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User reviews for the Philips RU880 from Philips Electronics. |
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Average: 3.58/5.00 Median: 4.00/5.00 | 38 | N/A |
Available only in Europe, the RU880 is a pre-programmed and learning remote control with LCD screen, backlit keypad and directional pad.
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Written by Neil Barnden from Isle of Wight, UK.. The reviewer has used this remote control for 1-3 months. |
Review 9 made on Monday June 25, 2001 at 6:37 AM. |
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Review: | I was very disappointed with the Philips Pronto, with its high price, low contrast screen (that my wife couldn't actually read, it was so bad - no matter what the contrast was set to), lack of built-in support for my AV components etc. So I sent it back and went for the far more 'conventional' option, the RU880. With reservations, I'm glad I did. The unit is a pleasant size, of quality construction and is comfortable to hold (something else I didn't like about the bulky yet flimsy-feeling Pronto). It is aesthetically pleasing too. The remote's layout makes memorising which buttons have been programmed with which functions easy (and I had to programme ALL the functions manually - none of the supplied shortcut codes worked with my components). After a day of use, programming in additional cross-over functionality between the keysets - TV, SAT, DVD, VCR etc. - the remote has now fully replaced 7 of the 8 remotes that littered the coffee table! Only two hiccups marred the unit's performance. Firstly, the Sky digibox remote's 0 button totally refused to programme to the 0 on the 880 - but I worked around this by assigning it to the redundant -/-- key next to the 0. Secondly, my NAD CD player's remote crashed the 880 when I tried to assign the Play/Pause key, and removal of a battery was then required - which as mentioned in previous reviews, makes the 880 default back to German and loses the clock's setting. Of all the components the remote could have failed on, the CD player was the least critical, so I count myself fortunate. |
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