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 Rotel
RR990 LCD Touch Screen Remote
Review written by Scott Fagg on 20-Feb-1999
The RR990 is also
sold under MRS, DSE and a number of other labels.
Design
The RR990
is an lcd touch screen based learning remote control. The LCD is backlit
and lights up when ever operated in the dark. The light detector is built
into the face of the LCD.
The RR990 provides
8 pages of buttons. The pages are labelled CD, AUX, AMP, TAPE/TUNER, TV,
LD, SEL1 and SEL2. Each page offering slightly different button layouts,
that are generally applicable to the component they are intended for. For
example the TV page includes channel up / down buttons, while the CD page
includes skip buttons.
The manual is clear and easy to read.
Ergonomics
Being an LCD touch
screen you really have to look at the face to see which buttons you're pushing.
You can't blindly grab it and hit the right button. The unit is reasonably
solid and easy to hold. It's a two handed operation , one to hold, one to
hit buttons.
It looks a lot
classier than a pile of different looking remotes on the coffee table.
Programming
It doesn't come
pre-programmed for any brand of equipment, so it needs to be programmed
before it can be used for anything. Programming is done in the usual fashion
of pointing your existing remotes at it and recording the signals.
Each button
on each page can be either programmed with a function from an existing
remote or be programmed with a macro. This in theory allows for over 200
macros OR commands or combinations of both. This is limited by available
memory though.
Unused buttons
on each of the pages can be turned off, to make for a less cluttered on-screen
appearance. There is also the option to use some of the pre-programmed
layouts that offer a minimal set of buttons.
Quirks?
When the
batteries go flat, the macros and learnt functions are retained, but changes
to the button layouts are lost.
The RR990 cant
deal with remotes that have auto-repeat functions (ie volume buttons)
You have to repeatedly hit the up/down bottons to control functions like
volume and fast forwarding.
It chews threw
batteries quite quickly.
Summary
A very flexible
remote, although it does have some operating quirks.
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