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Sony 3100 - What's better out there?
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Post 1 made on Sunday January 9, 2005 at 04:21
RemoteJim
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I received a Sony RM-AV3100 remote for Christmas. We just moved into a new house in December, and my wife and I have been going nuts with all the remotes to control all of our new toys. The house is not all that fancy, but we have a good collection of equipment:

The main entertainment room has two dish network receivers with DVR's on each, 1 DVD, 1 VCR, an AM/FM receiver stereo surround-sound thing and a TV. Pretty simple stuff - 5 or 6 remote controls, I think. The house has the video, phones, computer, god-knows-what-else networked everywhere and I'm told there is an I/R repeating system built in,so we can control the sats, dvds, etc., from other tv's in the house, but you couldn't tell it by me so far. There is also some X-10 stuff here and there, and we're wired for a multi-zone audio distribution system with what looks to be several miles of cat-5 and speaker wires.

The instructions with the 3100 may as well be written in Japanese. Typical Sony instructions- terrible to understand. I would have better luck climbing into the space shuttle and blasting off on my own. I have more electronic experience than your average idiot on the street, but this remote looks like I need to go back to college to program it, and I just dont have the time to shop around for an easier device to learn.

So here's the question: Do I bite the bullet and keep this 3100 or is there a better, more intuitive device out there that will run the above components from one device that doesnt take a college degree to master? Is this 3100 worth keeping or is there a better choice? It was purchased at Best Buy, so I can still return it for something else. I have no clue which one might be better..... or worse!

Thanks for the advise.

JIM
Life used to be a lot easier. What happened?
Post 2 made on Monday January 10, 2005 at 18:11
Stephen Tu
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There are many better choices in my view; the 3100 has the drawbacks of a touchscreen without fully getting the benefits of one. Read the user reviews here, and Daniel Tonk's reviews under the main review tab.

In the same ballpark price range, I would recommend instead the Harmony 676 or 680, or the Universal Remote Control/Home Theater Master MX-500, MX-700, URC-200, or MX-350.
Post 3 made on Monday January 10, 2005 at 19:07
pilgram
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I hear you; LOUD AND CLEAR !!!

If you do manage to get the Sony programed, It still requires to much thought to operate.

Get an MX-700 !
The programing actually makes sense! (It's actually enjoyable.)
AND you don't need to keep an "instruction sheet" close by to operate it (unlike the "space shuttle") !!

Bluedo offers them as an "open box" special for less than $200. Get one and ENJOY your new toys.

Every day is a good day.......some are just better than others!

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