Insignia Blu-ray Player@ Best Buy.
- Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 17 reviews Back to product review
- My rating: 0 stars
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12 out of 12 people found this review helpful
4.0 stars
"Pretty good"
Pros: Gets rid of the clutter of multiple remotes
Cons: A real pain in the neck to program
Summary: Went to this from a Harmony 880 which refused to charge it's battery and Logitech, its manufacturer, was too busy to be bothered to replace or fix.
It is laid out in a better fashion than is the Harmony 880, but HK could still learn from TIVO's remotes. Its number keys are small, but workable. Because of it's hefty size, I find it necessary to put both hands on it to operate it, unlike TIVO remotes which can be easily operated with one hand.
Those who wrote the programming instructions must not have English as their first language. Their instructions I found both confusing and subject to multiple interpretations. By trial and error taking an entire morning, I finally got it programmed. It shouldn't be as difficult or as time consuming, and I found the experience quite maddening. When it was finally programmed, it works quite well controlling all of the functions of the various machines it operates from its internal memory. One is required to input very few commands; it knows the machines' functions itself with minimal input from its owner.
One must be prepared to suffer during the programming phase, however; and afterwards to adjust to HK's weight and size. On balance, however, it is the best universal remote I've yet come across and well worth the programming struggle.Updated
I'm upgrading my opinion to 10. I have discovered that most of the trouble I had programming the remote was my own failure to fully understand their instruction. I created problems that should not have been there had I more carefully read what I was told.
Fault with programming lies with the OldeGrump, I'm afraid; not with Mr. Harmon/Kardon.Updated
I'm upgrading my opinion to 10. I have discovered that most of the trouble I had programming the remote was my own failure to fully understand their instruction. I created problems that would not have been there had I more carefully read what I was told.
Fault with programming lies with the OldeGrump, I'm afraid; not with Mr. Harmon/Kardon.
And I've since learned to one-hand it. It's not quite as handy as a TIVO remote, but it'll still work with one hand.
- 2 replies to this review
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I just received my TC30 and am having absolutely no success programming. I only continue to get go to website to update settings. On the update page it appears none of the downloads start. I have deactivated norton firewall and virus scan. Help. "Very Aggrevating"
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Especially when you consider that you mentioned user error as a fault. I wish more people did that and updated their reviews.
