Universal Big Button TV Remote - EasyMote | DT-R08W. Backlit, Easy Use, Smart, Learning Television & Cable Box Controller, Perfect for Assisted Living Elderly Care. White TV Remote Control

Perfect remote for seniors, especially those who have a hard time with all the tiny buttons on the regular TV remotes and/or memory issues. Would also be good for young children who tend to reprogram the remote eveytime by pushing random buttons. LOL! Easy to program and compatible with different TVs (we've used it on 2 different ones). Love it so much we have actually purchased 3. One broke after being dropped multiple times and one for a gift. The remote itself is a hard slippery plastic. I read another review about putting rubber "nubs" on the back. We did and the remote is much easier to hang on to and does slide of the table.

Love it when something works just like it is supposed to work!!! You do have to supply batteries, but it takes just 2 normal AAA batteries. I tried the first set of setup instructions and was beginning to lose hope that I'd have to try the 'learn mode' setup where it learns from your TV's remote, but I hung in there and just another about 25 more tries and VOILA it found my Samsung 2024 TV! I bought this remote for my mom because she has weak hands, essential tremors and poor eyesight. This is so easy for her to move up and down the channels! The light-up feature when powered on also helps her find the buttons, and when it lights up, this remote is brighter in person than I expected. There is even a lanyard so she can't lose it in bed if she puts it on her wrist. EASY PEASY!! LOVE THIS!! On a scale of one to five, this is an ELEVEN for elderly that have poor motion control and need simple.

I was a bit hesitant to order this because I wasn't sure I could get it to work for all my devices. I do not have Infrared Remotes for the XBOX or for DISH Network Hopper and Super-Joey. My DISH remotes I use are UHF radio. However, I have an android phone that has an infrared sensor. I was able to download APPS that emulated the XBOX remote and emulated a DISH Network remote and I have an IR remote for my receiver volume. I could have emulated that remote too if I really needed to with an APP. I was able to program each button for each device I would like to control for each button. My video passes through the XBOX and from there to the TV and receiver. The setup works as such that when I turn it on the XBOX, it turns on both my TV and my Receiver all at once and likewise when I turn it off. I actually walk in my room and say "ALEXA, please turn on my XBOX" and it does. Work great for us, but just too complicated for Granny to wrap her mind around. For this easy remote I was able to set the ON/OFF Button for the XBOX from the APP on the android phone. It does great to turn it on, but on the actual XBOX remote it requires the user to hold on/off for 3 seconds before the XBOX will go off. This remote will not do that, but will pulse the signal instead over & over rapidly. No big deal. As long as it turns on, that's mostly what I care about so that our granny can get up in the morning and turn it on herself. As for off, we told her if she really does need to turn it off, to just walk over to the glowing light and push it. I think she's got it. As for Channel UP & DWN, we set that for the DISH Network. We also set a favorites menu in dish so that the number of channels is significantly less than 200+ channels. For volume, it controls the receiver. I am very happy with these simple remotes that un-complicate my complicated media setup in my living room.

This remote has only 6 large buttons with a bright green back light for all buttons when pressed (i.e., if you press one button all the buttons shine green). You have to press fairly hard and wait for the channels and volume to change. If you press multiple times the lag will finally catch up and moves through the multiple button presses. It's easy to get used to this slight lag and adjust how you press the buttons. I wanted to test this remote to see if it will be usable for my 90 year old mother. So I bought it to try out and then found that I liked this remote for my Vizio TV that has a remote with really small buttons. There are two ways to program this remote and the direct method did not work on my 5-year-old Vizio, but the second method using your current remote to teach this remote did work. This teaching was not seamless but it was manageable. I've tried other universal remotes and they all take a patience. In my case, both the up and down volume and channel buttons programmed very quickly. The mute and on/off buttons took multiple tries before the button flashed with a signal match. The mute took two tries to set the match but the on/off took five tries before I successfully set the button match. For the on/off the match took almost a minute to show up and when the button started flashing, for some reason I could not get the match to stick on the first 4 tries (The first time I pressed the wrong button and I may have not pressed the button hard enough to match the buttons the rest of the time). Others report having problems and you certainly have to read the instructions and don't give up. The written instructions are not great so also look at the You Tube videos available online before you program as I found these very helpful. After I programmed a button I found it was easier to just test that button before moving on to the next button. After setting up this remote for my TV I found it so useful that I decided that I was going to keep it, and use the original Vizio remote as a backup. I also tried this remote on another newer Vizio TV and it worked without any new programming so the programming is brand but not necessarily model specific. If you use the advance buttons, switch source or other features of your remote control frequently this remote will only allow you to turn on/off, mute and change channels or volume but you would have to use the original remote control for any other function. I was finally able to try out this remote on my mother's 25-year-old panosonic TV. Unfortunately her remote would not teach this new one and the remote never recognized any TV output so both methods failed. Her remote is wearing out and she often presses the wrong button that leads to changing screen zoom and other settings. I've tried other universal remotes that had too many small buttons for her and these also could often not be programmed for her old TV. I had her try the remote and she did not like the feel of the buttons. I should have changed out her TV years ago but now she does not want to change so this was a lost cause. I have no regrets with this second purchase as I'm keeping this remote to use with a 10 year old Samsung TV. I highly recommend this remote but if intended for the elderly you may also have to upgrade their TV. It is a real shame that TV manufacturers produce remote controls with such tiny buttons that are a real problem for the elderly. After all, it is the elderly who mostly watch TV in real-time and don't need all the doodads. The elderly and visually impaired are unlikely to want to switch to a new TV because they have a hard time learning a new remote control. A universal remote with large visible buttons is what most of these individuals need, not remotes with tiny buttons.

Fácil de programar, es un control para que lo puedan utilizar adultos mayores, excelente producto

Bought this for my elderly mom in-law who repeatedly hit the channel change button on her new tv remote because it was small and right next to the volume buttons. This would change the source input and give her no signal. Due to vision impairment she would be unable to reset it without assistance. This remote can be programmed so the channel buttons run on the satellite receiver, other buttons control the tv. Perfect solution with the large backlit buttons even she can see them and with the wrist strap she can hang it nearby or pin it to her armchair. Pricey, but for the frustration saved for both her and the family I think it’s worth every penny.

Set up is either scan through known TV codes or manual entry; it recognised one TV but not another. Manual programming is a bit finicky, sometimes it doesn't record the other remote correctly but it gets there after a few attempts. After it's set up it works exactly as intended, the buttons are big and glowy and there's no way to push a wrong button, great for seniors.

This remote was easy to program and allowed my dad to turn the tv on and off and move the channels. The regular remote had become too complicated and he was often messing up the PVR accidentally. My mum still used the regular remote, so you can use this one and the regular one for the same tv.

Universal Big Button TV Remote - EasyMote (White), was purchased for a 100 year old sight impaired person and within seconds of installing the unit on their TV (very easy installation) they had mastered the 6 buttons. Initially there was confusion in identifying the colours (Use to a smaller black controller with different back lite colours) He has now had the unit for a week and when asked how it was going with the new controller there was a beam on his face and said "Best thing since Slice Bread was invented" There is no more frustration for all concerned and the best $30+ spent in a long time.