On March 16, 2006 at 11:02, stereoguy823 said...
Why not have a remote in each room? Wouldn't that
be better?
If you have one remote, you will have to put a patch of velcro on the back of your hand to attach it to. Otherwise, you will put it down, then go to another room and wonder where the heck the remote is. It is a small step from doing that repeatedly to having a remote for each room.
If you have a remote for each room, you don't have to program all the systems into each remote. I have a client with two T2+s working via RF, one for upstairs and one for down, and they haven't yet put on the labels they said THEY wanted to put on. I'm waiting for the service call when they both end up in one room, or get reversed.
Also do you want to control all these things from
any room? Or only some things in some rooms?
Good arguments for a single remote or multiples, depending on your answer.
Do you want to be able to use macro commands?
If you do not use macros, then your remote is no better than several independent remotes. The difference would be that you only have to pick up one remote; you still would have to switch that remote from controlling one component to controlling another, and that concept is as difficult for some people as knowing which remote to pick up. Macros rule. That's a puerile statement but it says it all.
As you can see, it is not always that simple.