URC R6 Learning Remote Control

by Universal

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.1 x 6.3 x 12.6 inches ; 12 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0016BUKJS
• Item model number: URC-R6
• Batteries: 2 AAA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 20, 2006

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

RC-R6 Universal Remote: Affordable Control of Your Home Theater

With your new home theater, you're ready to enjoy the best Hollywood has to offer. But you don't enjoy having a pile of remotes on your coffee table. Fortunately, Universal Remote Control has a way to make your home theater easy and fun to use.

Replace all your old remotes with the URC-R6 Universal Remote

The line of consumer remotes from Universal Remote Control allows you control your TV, Blu-ray, sound system and cable box with a simple, easy-to-use remote--one solution for your home theater. And it's more affordable than you may expect.

Sophisticated, custom residential URC solutions are available for the most extreme home theater installations. But if you just need an easy way to replace a stack of remotes with a simple but powerful solution, look no further. The URC-R6 simplifies your home entertainment experience like no other entry-level remote.

URC Consumer remote controls: helping you control the experience, one component at a time.

Replace Up to Six Remotes with One URC-R6

Perfect for DIY, the URC-R6 replaces up to six individual remote controls in an affordable, user-friendly design. URC's R6 remote works with thousands of A/V devices and has multiple set-up options, including device auto-search and a "Learning" feature.

Simplify Controlling Your Home Theater with MacroPower and Favorite Channels

In addition to being a great replacement for up to six remote controls, the URC-R6 delivers much more. MacroPower is a very useful way to make a lot of things happen with one button push. For example, in most home theaters, to watch television, the user must turn on the TV, then turn on the Cable Box or the Satellite Receiver, then turn on the Surround Sound system for sound. Instead of pressing all of those buttons one at a time, MacroPower enables you to turn on all of these components, in the sequence you want, with one button push.

Program up to five channels per button on the URC-R6's "My Favorites" buttons

The R6 uses one-button "Macros" that allow you turn on your TV, cable box, DVD player and surround sound system all at the same time with the press of one button. The URC-R6 also comes equipped with four customizable "My Favorites" buttons. You can program up to five favorite channels per button.

"Couch Mode"

The R6 remote is designed to automatically turn itself off if a button is pressed for more than 30 seconds. This prevents battery power from being depleted should the remote accidentally slip between the couch cushions.

SimpleSound Total System Volume

SimpleSound is one of the most exciting features of the R6. It gives you total volume control over ALL the components in your system, even those that do not have built--in volume control, such as TIVO, DVD and VCR. SimpleSound saves you the hassle and inconvenience of constantly switching between component modes just to control volume. So no matter what, there are no hassles when you quickly need to reduce or mute sound for a phone call or doorbell.

Channel Control "Punch Through"

This "Punch Through" enables you to program the R6 so that either the Cable or TV Channel Controls (CHANNEL UP, DOWN, LAST, CHANNEL NUMBERS 0-9, +10 and ENTER) will also operate in other component modes on the remote control.

Transport Control "Punch Through"

This "Punch Through" enables you to program the URC-R6 so that DVD or DVR Transport Controls (PLAY, STOP, FF, REW, PAUSE, SKIP and RECORD) will also operate in other component modes on the remote control.

OSD (On-Screen Display) Control "Punch Through"

This "Punch Through" enables you to program the URC-R6 so that CBL or DVD OSD Controls (MENU, GUIDE, INFO, EXIT, SEL and 4 Cursor Controls) will also operate in other component modes on the remote control.

The URC-R6 can learn from other remotes, allowing it to grow with your home theater

Learning Mode

This feature will allow you to literally teach the URC-R6 commands from other remote controls; when the remote is in learning mode, you can line the two remotes facing each other and transfer commands with just a few buttons presses. Press any button on the R6 remote that you want to teach a command to. For example, if you want to teach the MUTE button on the R6 remote the TV Mute command from the other remote, first press the MUTE button on the R6 remote and the TV component button LED light will blink once indicating that the R6 remote is ready to learn the command. This way, your remote is never obsolete--the URC-R6 grows with your home theater.

Technical Specifications

• Learning Capability: IR frequencies (15kHz to 100kHz)
• Macro Capability: Macros of up to 20 steps each
• IR Range (Line of Sight via Infrared): 30-50 feet, depending on the environment
• Weight: 6.9 oz. (with batteries)
• Size: 2 1/8" x 1 1/8" x 8 3/4"
• Batteries: Two AAA Alkaline batteries included

Product Description

Learning remote control combines 6 remote controls into 1. Operates virtually all brands of Audio, TV, DVD, VCR, Cable and Satellite devices.Quick and easy setup allows customization to satisfy specific user needs. Thousands of pre-programmed device codes assure it will control your components, and it's learning capability means it will never be obsolete. 4 My Favorite Channel Buttons. MacroPower and SimpleSound Volume Control.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Be aware - limited memory for learning, July 2, 2008

By 

Sprout (Port Townsend, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: URC R6 Learning Remote Control (Electronics)

I was really excited about getting this remote because it was a decent price, looked good, and had the ability to learn functions for remotes that weren't coded in. I'm tired of the pile of remotes I have on my coffee table, and I wanted to be able to store them away while I had a single remote do most of what I needed.

Unfortunately it's not listed anywhere in the specs that I could find, but the memory on board is only good for about 30-40 buttons. I have a few devices that either had no codes available, or didn't have all of the commands listed. This includes my Samsung DLP, my Samsung HT system, and my DVR, none of which had full command sets pre-programmed in, so all of them needed to have the commands added through the learning function.

I only bothered to have the R6 learn the commands I actually used on the remotes, but even before I was half way through programming the codes for my home theater system, the component button would just flash an error command.

I dug around online to figure out what the problem was and finally found the 30-40 button limitation not listed on Amazon's site. 30-40 buttons is not enough to program in more than one or two incomplete or non-existent remote profiles.

If you're not sure this remote will have all of the codes you need in order to use it on all your devices, look into the R5 or R7 models instead, which are listed at URC's website as having memory for up to 160 commands. I'll be returning this and looking for another learning remote.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works with Comcast DTA Box (Pace DC50X), November 27, 2009

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Kimolaoha (MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: URC R6 Learning Remote Control (Electronics)

Works with Comcast DTA Box (Pace DC50X)
The Comcast/Pace DTA uses a newer IR "xmp" protocol that many learning remotes will not recognize (including my URC MX-1000). An older Magnavox 13 in. color TV in one of the spare bedrooms could not be controlled by the remote supplied with the DTA, but this URC R6 solved the problem in that it was compatible with both the TV and the DTA.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Universal Remote!!!, July 28, 2008

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Sebastian (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: URC R6 Learning Remote Control (Electronics)

This is a high quality and versatile remote. I purchased it on Wal-Mart for $20 and I am very happy with my purchase. It will control most of the functions on your devices.

PROS:
High quality feel
It is made out of good quality plastic and the buttons have a nice feedback. The device keys light up when pressed. Clean design and layout.

Easy to program
I use it to control the main functions on my TV, DVD, Home Theater and Cable Box. The basic device functions worked after punching a 3 digit code listed on the manual. I had to program the rest by placing the original remote in front and following simple instructions. The whole process took less than 10 minutes. The remote will not loose your setup if you remove the batteries.

Macros
It can be programmed to run a set of instructions by pressing only one button. For e.g. with the click of one button turn on the TV, Stereo and Cable Box.

CONS:
Don't expect it to control every single function on all of your electronics because it does not have all the buttons or enough memory to do so. You will need to purchase a more expensive remote to have this capability.