Philips Universal Remote Control, Universal TV Remote Replacement

The remote for one of our TVs died, so I purchased the Philips Universal Remote Control to replace it. After a brief set-up I found that it controls the volume and channels. Works well, easy to set up, and does all I would expect it to do. It is very reasonably priced.I did find one quirk, when looking at the on-screen guide, if I wish to go from channel 43 to channel 45 it is necessary to press the '-' button as opposed to what I would expect, the '+' button. I have resolved this problem by holding the remote backwards and upside down during such operations.I have done some additional experimentation as to the universality of the remote. For example, I have found it has no apparent effect as a remote starter for my car, is of no value whatsoever with PowerPoint presentations during ZOOM meetings, and it cannot operate a lawn mower. In this I am bitterly disappointed and suggest revising the name to "Philips Universal Remote Control FOR TELEVISIONS AND CABLE AND STREAMING STUFF" (emphasis added) to avoid similar future disappointments to others.To close with positive notes, it does a fine job controlling the TV and Roku box in the kitchen, and that's great. And to my delight I have found it has a profound effect on my neighbor, R. Philips, who has just finished mowing my yard (the 'A' button), and next will be washing our cars (the 'B' button). I've yet to assign the 'C' or 'D' buttons, but I think leaf and snow removal may be good candidates, come fall and winter.

Excelente control

Got this to work with an Sharp TV and Roku Soundbar. Setup was easy and quick. Work well with both units. Can access settings menu's etc. Full control of both units it's connected to.Like another reviewer, I find the button mapping kind of sub par. For the Sharp, navigating the menu can be difficult as some of the buttons don't actually do what they are meant for (i.e. the back button). For the Roku, the back button get's mapped to the "exit" button which is a tiny button surrounded by other buttons. However, with the Roku the fast forward / rewind buttons work!There is no light, and since many of the buttons used are quite small, it is hard to use in dark settings.

I have a Roku TCL TV and was worried this wouldn’t be compatible. Thankfully it absolutely is. I was relieved to see my TV listed on the code area. First code worked off the bat. The Roku remote is HORRIBLE. Like sheesh, redesign it, Roku. I had to press the volume buttons until my fingers were sore because it wouldn’t budge without an aggressive press down. Finally, I can save my fingers the trouble. It’s clunky and old school, but I recommend it over the Roku remote any day!!Update: decided to update my review to five stars because, though it's not modern (my only caveat), it's perfectly workable, easy to set up, and way better than my previous Roku remote (if you don't already see my extreme upset with it above!!). Definitely recommend it.

Gets the job done

I bought this remote specifically to use with the Spectrum TV app on a Roku streamer. The Roku remote has no numbers or last chan button or even chan +/- buttons. This remote has all of those, but they don't work on the Roku, or at least they don't work on the Spectrum app. So, this remote turned out to be useless to me. The only way to change the Spectrum/chan on a Roku is by going through the chan guide and finding the one you want - every time. Voice commands don't work for Spectrum on Roku either, so I can't just tell it what chan to go to. I was hoping I could at least type in the number of the chan I wanted and then use the Last button to go back and forth between two chans or use chan +/- to bypass the chan guide, but none of that works with this remote. Also, the Exit button on this remote does what the back arrow button does on the Roku remote, but the Exit button is tiny and hard to find, so the Roku remote actually works better for Spectrum than this remote. If this remote cost more, I would return it. But for $10 I might as well keep it. Maybe I'll have a use for it in the future.

This works better than the remote that came with my tv. I have an Insigna tv that came with a tiny, easily lost remote. This is a lot bigger and easier to hold. It functions as it should as was very easy to set up. Only con is that it doesn't come with batteries but that's to be expected given it's price point. I originally used the tv codes list to set the remote up only to note that the code I used worked but not for all functions. I ended up doing the remote code search option, bit of a pain as I needed to do so 3 times before it worked properly. Both ways of setting the remote up is a pain but the 2nd option auto searches the codes for you so you don't have to manually figure out which code prompts full functionality.This is a great remote. I like it, it works for all major TV brands and can be easily reset for another tv model if needed. Price is reasonable so overall a great buy! Keep your manual and your tv codes list.

Easy to set up. Works with our Phillips TV, Samsung TV, and Roku streaming devices. Works better than the Roku remotes, which occasionally do not work at all. Reduces my stress and that means a lot.

This is a good quality universal remote with decent ergonomics and features. More importantly, it supports a broad list of brands and devices. I was hoping to use it with a 20 year old tube TV for which there was no hope of finding an original remote. To my surprise this remote supports it perfectly. It's great that you can still buy a remote for outdated devices like CRT TVs and VCRs. Programming the device is a simple affair. I recommend going for a known brand like Philips if you have concerns about brand or device compatibility.

Se configura fácilmente y es de mejor calidad que Steren.

I have been using this remote it's a very good product definitely recommended

It took me less than a minute to program the remote for my TV and cable box, and now one inexpensive remote does it all. Minor inconvenience is that you need to select TV or Stream to choose between the TV and cable box, but that is expected and better thn having to pick up a second remote.

exelente producto ya he configurado varias televisiones sin problema y todo funciona al cien