Hi all,
I'm looking for a remote that will be able to handle on 4 devices (which from what I've seen is no problem at all), including my Samsung plasma TV, Sony DVD player, LG soundbar, and last but not least, my Dish Network VIP722 DVR. I don't really understand the difference between IR and RF signals and didn't know what the DVR accepted, but through my little amount of research, the DVR seems to be the one thing I couldn't find a lot of info about. I guess one of the main questions I have is, if I do replace the remote in the living room is there something I need to change in the settings of the DVR in regards to the signal it would receive from a replacement remote, and will that affect the 2nd remote that came with the DVR (I use remote #1 in the living room and remote #2 in the bedroom). Also, I'm hoping to spend under $200. Is there something out there that fits what I'm looking for?

To replace an oem remote with universal remote, the oem component has to accept IR commands, universal remote will not have RF frequency to control it by RF. Universal RF remotes only know one RF frequency their own, which they use to communicate with their own basestations.

And most universal remotes only know the default IR codeset, take you Dish receiver it has 16 IR addresses to chose from, where address 1 is usually the only one preset into universal remotes.

So does that mean that introducing a universal remote into the mix will not affect the functionality of the oem remote I have in a different room? Am I correct that the Dish oem remotes use RF (and that's how they can communicate from a different room)?

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Just curious, but wouldn't IR learning remote fit this situation?