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RCA RCU900 8-Device LCD Touch Screen Learning Universal Remote Control

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Having owned a previous, unreliable RCA remote I was intrigued by the context sensitive, touch screen capabilities of this one. First off, this remote seems to have nixed the problems of the previous RCA remote I owned (now discarded). This unit also has the ability to retain its programming during battery changes! I was wondering when someone was going to figure that one out. The remote itself is pretty straightforward to use. Although the touch screen requires several pages for some functions. For instance, the DirectTV satellite "guide" button is on the 2nd screen yet the "info" key is on the first screen. You'd thought someone would've put the two buttons on the same screen but alas they did not. So you will touch, touch and touch a few more times to do what you did in a couple of button pushes on your DirectTV remote. However, does that diminish the quality of this remote? Nope. I don't mind a couple of extra button pushes for the much easier to use interface and stability that my wife enjoys using. Gone are the days of her complaining about my 5 separate remotes (or the one not-so-stable remote). This remote also has the ability to control our AIWA muli-national VCR that supports PAL and SECAM modes. Is it the final solution? Probably not. Hopefully in a couple more iterations RCA will have it right however until that happens this is a wonderful remote.

This remote will allow you to replace most of your remotes, at least most of the time. The code system to initially program it works for most devices and the code search will probably work with all the others. There are 2 screens to handle all operations but that is not a big deal. The only problem is if there is not a button for one of the functions on your old remote you can not add it. The learning feature allows you to program a button using the old remote but remembering that you changed the input button to do something else is not the best solution and if there just aren't enough buttons on the 2 screens you can't add one. That said for the price this is a great remote that will handle almost everything you need.

I have had RCA learning universal remotes and given them as gifts,all to my satisfaction. THEN I got this one. It will NOT learn Motorola HD cable box, nor combine volume control on audio equipment with TV controls.
Whereas my components are not in the factory library, there is snome behind the scenes tie-in that prevents mixing equipmet. My old Memorex CP8 (ca. 1988) does all this well.