Has anyone used the NAD HTR-2 universal learning remote? Here is a link to the product:
[Link: nadelectronics.com]

NAD make some good audio equipment and some of thier amps come with this remote. It sells for between £45 and £50 GBP which I think is an absolute bargain for what you get, 8 devices, 44 macros with 64 steps each, and it says its computer programable. What do you guys think?

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I recieved the NAD HTR-2 earlier this week. It has a comfortable shape (easy to use with one hand) and feels very sturdy.
The buttons are well laid out and contain enough for DVD use with seperate cursor and transport keys. I like the inclusion of buttons for surround sound speaker levels. These also have graphics around the buttons for teletext users (Red, Green, yellow, blue)
After a quick browse through the manual I was quickly able to understand how to program the remote. A small LED in the center lights up (green,amber,red) to give you feed back whilst programming.
The function keys of which there are 8, light up red whn a key is pressed so you always know which function is in use. All the keys are backlit green, the length of time they are lit for is adjustable ( 0 - 5 seconds) allowing you to save battery power. All of my remotes were picked up by the HTR-2, it can also receive B&O signals.
Although the infared window on the remote is small it has a good spread both virticaly and h orizontaly,
Macros are also very easy to program and use, just press the macro key and then the programmed key to execute, the device keys will flash in order of sequence.
This is not the remote to buy if you have lost the origional remote as it only contains preprogrammed signals for NAD equipment. Although, being a hard button remote you cannot edit the button labels but the layout is intuitive enough.
Overall I am very happy with the NAD HTR-2, it does everything I need and only cost £45. It is the cheapest programmable remote available in the UK and I definatly recommend it.
Now time to buy some deoderant........ ;)



This message was edited by Dooey123 on 10/30/03 13:18.

I recently bought a NAD amp that came with one of these and easily got it operating all the non-NAD equipment via the learning function.

But I have an old TV set I want to control that had the remote lost long ago. I want to try hooking up a PC up to the HTR-2 serial interface to see if I can program in the TV codes. Problem is, nobody seems to know anything about that function, and gogle didn't turn anything up.

Anyone tried it? What software do you need, and where do you get it?

[Link: nadelectronics.com]

I'd be interested to know what the cost is and whether it is worth it.

I found this site while searching for info on remotes. What an amazing amount of info here! I have so far been unable to find anything about the NAD HTR-2 remote on the net. The battery compartment does not contain a JP1 interface, unfortunately. But, it does have an 8-pin interface (much like the 6-pin JP1) that connects to the serial port. Has anyone seen or figured out the serial pinouts for this remote? Thanks!

Well, I've tried taking a meter to the pins and haven't come to anything conclusive. The pins aren't numbered. They don't go direct to ground (neg on the battery) so they must go through some processing chip. Not sure how to map them to the 9 pins of the RS-232. Two pins read -3 and +3 with the battery connected but that doesn't get me too far. Anyone else tried wiring the pins in various combinations? I'm guessing since they have an 8 pin connector that they are actually using the flow control pins, or else they would have gone with a smaller and simpler connector.

A HTR2 upgrade kit is available to connect the remote to a PC.

Only problem is here in Oz the cable is more expensive than the remote itself.

That is why I'm tinkering with the pinouts in an attempt to fabricate my own cable. But in truth I'd guess that the cost is not for the cable but for the software they wrote as part of the kit to talk to the remote and edit the values. But as you say that doubles the cost of this remote and starts putting it into the catagory of why spend so much on a hard button remote as opposed to either much cheaper solutions or better solutions.

I have found out that you have to buy the NAD HTR2 kit. It is priced a little lower than the remote itself.

My local hifi dealer will provide one in a week from now, so I'll keep you posted when it is up and running.

Just ordered the HTR-2 upgraqde kit myself -- any tips or advice?

I downloaded the software (free from NAD) and played around with it. Looks like you can upload codes from non-NAD equipment -- but it doesn't say anything about where to find the data or what format it needs to be in.

Sorry I can't help on that, but any chance you could put a meter on the pinouts and give a mapping?