dhallam wrote:Hi I currently have 3 media centres all using these ... I would get another of the above but I ideally want one to also turn my lg TV off and control the volume of the lg from the same remote.
I believe that there are three versions of the remote control shown in your post:
(1) A version that has a single on/off button. I have the Dell-branded version, which has a silver top surface.
(2) A version that has two on/off buttons -- one for your HTPC and the other for your TV. I think that this version could also be set up for "punch through", whereby the volume up/down buttons operate the TV instead of the HTPC. However, if I recollect correctly, the mute button could
not be set to operate the TV. This version was sold as the Origenae RC197, and has a white top surface. I have one of these too. See:
http://www.origenae.com/en/accessory_rc197.htm
Also, the following Swedish(?) site lists them, but I don't know whether they have any in stock (or how much 259Kr is):
http://mrpc.se/product_info.php/origena ... ller-p-462
(3) A version that could control four devices. I believe that this was the version sold with Philips branding. I don't have one of those.
I also have the URC 7960 that you mention, and that has the setup code for WMC built in (it is 1272, I think). Quite a nice remote control, but I found:
(1) The left/right/up/down controller is a ring with a protruding lip around the circumference, which I found sometimes impeded my pressing the ring to go left/right/up/down.
(2) The transport controls are arranged in a 3x3 grid, but I felt that they were arranged upside down(!)
(3) There are some buttons that cannot be reprogrammed for other functions, despite what the manual says. I don't think I used the "SmartControl" feature, as I tend not to trust such attempts to be smarter than I am.
Another cheapish One-for-All worth considering is the URC-7140 "Essence 4" (controls up to 4 devices; I have one of these too):
(1) Nice buttons: adequate size and they protrude above the top surface enough to make them easy to press. On the "Essence 4", the control ring, OK button, volume rocker, and channel rocker are all in silver aluminium, which makes them easy to find in subdued light when watching TV.
(2) The transport controls are arranged in a 4x2 grid
right at the bottom of the remote, which is definitely less than ideal.
(3) Device selection is via a single button that requires repeated pressing to cycle through the devices; it would have been better to have had 4 separate buttons.
I also have a One-for-All Xsight Colour, which is the non-touch screen version of the Xsight Touch (the Colour also lacks the RF feature of the Touch). Both the Touch and the Colour are very capable remotes, but I found that the buttons are too low profile, barely protruding above the casing, making them difficult to press (apart from the transport controls, which are excellent).
I also have a One-for-All Xsight Lite and an Xsight Plus. These two are very different from the Touch and the Colour, and from the point of view of button pressing and button layout, these are probably my favourite. The only demerit is the idiotic LCD screen at the top which has effectively only a single button(!) To access the other functions that you have programmed requires multiple button presses to cycle through the button definitions (what bozo thinks up these designs?).
-- from CyberSimian in the UK
clocking 3 HTPC's now and 1 Main gaming PC and a HP Micro Server, and all with SSD drives now as all recordings/films copy up to the server so no local storage needed anymore.
Not to worried about the channel lock as scrolling thru the guide is much better.