Sony RMVL610B Remote Commander with 3 Color Back Plates - Bright Pack (Black)

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 inches ; 1.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001EYU3HQ
• Item model number: RMVL610B
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004

Product Description

Stylish and home decore friendly Remote Commander with Learning function. Different colored back plates to swap out to match your decore. Able to control 8 components in one, various types of components can be controlled with preset codes + learning. With System Control functions (macros) it achieves higher usability.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full featured and small, August 28, 2009

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Russell Kurtz "mac_guru" (Palos Verdes Estates, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony RMVL610B Remote Commander with 3 Color Back Plates - Bright Pack (Black) (Electronics)

I used to use the RMAV2100, a 2-pound, large, square remote that costs $200. The RMVL610 (whether B--bright--or N--neutral) does everything the old remote does, and does a better job. Plus, it can be held and operated in one hand. The learning function made it possible to use my Blu-Ray player (programmed as though it were a DVD); I have yet to find a universal remote that has the Blu-Ray controls built in. Although the description says "black," there is no black back; it comes with red, blue, and pink (the RMVL610N comes with brown, beige, and gold). Since it sits face-down, the red (in my case) color is visible.

This remote does everything I can think of, and still has several unused buttons. I'm buying these as presents for all my family that have multiple remotes. It's easy to use and has good feel on the buttons. The manual misses one point, though: in many cases, when there are several possible code numbers for controlling a device, one of them is a reduced set (and it won't learn the disabled buttons). On my satellite TV, for example, the reduced set basically has on-off, channel, menu, and program guide. The full set has DVR controls, skip forward and back, PIP, etc. So if you are using non-standard devices, you might want to try more than one code number, even if the first one works.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Controls Everything, So Glad I Bought This, August 4, 2009

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James Durtschy - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony RMVL610B Remote Commander with 3 Color Back Plates - Bright Pack (Black) (Electronics)

I desperately needed this. I consolidated 5 remotes down to one in one room. I was so happy to have only one remote to control everything that I bought 3 more of these for all the other roooms in the house. I wish I would have had something exactly like this years ago.

+ What I really like about it is that there are enough buttons to map just about everything you could want to a corresponding and intuitive button on the remote.

+ It's quick and easy to setup. Learning 5 different remotes should generally take less than 15 minutes. Here's a tip for learning volume/channel/up/down buttons: When you transmit the command, keep the button held down on the original remote until it regisers.

- The only compalint I have about this remote, is that the buttons are basically arranged in just a square grid layoutt on the remote itself. I've definately seen much better remote designs. With this one, it's too hard to find buttons you are looking for just by feel.

In one room, I have this remote controlling the TV, surround sound receiver, blu-ray player, iPod dock, alarm clock, tower fan, and 2 lamps. It's great.

Check out the natural color pack too.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for the money, December 12, 2009

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pajoe (Highspire, Pa United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sony RMVL610B Remote Commander with 3 Color Back Plates - Bright Pack (Black) (Electronics)

I prefer the older RM VL900 remotes, but they are really scare these days. The buttons on the RMVL610B seem a little smaller and closer together making it a little harder to use. Younger hands with a lot of dexterity will probably have no troubles with the buttons. I do not like the position of the arrow buttons for fast forward, they are only an inch or two from the end so you have a little more trouble holding the remote while you fast forward through commercials.

The set up procedure was more difficult than the Sony RM VL900 and I missed the ability to have one remote learn all the settings from another, same model remote - we had 3 of RM VL 900 remotes, when we got a new one it only took a couple minutes to copy everything from the older remote. I did find it ironic the Sony RMVL610B remote did not work with our Sony 400 disk DVD player, and had no listed codes for any Sony products. I had to use the learning function to get it set up. At times it was frustrating trying to get these things programmed.

I still rate these these remotes pretty high, because they look good, are cheap and most importantly, do work once you get them set up. Having different colors is nice to keep track of which remote you are using at the time. At Amazon prices I recommend them to anyone that wants a good working learning remote. I could have purchased 3 Sony RMVL610B remotes for about the same amount you would buy just 1 Sony RM VL900.

We tried some of the LED display remotes that cost a lot more, but found them too difficult to read, a younger person with good eyesight probably does not have these types of problems.