Mine is so easy. You set up all up on the computer via a USB input and all you do is press "watch TV" Listen to music" watch a DVD", etc and it does everything for you. Its great for Marcia who is not electronically inclined at all.
This was my first thought, but he wants to program this thing to handle all the electronics, both upstairs and downstairs, and he's looking at a wireless extender so we can access all the media on our computer(s) as well as Netflix via that. (This was born from looking at a Blu-Ray player that has network capabilities.)
That's good if your equipment (all of it) had discrete commands for power on / power off / input x / etc... most do these days but not all... if you can't tell it to power "on" or power "off" only and it's just a "Power" button then it can lose track of what's on and what's off if the remote isn't pointed at the right device or someone turns something on/off manually... worse for inputs- if you have to press 'input' twice say to go from cable to DVD player and somewhere along the lines it loses sync with what's really happening then it will never work until you manually bring it back into what the remote thinks is going on... I hate the whole "Watch TV" or "Listen to Music" menu options- I like to have every command available at all times.
What kind is it? Would you like someone to take it off your hands?
I've never had any problems with mine and all you have to do is press "device" and it gives you each component's controls. I have mine set up so the controls I use are all on the first page.
