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User reviews for the Marantz RC5000i from Marantz. |
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Average: 4.16/5.00 Median: 4.33/5.00 | 15 | $549 |
The Marantz RC5000i is enhanced over the original RC5000 with twice as much user memory -- meaning you can fill 'er up with devices, macros, CD jukebox listings, favorite channels and much more!
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Written by Richard from Montreal. The reviewer has used this remote control for 1-2 years. |
Review 13 made on Tuesday February 25, 2003 at 4:11 PM. |
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Review: | I bought this unit as part of my first ever home theatre installation. The salesman told me that I would not be able to live without it, but that I probably would not be able to live with it either.
Two years down the road, I absolutely know what he was talking about. It is the ultimate jack-of-all-trades and master of none. The main problem is that it is basically very slow. If you make two keystrokes on the touchscreen in rapid succession, chances are one of them will not register. Entering a three-digit channel number for my sattelite receiver, for example, will rarely work. One of the keystrokes almost inevitably fails to register.
There is a practical limit to the number of controls you can put on any one screen, so you will find it is necessary to jump from screen to screen quite frequently. This is an achingly slow process. Like running Windows XP on a 486. You will get fed up with it very soon. Despite what you might read here, this thing is NOT FAST.
I will typically rely on the Marantz for most of the function that it provides, but I will keep the original remotes handy for specific purposes. For anything other than regular channel surfing, I'll pick up the sattelite remote. To navigate my way through a DVD's menus I'll pick up the DVD remote. To skip through the commercials on my VCR, out comes the VCR's remote.
So, in summary, I have got to hand it to the original salesman. I bought the thing, and I would be very disappointed if it ever broke, but it still frustrates the heck out of me most days. |
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