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 Works great... except with its own brand! June 21, 2010
Tom Smerd (Portland, OR USA)
I bought this remote for my girlfriend, who recently acquired a Samsung TV and Sony blu ray player. The Samsung's remote was lost in a move, so we needed a good universal remote to control it. I figured that I could kill two birds with one stone if I bought a Sony remote and program both her TV and her blu ray player. Make sense, right? So, I go to program this thing, using the long list of 4-digit codes programmed to control various brands and types of equipment that the remote came with. It took me all of 5 minutes to find the right code for the TV, and it worked great. With that done, I moved on to the blu ray player.
My first thought was that a Sony remote would control it without programming (which I quickly found out was incorrect). I then proceeded to try all of the codes in the "DVD Player" section, under Sony (there was no blu ray section). Not one of them worked. I tried them all again, careful that I hadn't made a mistake in typing them in. Having no success, I tried all of the sony codes under every other kind of input, just to be sure; CD Player, Tape Player, Mini-Disc Player, Home Theater, etc. Nothing. I find it very hard to believe that Sony would have come up with a new blu ray player with a remote code that their own universal remotes couldn't control. Searching through the troubleshooting section of the remote's instruction manual led me to the instruction that 'if none of the codes for your product work, do [this code combination], and use the channel button to cycle through ALL of the codes, pressing the power button after each channel press to see if it is the correct code.
I promise you, I tried everything and with no success. My girlfriend insists that she can just use the new remote for the TV and keep using the blu ray player's remote, but its the principle of the thing! I can promise that I will be much less likely to choose a Sony universal remote from now on, ESPECIALLY if I have a Sony product that I want to control!
2 and a half stars at best =worth the 20 bucks March 10, 2010
Harry Abramowski (Lomita, CA USA)
if you are technically minded, you can handle the hurdles this presents. If you are not technically minded, you will throw this Sony remote against the wall in the first night.
I think I got this delivered for $25 bucks and I got what I paid for. It works, sort of. I knew ahead of time my SAT box and my Blu-ray would not get automatic programming. I figured I would just do the teaching of each button route for those two devices. Still this is no denying that its sort of a pain to do the learning process with your old remotes and this sony remote. It will do until I convince myself I should pay more than a 100 bucks for a logitech remote, which I have not yet accomplished. my head still says ANY remote is NOT worth a cnote or better.
 Average Remote February 16, 2010
ricodiva (Los Angeles, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This remote worked on an older Sylvania TV. I bought mine refurbished so I was a little concerned that it wouldn't work. Not the case. Works fine. Does what it's supposed. Doesn't come with batteries. The setup took 5 seconds, 10 if you count putting in AA batteries.
 Use it mainly for sleep timer function December 2, 2009
ZZdubay (Knowlton, WI)
We recently bought a Sony KDL40W5100 for use in our bedroom. Nice TV, however there is NOT a dedicated sleep timer button... bummer. I saw this remote on Sony & Amazon sites. It has a sleep timer and also has been programed to run basic functions on the DISH 722K DVR. The remote is a bit bulky, but priced right & does the job requested.
 Trown in the trash June 29, 2009
Tom Wesselman
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Tried it with my DVD player, Onkyo receiver, JVC TV, and Panasonic TV. New batteries. Nothing worked. No indication as to why or if it's trying. Throwing it away. Love the part of the manual "Be patient as you do this, it may take about 100 tries until the correct code number is located"... Great stuff.
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