Insignia™ - 4-Device Universal Remote - Black

Great price. Good performance. Easy to set up. Very low price.

No complaints. Read directions and programmed everything and it was working.

Remote is working as expected.features are working.

For over a year I have been frustrated with needing four remotes to work on my very uncomplicated TV/BluRay/Roku/sound bar. While it is pretty easy to find a universal remote for TVs and DVDs it is a bit more difficult to find one that works with Roku and darn near impossible to find one for a sound bar. This was really frustrating me especially since my TV and sound bar are both the Insignia brand. (Why not make them work together?) I had looked at several universal remotes but none seemed to fit the bill for me. At least one that I would be willing to spend the money on. Can't justify a $350 remote for a $350 TV setup. So when I saw this at Best Buy I was really interested to see if it worked. I did some checking online and it said it worked with the Roku. Great! But what about the sound bar? I saw some suggestions online so I figured I would give it a try. Works like a charm. Controls all of my devices perfectly. Setup was very simple and my codes worked first time except the sound bar. I had to try two different ones for that. It doesn't say it anywhere on the package but it does require 2 AA batteries that are not included. My only complaint is there is no eject button for the BluRay/DVD. Also there is a row of colored buttons that are not explained anywhere. Don't see to do anything with my stuff. In my opinion this a very solid remote and does what it should.

Surprised no one has pointed this out but the instructions for this remote are incorrect. At least if you want to use the programmed features of this programmable remote. If you want to use Setup Method B (which most people probably do), the manual is written wrong and does not work. To address this, reverse the order of Step 2 and Step 3. Then it will program properly and works exactly as advertised. Pretty bad that the instructions are flat-out incorrect though. This remote is useless if you follow the instructions it comes with.

Nice remote. Easy to set up. Con: have to switch between tv mode and DVD mode. Can't use volume control in DVD mode.

I purchased two of these on a flash deal at a greatly reduced price, since it was a little annoying having to switch remotes in the living room and bedroom. I did finally get both remotes working how I want them, but it took time, patience, and experimentation. I may not have a typical setup. My TVs are a few years old, not "smart", and I mute both of them and listen to sound through a stereo receiver in the living room, and a soundbar in the bedroom. Since the TVs are not "smart", I do not have any streaming devices. Luckily, all my devices are ones in the "top 10" brands in the little tables in the device documentation, so assigning the buttons was pretty straightforward. Otherwise, you have to go through a "learning" routine that may be time-consuming. Also, if you have a setup similar to mine, you have to realize that there is NOT a button for AUDIO (e.g. receiver or soundbar), BUT there is an AUDIO OPTION in the programming. At first that was very puzzling, until I finally realized that you can "dummy assign" the audio device to ANY button. The extremely basic documentation that comes with the remote does not make that option clear at all, you have to kind of figure it out. So I decided to assign the audio controls to the DVD button, since when I watch a Blu-Ray I tend to use the Blu-Ray device remote anyway. Then, for my setup, I want to power down the TV and STB separately every night, so I don't get "ghost" audio playing through the stereo or soundbar. This remote makes that very difficult to do because it comes with a default setting that "ties" the TV and STB controls together. You can disable it, but I found that in practice it is very hard to break. For both rooms, I had to assign and reassign buttons multiple times in different orders several times until it would magically function how I wanted. Unfortunately I cannot tell you exactly how I did it, you will just have to experiment. Or, if you listen to sound on your TV and have a smart TV with a streaming device, maybe none of these issues will apply to you. Another little hitch is terminology if you still have cable instead of streaming. On Frontier remotes, the button to access your recorded programming is just called "DVR". On this remote, the "LIST" button fulfills that function. The "30 second skip ahead" button on Frontier is the "-->" button on the remote. These really aren't that hard to figure out, but again, there is absolutely no help in the documentation. Because of the difficulties I had with setup, I could not recommend these remotes at regular price, but if you can catch them on sale and you have a typical setup and "name brand" equipment, it is definitely worth it to be able to use one remote.

I bought this remote after losing the original remote for my Insignia tv. This remote allows me to change the channels, but there isn’t a way to change the inputs. Basically, you can’t change from HDMI 1 to HDMI 2, for example, unless you manually hit the power button on the tv itself.