that lights up when any button is pressed. The LED will light up, but nothing will happen. Especially the OK button. It'll take 4-5 presses before it registers frequently when in the DVD menu.

Other than that, I've been very happy with it. Of course, it replaces the remote of my TV (whose own remote's power button stopped working, and the power button on the TV itself fell off from overuse as a result). I still had the TV remote, so I was able to use the Learn function to teach this remote everything I cared about as far as my TV goes.

It also does an adequate job of replacing the remote to my 15 year old Phillips DVD/Audio center device, the remote to which was lost 2 moves ago. Because I didn't have the remote to this to teach the new remote, I have to jump through hoops to turn the device on remotely, but the other basic functions to navigate work. It won't do advanced things like switch between surround sound and stereo without being programmed, but that's to be expected.

Does it work on children and spouses? =)

NightGhost wrote:Universal RF remotes send an RF signal to a transceiver which outputs an IR signal to your device(s).

Yes and then you have a spider web of thin wire from all your well organized devices going to the RF/IR hub. I love my Universal RF but long ago gave up on the RF part. I really would not carry that size remote around the house anyhow.

adhbr wrote:you can use the learn fuction for those devices

Probably varies by manufacturer. My Universal RF would not control my Amish fireplace =0

Yay! Now maybe I can control the Phillips DVD player I bought that never came with a remote!

Can these things talk to my window AC units?

adhbr wrote:you can use the learn fuction for those devices

I have an ac unit that has a remote. This right here sold me.

buffaloed wrote:I got one of these as a gift, opened it, read the directions, wrapped it back up and re-gifted it. If I was ambitious enough to enter codes to program a remote I wouldn't need a remote. I'd get up and and push the buttons on my devices manually! I picked up a Logitech Harmony 688 remote and love how easy it is to program. They cost a lot more, but great deals can be found on eBay. I got mine for about $30. This all about personal integrity. I refuse to compromise my principles on a remote that requires thought or effort to program. I have put an enormous lack of effort and devoted countless hours of non-productivity into achieving this lifestyle.

Personal integrity my arse. Just freakin' lazy !!

I am suprised it works on PS3. I thought PS3 remotes were all connected by bluetooth.