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| User reviews for the URC-200 "Automater" & RF-20 from Universal Remote Control Inc. |
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Average: 4.18/5.00
Median: 4.33/5.00 | 15 | $150 / $120 |
The URC-200 is a 10-device learning and preprogrammed remote control that features numerous macros, a large LCD screen with customizable names for 5 hard buttons, favorite channel macros, 5-way menu controls and an optional RF extender.
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| Written by sandstones from san diego,c a. The reviewer has used this remote control for 1-3 months. |
| Review 7 made on Saturday October 30, 2004 at 9:44 PM. |
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| Review: | I've had this thing for a week now, and its finally doing what I want, but I feel that was a result of my ingenuity winning out over the limitations and lack of flexibility of the remote.
My first reaction when I set it up is that I have just 4 devices, and the URC has 3 of them on the first page of devices, and 1 (the Tivo) on the second page. This seemed pretty unacceptable - I don't want to have to do an extra click every time I want to access the Tivo. I was looking for a way to tell it what devices I want in what order, but it doesn't do that.
I got around this by taking the unused VCR device on the first page and using learn mode to teach every single button the Tivo code for that button. Very time consuming, but it finally worked. Then I renamed the VCR to a Tivo and it works.
After I was all done I realized that I might have been able to shorten the process by doing a "punch through" from the old Tivo to my pseudo Tivo, since it seems that the "punch through" is simply a copy of codes from one device to another. However, the manaul doesn't exactly make that clear.
I also got some macros to set the power on and off, but it also took forever, mostly because the feedback on what you are doing and what you have done is extremly limited so lots of mistakes, retries, etc. I sure wish one could see which keys have macros, have learned new codes etc.
They have a nice concept of macros that only take effect if you hold the key for .5 or 1 second and the manual says this only works for the device buttons. I was thinking that it would be really handy to have that feature on the power buttons also, so I tried it and it does indeed work. However, then I had to re-enter all the macros to make them work that way. Sure would be nice if the manaul said something about that.
Their web site has no additonal info - so the manual is it. By experimenting enough I've gotten it to do what I want, but it should have been a lot easier than what I went through.
The order of the additional commands for each device seemed pretty random, so I had to reprogram all of those as well to put the ones I use at the beginning. The lack of a 'record' button on the device was surprsing, but that was about the only one that was missing which I felt should have been there.
Overall, I've happy I have it working, but if I'd known how much effort it took, I would not have gotten it.
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| Written by vr8ce from Texas. The reviewer has used this remote control for 1-3 months. |
| Review 6 made on Monday October 4, 2004 at 11:54 PM. |
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| Review: | Others have gone into great detail about what's what on this remote, so I won't duplicate. I just purchased it tonight, and it only took me about a half-hour to get everything working on all my devices. I'll probably spend three or four times that customizing, but the large majority of what I need is already done.
The hard buttons are well layed out, and there are plenty of them. I was pleasantly surprised to find a "Prev ch" hard button, very nice.
However, the Page Up/Down buttons are backwards. To go from Page 1 to Page 2 in Word (or any other page-editing program), e.g., you hit page *down*. On the URC's, you hit page *up*. That's needlessly confusing.
The two things that are missing however, are IMO bigger issues than they've been made out to be. The inability to "move" a button causes a lot of needless programming; I've already found several buttons I want in different places. The bigger issue is importing a device in a different place than the default. For example, if I want SAT or VCR2 on the main page, I have to manually re-program *everything* for that device. That's silly, and unworthy of a $150 (or $200 in the case of the -300) device.
I'm going to keep it, but I'm also going to spend a lot of time programming that shouldn't be necessary. |
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| Written by Ed Wilfong from N. Cal.. The reviewer has used this remote control for 1-3 months. |
| Review 2 made on Friday July 16, 2004 at 9:17 PM. |
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| Review: | I purchased this just a few days ago for about $125 at my regular A/V store. I bought as a second remote as althout I love my pronto, I needed something easy to setup and use, and also for second system. The set-up is easy and straight forward. Good backlighting, which is almost unseen in a quality product at this price. Intuitive yet can be as complex as most people need, even us used to custom programming (macros, etc) at a minor league level. Buttons are great material, with good looks and great placement. Could likelu use in dark, but thankfully don't have to.
It is not for those who want to spend time designing graphices and have total control over all buttons, placement, etc. That can be fun, but for funtionality, My guess this will meet my needs.
My only concerns so far are potential upgradabilty and a computer interface is too much to ask at this price.
An absolute bargain and will update my initial impressions should I find differently. Just so few reviews on this, thought I would get one up for initial impressions. |
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