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Post 1 made on Saturday April 17, 1999 at 12:00
BruceM
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I was surprised at George Mills review...having found that in less than one hour of set-up of the HK Take Control I could put away my other (six) remotes, I was delighted.

I run a strange set-up with Sony DVD, Meridian CD and 561 decoder/pre-amp, Panasonic VCR & TV, Linn amps/speakers etc so wasn't surprised I had to "learn" codes for most units. This was quick, simple (no problem with Meridian remote unlike some other posts) and self-explanatory. Built-in codes for my Panasonic widescreen had one button which had wrong code - it took all of a couple of minutes without needing manual to re-programme. Setting up activities was similarly simple to get something good enough to use.

The first comment from my wife "this is so much simpler!".....even before I've fine-tuned set-up. No problems with range (but then I've not had problems with Meridian remote); no problems with pushing buttons; screen easy enough to read given its size; no problems with touch-screen; why do I need a charger/stand?; love the roller wheel......I start to wonder if George was using the same device as me?

Complaints

Yes, it's a bit slow, but not that slow and not a huge problem once you're aware of it (and relax!).

Yes, it's a bit big, but styling is good and it's comfortable to hold.

Yes, it locked up once during programming, but no data was lost when I flicked out battery to reset so no harm done. It has not locked up during normal use.

Yes, it's expensive (especially as I live in UK) and it would be nice at half the price but then what wouldn't....?

[I haven't tried PC software yet - v. pleased to find that I only need it to refine set-up / key labelling etc.]
OP | Post 2 made on Monday April 19, 1999 at 14:39
Ken
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I am happy to see some positive posts. I have been using this remote over 4 months and very happy with all that it can do for me and my family. You will like all the PC software can do for you. It is much faster and allows you to make changes quickly.
OP | Post 3 made on Friday April 23, 1999 at 06:21
BruceM
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yes, I have now used PC software and it is excellent - easy to design activity screens / re-design / re-re-design etc.

Only one small problem - not yet got TC1000 to learn the codes from my lighting controller - but the rest is great.
OP | Post 4 made on Friday April 23, 1999 at 06:22
BruceM
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yes, I have now used PC software and it is excellent - easy to design activity screens / re-design / re-re-design etc.

Only one small problem - not yet got TC1000 to learn the codes from my lighting controller - but the rest is great.

The thumb-wheel is really neat - click to pause; up or down for FF/Rewind or tune up/down on tuner/TV - brilliant!
OP | Post 5 made on Friday April 23, 1999 at 06:48
BruceM
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yes, I have now used PC software and it is excellent - easy to design activity screens / re-design / re-re-design etc.

Only one small problem - not yet got TC1000 to learn the codes from my lighting controller - but the rest is great.

The thumb-wheel is really neat - click to pause; up or down for FF/Rewind or tune up/down on tuner/TV - brilliant!
OP | Post 6 made on Friday April 23, 1999 at 07:17
Dave J
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I set my mine up last night, and had problems with my Meridian 561 remote. Luckily though I used to use a Marantz rc2000 II, and the TC1000 learnt the Meridian codes from this no problem! An in-between step but at least a solution.


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