Posted by Roy Battell on 11/15/05 15:23

In article <t0men1tcm1dacl0t5hvb9od5ienpdecuvb@4ax.com>, Peter
<peter@allblue.f9.co.uk> writes
>On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:09:18 GMT, lardy <nkchuckf@k.mailsiphon.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 10:45:04 +0000, Peter wrote
>>(in article <286en1ltamo6jt4l42ne3eaghdc09cl1rl@4ax.com>):
>>
>>> My search for what I consider to be the perfect universal remote
>>> control for my system has led me to buy one or two which, for various
>>> reasons, I've found don't suit my purposes or for which I no longer
>>> have a use.
>>
>>Just curious - what did you go for in the end?
>
>Well, the search has been going on for years and still continues.
>
>I'm currently using a Marantz RC1400. It's not perfect, but the best
>(for my taste) I've yet found. I prefer to be able to work by touch,
>since I'm in the habit of taking off my specs when listening to music,
>and the URC controls the sound system as well as video. I've therefore
>never fancied the 'touch screen' variety (exemplified by the Philips
>Pronto series and Marantz RC 3200), although they're undoubtedly very
>good. The Kameleon is good, but got too close to that. If I'd
>discovered the RC1400 sooner, I'd never have bought the Harmony or the
>Kameleon. Neither of them saw more than a week or two of use before I
>reverted to the RC1200. That was in use for (I think) about three
>years.
>
>Peter.

Been through the same pain.

Wanted 'hard' buttons, with every button learnable (not like
Kamelion & others that will learn any button but won't
learn more than about 30 in all).

Settled on MX-500 from a UK source and have one each for
living room, bedroom etc. They can clone setups between them
which is a good way to start. Main disadvantage is no
'coloured' buttons, but its easy to program as words on
the LCD (NOT touch screen) buttons. Prices vary £45 to £80.
Been using them for a couple of months with 0 problems

Roy
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