July 13, 2006 A Pretrained Remote Is Like Buying a Puppy Already Housebroken By ROY FURCHGOTT NY Times
The problem with most learning universal remotes is the effort required to school them a process that involves pointing your other remotes at them and laboriously programming in button after button. But the Philips SRU9600 comes already educated. Roughly 3,000 device codes for manufacturers from Apex to Zenith are already programmed in. The SRU9600 can control up to eight devices, and can perform up to 12 operations with one button press like turning on the TV, cable box and A/V receiver. The key to the programming is a built-in wizard, which asks you, on its three-inch L.C.D. screen, what makes and models of equipment you own. After programming, the SRU9600 also make itself easy to use, by lighting up only the buttons that are active for the device you are currently using. The remote, priced at $150, will be available first through the Sharper Image (www.sharperimage.com) in less than a month, Philips says. If you later acquire a piece of equipment that isnt in the database, you can still use the universal remote for it by programming in button after button. ================================================= George Antunes Voice (713) 743-3923 Associate Professor Fax (713) 743-3927 Political Science Internet: antunes at uh dot edu University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-3011 Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _____________________________ MEDIANEWS mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
