Philips Universal Remote Control, Universal TV Remote Replacement

For price, ease of programming, and overall functionality...this is the value pick of the month. Couple details: it's light, like there is nothing in the case but the 2 AAA batteries and a tiny ghost that jumps from the front to control your stuff. Sort of an emerging plastic cost saving trend with manufacturers these days. It's mostly a good thing, rounded edges and very little weight behind it, should survive all the inevitable falls for a good long time, just don't step on it too much if you can help it. Ergonomically a B+ Although thin profile, buttons feel good and seem to indicate they will stay that way, layout is intuitive enough to memorize in a day or two. All required functions working on TCL Smart/Roku, Marantz DACT, LG Blueray and Display, 90's Sony CD and Yamaha AV surround receiver, Samsung Smart Display. Based on that random list, probably works on everything. Saw a couple transmit range complaints here, which I suppose depending on very high ambient light environment...maybe? Tested at about 22 feet as highly responsive and consistent. Geek trivia: Maximum range on any IR remote technology is about 30 feet. If you need beyond this for your palatial estate's luxurious function hall, spend the extra 10K for a home theatre pro AV control system. Want an actually awful IR remote? Try the brand new stock TCL/Roku...now we are talking bad. No range, slow/unresponsive, almost non existent off axis. This replaced that and others for now...and it remotes like a boss at half the cost.

Love this thing! I ended up buying all three models. The 3-device is the most comfortable to use in my opinion. It’s shorter and thicker, making the buttons easier to push. We had a Samsung TV remote fail and lost a TCL Roku TV remote a few days later. I ordered one of these in the 6-device configuration to replace the Samsung remote and to test on the various TV setups in the house. The results were: Samsung plasma TV: Everything but the sleep button works. Unfortunately, this old Samsung plasma doesn’t have access to the sleep timer from the menus, so I’ve repurposed another Samsung remote for that function. TCL Roku TVs (‘18 and ‘19 versions): This remote works wonderfully with the TCL Roku TVs. The “exit” button on this remote performs the same function as the back arrow button on the original remote. The performance of this remote is actually BETTER than the original remote in that you don’t have to have perfect aim to get the TV to recognize the remote commands. I can use it from just about any angle without issues. Sony Blu Ray player: Works perfectly, and I love the open/close button. That’s the one feature other universal remotes don’t usually have. Samsung sound bar: This is the first universal remote I’ve found that works our Samsung sound bar. We finally don’t have to keep track of two remotes to watch TV. We’re all streaming and it seems every streaming app has its own volume level. This remote also has the primary audio feature, which allows you to program the source that always controls the volume. Very nice!! Aside from the lack of sleep button functionality on our Samsung plasma, my only complaint is the comfort of using the top buttons in the larger remotes. The top of the remote is super thin (looks nice!), making it a little difficult to comfortably use the play/pause/fwd/rew and source buttons on the 6-device version. We’re still getting used to it, and hope it will become second nature. In the end I am using the 4-device remote in a home office/workout room with two Samsung TV/monitors, a TCL Roku TV, and a Sony Blu Ray player. I’m using both the 6-device and 3-device remotes in the family room with a TCL Roku TV and Samsung sound bar. Highly recommend these remotes.

Needed this to run an old Sony Bravia and Blue Ray, a Fires Stick and a newer Harmon Kardon AV receiver. It won't turn on the HK, but once on, I found a code through the code search that controls volume and will turn it off. It was actually the SECOND code that turned off the unit - NOT the first one. The first code that turned off the unit didn't actually work, though it did turn off the receiver. The second one works much better and controls the volume flawlessly. The codes in the code list for HK did not work on my unit, an AVR 230. I leave mine set to what I want and so volume and off are good enough. The Fire Stick (mine is older, not the 4K one) works fine once I am on the right input with the Sony TV selected as the setting on the remote. Apparently the Sony figures it out... The remote is not RF as far as I know, so I don't think it controls the Fire Stick directly. Exit backs you out of the menus - good tip that was in another reviewer's write up - Thanks for that one! Don't know how long it will last, but so far, so good. All of these remotes will do worse if you tend to push the buttons really hard. It can bend the circuit board and crack the wiring. So, if you want to have any remote last, press the buttons as softly as you can get away with and it will hold up better. Dropping them is also bad, obviously... Anyway, hope that helps. Reveivers are so often problematic with these universal remotes, but they sound so much better than the overpriced "sound bars" Bad Sound Bars is what I call them... Terrible sound quality, but better than the pathetic and ultra-harsh sound that the TV speakers create... Real speakers and surround make a huge difference... The HK has fantastic sound with the right speakers. I've had friends come over and actually comment on the sound quality. paired with some Polk towers and Technics speakers for the back - all found at thrift stores for a song..(except for the Polk towers) . . It replaced an old Kenwood and the difference is night and day, but finding a remote that controls the HK has been difficult. Good luck...

Works great , I had a Roku tv given to me without a remote and this did the trick.

I wanted to narrow down the number of remotes we use. We primarily stream through a Roku, and have things set up so waking up the Roku, powers up the TV, so I wasn't demanding too much from a universal remote. This remote programs easily enough and does the job, but: - Buttons are mushy, i.e. you have to solidly push the buttons to get a response. - The remote has a narrow range, you have to make sure that you are pointing the remote very directly at the target device. - The range of the remote is very limited. The range is almost exactly 12 feet. If I am sitting at my desk, I have to lean forward to get it to work, so I have a pretty precise range. Unfortunately, choices in universal remotes seem to be either $150+ for a complicated to use device, or $10 for one like this.

Remote does not operate properly. Tried 2 sets of brand new batteries, and that wasn’t the problem. Only when pressing hard on some of the device buttons, does the indicator light go on, but it doesn’t for any others. Can’t get the Setup Button to work to even program the remote. At one point while randomly pushing buttons, my TV turned on (I wasn’t able to put any codes in to program it in the first place, so that was weird), but the few buttons that worked, didn’t seem to match their function. (Input Button did display my Input options, but when I hit the Home button to exit that screen, it selected that function instead of the home screen, which turned my tv off...but back on)...none of the other buttons worked. Cosmetically, this particular color (black/shiny), holds finger prints too well. Even with clean hands, the moment you touch it, it leaves prints. The backside is a matte black and doesn’t have this issue. Included pictures to show how marked up it got just from holding it and pressing on the buttons for a few minutes (the “cloudiness” around the edges and buttons are all from clean hands). The remote is thin and light, so no real complaints on that. One Star for volume control because I was never able to test it. I bought another Philips remote that was for 4 devices for another room and that one works fine. I intend on returning this and investing in another one of those or just a new remote entirely. Took me awhile to try to and set this tv up, so the remote has just been in its package next to the tv the whole time, up until today.

Bought this to replace a Black Web universal remote, which was so old the words/symbols on most of the buttons were worn off, but was still functional and worked well with my tv and DVD player. But the BW finally died and I bought this remote which I had on my Amazon list to eventually replace my BW because I couldn’t find another BW remote in my Amazon and other retailer searches.. This remote was easy to set up for each of my devices and allowed me access to all the functions and menus on each device, when the correct code was used. All the codes I tried worked to turn my tv on/off but some did not work the menu button to allow me access to my tv menu. I had to try five or six codes before I found the one that allowed this remote to work like the remote that came with my tv. Since this remote doesn’t have some of the buttons the remote that came with my tv have, I had to try different buttons to find the ones that serves the same function as those missing buttons. The only drawback is it’s not backlit, but I’m not going to take away a star because I failed to realize that until after I’d ordered it. 🤷🏽‍♀️

I lost my remote when I moved, so I needed a replacement one for my LG TV. I got the blue one so it would be easier to find than a black one. The color is great and it only took me about 10 minutes to figure it out how to work it and program it for my LG TV and Sony Blu-Ray player. I wasn't able to program my Amazon Fire Stick to it also, but it overall I really like it and would buy it again.

Excellent remote for the money. I've used several other universal remotes, and with that being said, this is the best one. I find the the Philips remotes are better than the GE remotes.

Okay, I was drawn to this. I will be honest because of the color. I absolutely adore the color. Now this works really well and is super easy to set up. Sleek easy to hold. Easy to navigate. It's perfect. Fantastic deal!.

Easy to program but doesn’t work with my Bose

Very few universal remotes, have input button, display button, eject button and sleep button all in one. It’s not a very well balanced remote control the weight is very strange, but you get used to it.

As advertised