URC R7 Universal Pre-Programmed & Learning Remote Review

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(More customer reviews)After my One-For-All Kameleon went off into lizard heaven, I decided to buy this over the cheapest, yet still more expensive Logitech Harmony remote. I like this remote a lot. It has all the right buttons for me, like the guide, info, menu, exit buttons which are becoming very important in this age of Tivo and on-screen menus. I use it to control an LG HDTV tuner box, a Sony a/v receiver, a JVC DVD player, and a Mitsubishi VCR, and this remote has most of the buttons I need. The ones it doesn't have I can just learn and map onto other unused buttons.
The remote has a "volume override" feature which controls the volume of only one component - for example, a TV or an a/v receiver - no matter which component is selected. Very convenient.
The buttons are all stiff, smooth rubber and feel great. Firm, not mushy at all. The remote itself is lightweight but solid. There are no "creaks" when handling it. And unlike the cheesy appearance of the basic One-For-Alls, this remote looks good on the coffee table.
Programming it is a piece of cake: Aim it at the component, hold down the component & select buttons together for 3 seconds, enter the 3-digit code from the manual. If the code doesn't work, enter another one. When finished, press power. I forget the method for learning at the moment but it is equally easy. The remote comes with an instructional DVD if you prefer that over the manual.
The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is because the left side of the circular directional pad on my remote, which is plastic, takes an excessive amount of force to register a button press. This is not a huge problem for me because I use up, down, and right much more than left. Still, it is an annoyance.
I'm sorry to hear about the experience of the reviewer below, but every batch of every cheap electronic product has a few dead units in it. There's a small risk in every purchase that's part of the price we pay for being able to pay so little for electronics - it's an intentional tradeoff. Even Sony remotes come DOA - they're all made in the same Asian factories to the same quality standards. Any half decent store will exchange a broken remote for a working one for free. I would encourage the reviewer below to do so because he's missing out on a very good remote.

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