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Universal Remote Control MX-700 Home Theater Master 20-Device Universal Remote Control

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Brand: Universal

Buy Used: $100.00

Seller: go123media
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 2.8 x 12.5 x 7.8
Warranty: 1 year warranty

MPN: MX-700 Solo
Model: MX-700 Solo
UPC: 656787207004
EAN: 0656787207004

Features:

	Controls up to twenty devices
	Memory backup system will maintain memory for 10 years
	Strategically located buttons and ergonomic design
	Send out multiple commands at once with the macro function
	LCD screen with four programmable pages for each device

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL MX-700SOLO, 20 DEVICE HOME THEATER MAST

Customer Reviews:

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An excellent professional remote, get it from an Authorized Dealer March 17, 2007
wader (NY United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This remote is part of Universal Remote Control's "Professional" line, and you can only obtain post-sales support for the associated button-programming software from Authorized Dealers, who are equipped to do so via agreements with the manufacturer.

That's a business model which is not unique to URC for this type of product classification or even within this industry (e.g., look at high-end software). If you obtain the MX-700 through other channels, the manufacturer still offers a means to request access to updated software . . . though that is no guarantee you'd get such support in all cases (at least they have a means to ask for software updates if you purchased a MX-700 before the "open" professional products software download links became hidden at their website). There are also places on the Internet which still circumvent URC's professional products line policy and provide download of the programming code, just FYI.

URC has a complete line of "Consumer" remote controls, too - you can get those products everywhere, and they are supported as one would expect. They also have loads of functionality, but are more oriented towards start-up-and-go operation, which is what most of us want with these products.

Poor ratings here at Amazon for the product seem primarily due to the fact that Amazon.com is apparently *not* an Authorized Dealer for the MX-700. I find that rating choice to be ridiculous: we should be rating the product and not Amazon's relationship to URC, I feel.

Aside from all of that context-setting, I owned a MX-500 before this remote and found it wonderfully easy to configure the LCD buttons and program the buttons (including using the remote control learning function) to replace 4 other remotes. When it came time to eventually use more advanced macros, the MX-500 didn't have all the discrete ON/OFF, Line 1, Line 2, etc. codes for my devices in its stored database of device codes, so I had to come up with workarounds for my unique design needs. Not a big deal, but I eventually decided to see if there were easier and more capable options, because I'm just being particular and choosy - I wholeheartedly recommend the MX-500, overall. The MX-500 can be programmed for new discete device codes that are NOT in standard remote controls, too . . . but, you would need something like a JP1 setup (search for that term to find out what it references) and I desired something which had these capabilities out-of-the-box. There are no software support considerations with a MX-500, because everything is easily programmed through the buttons on the remote, itself.

The MX-700 is essentially a software-programmable MX-500 with a much larger database of device codes, three less macro-dedicated keys (you don't need them), different backlighting and case colour, plus what appears to be some further capabilities on the LCD in terms of adding pages. The associate cable for hooking up to your computer's serial port and configuration software from the manufacturer (again, obtained with the purchase from an Authorized Dealer) are required to make it work as desired, but do so quite easily.

The software interface allows for extremely fast and flexible programming of almost every button on the remote, in an easy, graphical manner. You view an MX-700 in the main panel and just assign functions to the buttons, create/change/delete pages for the LCD buttons, etc. with the mouse - that's the essence of it.

It's amazingly straightforward - I came up with both device-oriented menus and "action-based" menus within my first day of programming, even before even hooking up to the remote control unit for loading those codes and testing it out. The software comes in versions for Windows and Linux and is standalone on your system - it doesn't require connecting to an Internet site and everything is stored on your local hard drive for ease and speed of access.

I now have top-level LCD menus for my separate devices, with some sharing of button fuctions across devices that seemed logical and convenient (e.g., place the cable box channel Up/Down device controls in the television menu, since the television's channel and input never change). The televison, cable box, DVD player, DVD-recorder/DVR, A/V receiver, etc. all have their own, unique menus which fully replace their unique remote controls. I did the same thing with my MX-500, but the MX-700 actually has more codes to easily use via the software package.

Then, I set a number of LCD buttons to perform one-step "actions" for my family, e.g., turn everything ON that's needed for playing DVDs, then configure the televison and DVD player for playing mode; turn everything ON that's needed for watching live tv with a timeslip function, and start the DVR timeslip automatically (i.e., unlike in TiVo DVRs, my Toshiba requires being placed into timeslip mode); turn everything OFF (very convenient!), etc.

Again, the MX-500 could do these action-based macros, too. But, some of the needed "discrete" codes were not learnable from my television and other remotes, because those functions weren't exposed on those controls to begin with. The codes I needed *did* exist, but you would need a special remote - such as a JP1 setup - to help teach them to a MX-500. Instead, the MX-700 had a big database with the codes I needed already present, and the graphical interface made assigning them to buttons, giving LCD menus the text I wanted, etc. very fast and convenient.

Finally, back to some of the 1-star ratings for this product . . . you might consider some additional context. Take a look at the "Sponsored Links" within this page: at the time of submitting this Customer Review, there's an *Authorized Dealer* offering the MX-700 for a terrific price. Right here, on the Amazon product page!

My understanding is that you can also discuss obtaining discounts from the advertised prices offline with any Authorized Dealer, with a reasonable expectation of success. They have mandatory minimum prices to display on their sites, set by agreement with URC - that doesn't imply that they must *sell* at the same price, though.

5 out of 5 stars

DON'T BUY -- Can't be User Programmed January 28, 2007
R. Bahr
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

In August of 2006, "Universal Remote Control" the maker of the MX-700 discontinued the software downloads/upgrades for MXEDITOR which is ESSENTIAL for programming the MX-700.

So this otherwise wonderful remote controller cannot be programmed, and is therefore USELESS to you.

The software is still available to professional installers, authorized distributors. Amazon is not one of them. This seems to be URC's way of discouraging web sales and protecting the much higher price for the professionally installed market.

This is very disappointing because this is a GREAT remote. The extremely flexible programming capability, strong IR driver, ergonomic feel, make this a stellar product. It is a shame that URC has made it inaccessible to the general population. (There is a message on [...] that URC will allow a 1 time, non-upgradeable download of MXEDITOR for owners with a valid serial number. There is no corresponding message on URC's website however, or any automated way to do this.)

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