SofaBaton U2 Universal Remote with Backlit Button and Upgraded Scroll Wheel, All in One Universal Remote Control with App Control, Custom Macros for Smart TVs,Sound Bar, DVD/Blu-ray Players and More

This remote is exactly what I needed. My Sony Bravia TV remote stopped supporting my TiVo. I used the app to program this remote for both the TV and the TiVo and then was able to assign simple macros to switch between the GoogleTV and the HDMI port for the TiVo and then change the “mode” of the remote. Finally I tweaked a few buttons to map to the TV while in TiVo mode. It’s perfect all around. My use was fairly straightforward but you can do fairly complex things with this remote - any button can be reconfigured to another button from any other remote in the database or any remote you can “learn” from. It also supports Bluetooth, but I didn’t try using the remote with Bluetooth to the TV. The app worked easily on my iPhone - aid say my whole setup was less than 30 minutes to finish.

This is a quite long but I think worth reading (or skip to the bottom): The Good: I was able to setup 6 devices: 2 TVs (Vizio, Hisense), 2 different DVR cable boxes (Arris, only took 1 setup to control both! Yea!), a soundbar (TCL Alto 8+ 3.1.2) and an Amazon Fire Stick. The device is easy to hold, the backlit OLED display turns on when you pickup or move the remote, and the button pressing has a nice feel. You will need to download their app (Android or iPhone) to setup the remote. The scroll wheel is a quick and effective way to switch devices on the remote. You can setup macros to make multiple things happen (like turning on more than one device with a single button) but I don't have any need for that and haven't tried it. EDIT: I have used the macro function and it does work. However, you may need to play around with the timing between your macro button "presses" to get it to work right. The Bad: setting up those 6 devices took me nearly three frustrating hours. The included instructions are pathetically short on information and the website doesn't help. They do have a support forum but I haven't used it. The first issue was how to open the battery compartment! Shouldn't that be a no-brainer? But it's actually tricky and difficult to do. Once that's accomplished, download and install the app, and get to the programming. There's several ways to install devices but even when you get a match with their database, you run into the issue of matching the buttons on the original device remote control to the U1 remote. And, unfortunately, even with 35 buttons and a 4-way switch, you might need to do a lot of individual button programming. For instance, for my DVRs, I needed to figure out a way to access recorded programs, the listings, a "live" button, and the back and next and skip forwards and skip back buttons, none of which are on the U1 nor mapped automatically to other buttons. This means that it'll take some usage time with the U1 even to remember how you map such buttons. Ditto for my soundbar. Sometimes you need to get creative because the U1 says that you successfully mapped a button but it didn't and you'll need to try mapping a different button for that function. I recommend that you add your devices in the order of most-used to least-used for ease of using the U1. There doesn't seem to be any way to reorder the device once you've added them (either on the U1 or with the app. EDIT: yes, you can reorder your devices in the app by pressing on the device and then moving it up or down the list. Also, you may have trouble finding the right product match in their database. This happened with my Arris DVR cable box. Although the database showed my product model, it didn't work. Multiple tries kept failing. Finally, I tried a similar but slightly different model number in their database and that did the trick. However, on the good side, you can email them with your missing product and they'll add it to the database and get back to you within 3 days. One internet commenter said that they heard back within a day. UPDATE: YES! THEIR PRODUCT SUPPORT ***DOES*** WORK AND THEY UPDATED MY SPECIFIC DVR CABLE BOX CODE. I tried their support phone (no hours listed anywhere) and it merely led to a generic phone answering system that doesn't identify it as being Sofabaton nor provide customer service hours. Bottom line: 1) It works! 2) Setup is a PITA. It will really help if you are a little tech-savvy, a problem solver, and have some patience. 3) Support is good via email. 4) There's a learning curve to using it if you need to map buttons yourself. EDIT: on my original device, it often took two button presses to make it do a function (like skip forward) and sometimes it would act like multiple button presses happened with a single push. So Sofabaton sent me a replacement unit (thank you to Sofabaton for the customer support--they really do try). Well, there's no way to "clone" the replacement, so I had to go through the entire process again of programming the remote. And there are issues: on this replacement, the LCD screen doesn't come on when you pick up the remote, you have to give it a hard shake or press a button. That's minor. The bigger issue is that there are still "missed" and "doubled" button presses and that's very frustrating. I don't know, I'm going to stick with my "4 Stars" overall but barely. As they say, your mileage may vary.

Interested in this product? Know the facts before you buy (see below) This review is not based on a single use (I purchased 3 of them and all of them perform the same), and is also based on 2 years of use. GOOD: - Has the ability to run multiple devices from a single remote - The configuration of this product is fairly easy BAD: - The IR (infrared) sensor has a very short range and requires the "PERFECT" angle from remote IR sensor to device IR sensor. If you are used to changing the volume while standing off to the side of your TV, you will not get that luxury with this remote. If you are used to changing the volume while in bed, you're getting your ass up and standing in front of the TV. - Multi-taps! This is by far the most annoying behavior of this remote. When pressing the select button you might select the option highlighted on screen, or you may end up 4 selections in. If you click on a category to see your options, half the time it starts a show at random because it multi-taps, so just by clicking category [x] the remote has taken you to the options, chosen the 1st option and pressed play in a single click. Don't even try to type in the on screen key board. Trying to search "Comedy" may get you "Commmm" or "Comm" and when you go to delete the extra "m" now you might have "Com" (if you're lucky) or "Co" or "C" and sometimes it deletes them all and you have to type it all again. - Unresponsive, the remote may take 3 - 5 clicks before it starts recognizing you are trying to use it. Maybe it's because you were not standing in the perfect spot in the room with the remote at exactly 3.58746 feet from the ground and an angle of 32.6587456 degrees to the IR sensor of the receiving device and you just farted so the dust particles are in the air obstructing the view. Or maybe it's because the company did not hire anyone to perform Quality Control. But these are CRAP!

Excellent product.

O controle é bom, fácil de programar, tem uma uma boa pegada e a tela facilita muito no uso. Mas tem um problema sério com a tecla de navegação pois ele é desbalanceada. É dura de um lado e macia no outro, sempre com cliques duplos no lado mais duro da tecla e isso se torna bem irritante. Recomendo apenas a compra da versão mais recente deste controle pois aparentemente este problema foi corrigido.

Bluetooth özelliği de var diye aldım ancak tanınmış bir kaç cihaz dışında cihaz tanımıyor. Diğer kızıl ötesi ile de cihazı tam tutturamazsan işlemiyor. Cihazlar arası geçiş için kullanılan tekerlek daha 2. ayda atlamaya ve teklemeye başladı kesinlikle bu paralara alınacak cihaz değil. Cok daha ucuz olan ONE For All kumanda var bundn çok daha iyi. Hiç tavsiye etmiyorum. Tek yıldız bile fazla.

This remote works really well with the multiple devices I have (TV, AV Receiver, Blu Ray Player, Firestick). You're also able to configure macros for multiple devices which is very useful. The negatives: The buttons are a bit "clicky" and the main method of switching devices is a scroll wheel, which in less than a year is no longer working properly. This Amazon purchase unfortunately isn't covered in Sofabatons 1 year warranty, so beware.