Kameleon 8-in-1 Universal Remote Control

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Product Features

• Kameleon 8-in-1 Universal Remote Control General Features: Enclosure Color: Black/Silver
• Body Material: Plastic Ultra thin design Remote Control Type: Universal Technology: IR
• Unique Patented Kameleon Technology Built-In Remote Finder Fully Backlit On Screen Programming Guide
• Easy-Touch screen Supported Devices: Home theaterA/V receiver, TV, VCR, DVD and cable box/satellite
• Supported Languages: English, Spanish

Product Description

Keep yourself on the cutting edge; find all the latest and greatest electronics at Geeks.com ! See the light! The Kameleon is a universal home theater remote in its own universe which simplifies your home theater. Its innovative, Kameleon touch-screen displays only the keys needed for the current device : stereo receiver, TV, VCR, DVD player, cable box, or satellite receiver. Reduce clutter and quit searching for the right remote! Remote finder included to make it nearly impossible to lose. Vivid backlighting makes for easy viewing--even with the lights dimmed. Check out the review from Tux Tops and order today! With features that make it super easy to capture crisp digital video and perfect stills, you can let everyone else do the filming. First-timers? No problem. The Picture Stabilization System minimizes vibration and shake for a crisp picture. So, go ahead and have a piece of cake. Just one thing: don't forget to smile you'll be in the video this time! -->

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• ASIN: B000I84LU4
• Item model number: 150-2138
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Cool and workable, July 25, 2008

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Eric R. Edgar "HobbyKitJr" (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kameleon 8-in-1 Universal Remote Control

Pros: Impressive (you'll get a couple "wow" or "cool"), Remote Finder, works well if you can get it working, Learn Feature, Macro Feature, able to download new codes.
Cons:
Like Most Universal remotes it doesn't have proper codes for every device, and it has the learn function (point an old remote at it and it can learn a new command) it doesn't always work (Depending on the remote).
The Face Changing per device is cool but it doesn't always have the buttons you need.
However you can work around it.
First call their tech support, if you have a newer device they can Upgrade your remote over the phone (download an mp3 or hold your LAND line phone next to it and it hears beeps and downloads a new code, like i said very cool)
But you'll still find some things not able to learn.

Example Problems and solutions:
My cable box code didn't come w/ the replay button and it couldn't learn it, i found out [Page -] is also the rewind button, i used a feature on the remote to 'copy' it to the rewind button.
There is no [Day -] or [Day +] buttons. However i found out when viewing the grid on my cable box, Play and Stop do the same function.
My Audio Receiver has different inputs and the remote had no buttons for it. But Since i didn't need the 4 arrows for my audio receiver, i just had each directional arrow learn a different input. (IE Up is TV, Left is PS3, right is Record Player, Down is Aux input)

So if you're lucky you can get this working. The Battery life is short, but turn off the tilt Sensor (lights up under ANY movement, its too sensitive) and it doubles your battery. (Just press anywhere on the face instead to light it up and view buttons) The remote wont stay on when using it when the batteries start going by the way.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is NOT a touch screen remote!!!, February 12, 2009

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Y. Kezala "Blamo" (Cali) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kameleon 8-in-1 Universal Remote Control

This remote simply uses lighted buttons under a semi-opaque overlay and displays whatever functions are available for the selected device. I found that this really wasn't useful at all. In fact, the lack of tactile feedback from the smooth "screen" made the remote hard to use. I quickly retired it for my old remotes that I can find the buttons on without looking.
That said, it wasn't nearing as hard to program as the other reviews made it out to be, although I wouldn't suggest this for someone who isn't at least slightly tech-savvy.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best universal remote ever, November 29, 2008

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M. Bergquist "MGBergquist" (Naples, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kameleon 8-in-1 Universal Remote Control

I bought this remote from a local retailer three years ago. It works just as well today as it did when I bought it. If you're technically minded you'll love this remote. If you have a difficult time with electronics, you'll become easilly frustrated with it. Programing the remote with all its features will be very difficult. It took me about half an hour to program it to work all of my devices. Once it was completely programmed, I was able to put all my other remotes in a box and never use them again. This is an excellet products that has been working reliably well for three years. When it comes to batteries - if the remote is set to illuminate upon sensing motion, it will go through batteries like crazy. If the remote is set to illuminate when the screen is touched - the batteries will last much longer, over the last year I've only changed the batteries once... MAYBE twice.