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User reviews for the Xsight Touch ARRX18G from Acoustic Research. |
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Average: 3.85/5.00 Median: 4.00/5.00 | 16 | $249.99 |
The Xsight Touch is an 18-device, wizard-based computer programmable remote control featuring a color touchscreen display, large number of hard buttons, rechargeable lithium ion battery and optional RF extender.
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Written by reggosnell from South Texas. The reviewer has used this remote control for 1-3 months. |
Review 7 made on Tuesday June 28, 2011 at 10:11 AM. |
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Review: | I bought this to replace my URC R50 which never worked well with my home theater system. I moved the R50 to my living room, which is a simpler setup and it works fine there. The most important thing to do when beginning configuration of a fairly complex setup is planning. Think about how you want things to behave before starting. I set up devices in a few minutes. I did not use their "wake" and "sleep" facilities. I set power-on/off macros within each "home" device to handle each set of devices to turn off for TV(front projector), DVD, etc. Macros are easy to set up via the PC interface. I agree with other reviewers that the web site is a bit slow, but not too bad. I had no trouble getting through a setup session. It is also very simple to go back and modify configurations and macros. Sometimes, experimenting with time delays between steps is useful to fine tune operation. I have lights, Sat/TV, DVD, ROKU streaming device, CD and phono activities and they all work great! This remote is a great value since it can be purchased in the $60-70 range. This is less then the R50 AND the Harmony remotes! I am very happy with this unit. I have been struggling to get my system working consistently for a year and I am finally pleased with the way things behave now! |
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Written by baeder from MA - USA. The reviewer has used this remote control for under 1 month. |
Review 6 made on Sunday May 29, 2011 at 12:10 AM. |
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Review: | Bought this because after 5 years of heavy use, the buttons on my 850 were just getting harder and harder to use. Had already moved around a lot of the more common buttons, but only so much you can do. What a difference this makes (compared to 850 and the RF receivers). Great reception!
I also like the Assist functionality on the macros, since they make it easy to recover if the remote isn't exactly pointed at the TV, or the equipment using the IR. For me, the lack of "state" oriented on/off isn't that big a deal, since only the cable box has that issue. The other equipment (Aquos/Replay/Yamaha YSP-1/DVD) are all Ok, and have discrete. To me, only trick was to reset TV input to Cable before power off, so that I don't have to wait on power ON, since Cable is default device...And just stays "on" if I really want to use different equipment.
Got the RF extender on a real bargin at local Best Buy, remote on Amazon, and total cost under $100...Makes this a GREAT DEAL, and more in line with expectations mentioned in the review. |
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