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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Philips Prestigo SRU8015 Universal Remote Control, 18 Jul 2008
This is the Daddy of universal remote controls, I am very happy with it. I control my Sony LCD TV, Sky+HD, Sony Home Theatre Centre, 2 Sony DVDR HDD's(different models) and my PC. As far as the sensitive wheel problem I get round that by simply pressing the 'MORE' or 'FAV' button once I'm on the device I'm controlling and by renaming and/or deleting obsolete functions in 'MORE FUNCTIONS' on some devices it's a doddle..The activities allows me to watch tv with one press of the button. i.e. ALL ON switches on TV changes TV to HDMI input, switches on SKY+HD, switches on HOME THEATRE CENTRE and switches to correct imput.The same button switches everything off so I've renamed it TV ON/OFF
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Philips Prestigo SRU 8015 - It's OK, 30 Jun 2008
I've had a Cambridge Audio M1+ for years (which I really liked), but it got dropped by my little boy and the screen smashed so had to replace it and opted for this one. I did a little research on AV Forums and it was between this one and a Logitech.
I found the initial setup very easy, instructions were easy to follow, and the programming of the favourites channels was also easy, but a little time comsuming. Not sure I'll use it much as it's easier to use the 'favourites' button (blue) on sky setting to get to the channels I view regularly, but does look nice. Screen is nice to look at and although when just browsing through channels the time out is only about 2 - 3 seconds, but when using it for operation selection, it is user defined.
It does everything I want, I don't use it for multi functions as all of my stuff is turned off at the unit and not left on standby so cannot comment on that.
The jog wheel is a little sensative and I have found that I've gone to another operation to the one I wanted, but with a little time operating the unit, you get used to it. A nice touch would be like the iPod wheel that you can define the sensativity, but alas not.
I have to say that after a couple of weeks use, the batteries are still ok, the unit does 'crash' occasionally, but quickly starts up again after a quick lift out of one of the batteries.
Overall, I am happy with the remote, and pleased with what it does. It suits me fine, but others may find it not to their taste and liking.
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17 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not a very good choice, 10 Jan 2008
This product has some rather annoying and possibly major design faults. The little wheel that you can see in the picture is used to navigate the main LCD screen and is used to choose between appliances, unfortunately it is so sensitive that you might select TV and in the process of pushing the required buttons, your suddenly turning the Hifi on or the DVD player off.
The menu system for adding steps required to watch tv or record dvd is annoying. During the learning process, that could consist of 10 button combinations or more, there is no back button or redo button, so if you make a mistake at the end, you'll have to start again.
A colour LCD screen is a lovely thing to see, but it brings it's own issues. Presumably because of the battery drain, Philips has set the timeout for the screen to a very low 2 seconds (This can be changed by the user) and before any button press is sent to the appliance the screen will switch on. This causes a delay of about 1 to 2 seconds between your first button press and the appliance responding. A small grievance.
All the appliance that I use are Philips, TV, Freeview, Hifi and DVD recorder, therefore I would expect this remote to support all functionality for each of these devices. Unfortunately the only way to get all the devices working correctly is to teach the universal remote all the different key strokes. This is standard procedure for most universal remotes, but I thought same brand would mean something. Once the remote has all of this stored, you have to access the keys through a function button and then spin that wheel to choose the key. This is slow and annoying.
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