More trouble than it's worth

OK, yes, this remote can be programmed to handle a few different components. I loaded four different components into mine. They are a cable box DVR unit, the television, the audio processor and a vacuum tube audio amplifier. My components never turn on with one button. The remote asks if the processor is turned on after it does a "fix", and it does then turn that one on, but nothing else turns on. I end up going to the small screen to trigger each one individually. And make sure you get out of the help section or it won't control anything. The first go around, when I switched to music, my tube amp shut off. It's not supposed to shut off when I select music. I can't have my tube amp shutting off and then manually turned back on again. It will get ruined. So I set the remote so switching devices won't trigger components to be affected. The tube amp stays on but anytime I want to use the remote, I still have to go to the manual trigger selection to turn everything on. And then too, I must have hit a button that switched my processor out of surround mode. I spent a couple hours figuring that one out. And, in order to even use this remote, you have no real idea of what each button does. I suppose that's why my processor went into another sound mode? You have to hit buttons to see what they do? So, for 35 dollars, I got a handy control to adjust the volume. I'm afraid to push any other button in fear I'll screw up settings on my processor. I still use four remotes like I always did before buying this one. One to turn the tube amp on and off, one to turn the processor on, off and input selections, one to turn the TV on and off and one to control cable channels and the DVR section. I had a feeling it was too good to be true finding a remote control that can operate an array of various components.Read full review

Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished