Customer Reviews

RCA RCU800MS Universal Remote (Platinum)

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The packaging on this remote controller claims that it works listed devices, including cable boxes, audio equipment, VCR's, etc. It has numerous feature buttons which would appear to allow the control of all features. I bought it to consolidate remotes on very common electronic equipment; Magnavox, Sony, and Scientific Atlanta. Despite claims, you wind up with a lot of useless buttons.

The packaging indicates that it will control a Sony receiver, yet all it does is control volume and mode. Such features as surround mode, etc. are not controlled, despite buttons for same.

The Scientific Atlanta digital cable box is similar. With the programming mode installed I can change channels. Despite claims that it will "control On-Screen channel guides" and the presence of an impressive array of buttons which appear to do that and many other features, these functions do not work.

It appears that the claims on the packaging are very misleading. Beware! Put your money into some other brand.

Disgruntled with RCA

Attention digital cable subscribers, steer clear of this one. While it has buttons for guide and info, they only work when you are in "Dish" mode. The light doesn't even flash on this remote when you are in cable mode for these buttons! Ludicris! Luckily I bought mine from best buy, so I didn't have to pay shipping to send it back. :( Plus, it's large and ugly... 'Nuff said!

I am really happy to have found this remote to consolidate and replace remotes for all of my devices. I have a Pioneer large screen TV, Sony VCR , Panasonic DVD, and Magnavox DSS Satellite. This remote works great on all of them! It even shows the info on Satellite.

I bought this remote as a replacement for one I broke. I have a Proscan television. Proscan is a company affiliated with RCA. This remote works great. There are a few extra buttons I rarely use, but I don't mind. This remote even works with my JVC boom box. I can't do as many things as I can with original JVC remote, but I can at least play CDs. You should really only buy this remote if you own RCA products. If need a remote for any other of the major brands, buy a more generic remote.

the remote works great and all the features are
just what i was looking for. i have been looking for one of these locally and was having a very difficult time finding one. then i thought, why not go online

These remotes were purchased to replace the old ones. All of our TV's have PIP and the local universal remotes did not. I searched and found these and they work great. We have Proscan Tv's. There is no programing to be done for RCA and Proscan Tv's. I don't know about other models. I read a review before I ordered them and one person said they were very disappointed because they did not work on TV's with cable. This is not true. The TV's do not have a cable box so I don't know if the PIP works with a box or not.

great shape.... fits well in your hand. the remote lights up, great plus when its dark. Very easy to program! great remote!!!

Just purchased this device 10 days ago (May 19, 2009). I have only RCA devices and this remote barely works with any of them. I was trying to replace an older remote that is no longer available, and even though it is in disrepair the older one still works better than this one.

Main complaint is that when you select a device that you want to communicate with it only stays with that device for 1 button push. Then you have to select the device again. That is a real pain in the butt.

I thought maybe that I just needed to select the right codes for my devices since it didn't seem to be working as I thought it should, but that was a big mistake. Using Code search rendered the remote completely useless with no instructions for how to get it back to the default.

I now have a useless hunk of plastic.

RCA remotes just seem to be just perfect. They fit in your hand right. For awhile, we only bought RCA electronics mostly because of the remotes.

My RCA TV Guide Remote went out. This one pick's up without missing a beat. Additional perks of universal is great.