Hi,
I'm new to this forum and am looking to buy a universal remote for a Plinius 8100 Integrated amplifier. I lost the remote and haven't a clue what remote I should get. I'm really mostly interested in controlling the volume - anything else will be a plus. Does anyone have any experience with Plinius products? Someone suggested a Sony learning remote but which one? Thanks.

Dredd

Check out the R7 from Universal Remote Control here, if you are looking for a good quality, simple remote that has learning capabilities.

If you want to have more of the controls at your "finger tips", you might want to try the RF 20 or RF 30 in the same link above. These two offer the ability to control an RF box if your amplifier is behind closed doors and change the names of the buttons used to control the features of your amplifier that aren't usually found on a standard universal remote control.

Also, you might want to try out the Clicker Picker here on Remote Central. It lets you pick what features you want in a remote and then suggests which remotes might be of interest to you...... most of which are reviewed on this site.

Then, you might want to go to this site's User Reviews area to see what other users have thought of the particular remote you've picked out.

Thanks. So the remotes you've mentioned will work even though I've lost the original Plinius remote and therefore cannot use the learning capability of the UR?

If you do not have the original, do you have the ability to go to a dealer that sells Plinius and learn the codes from one of the remotes they have?

Even if you amplifier is older, the codes usually do not change within the same line.

Also, I notice that the IR database for URC's MX line of remotes has the PLinius VOL +, VOL - and MUTE codes, so you will be good to go for the VOL that you want.

This is the hot idea. The next hottest is to contact Plinius and spring for a replacement remote. And then, will you need the universal, or are you only looking for it because you lost the original?


Gregorius, I opened that database in the MX3000 program and found those commands. But how can they be used on anything but an MX remote? Is there some way to see hex code, or some other type of code, so that they could be used with a different brand of remotes?

Thanks Greg. And I apologise for being so completely clueless. I'm looking to spend as little as possible on a remote. I did call the dealer but it will cost me $200 to get a remote and the remote only controls volume and mute. Which MX offers me the basic function that I want - no frills. In other words the lowest common denominator. I've looked and there are- surprise, surprise - several models.

Will the MX 500 work for example? I don't want to buy it and find it doesn't work with the amp. Thanks again.

I cannot find Plinius in any of the URC non-PC-programmable remotes' IR databases. (own pretty well all of them)

A couple of suggestions:

1) Purchase the remote you want from an Authorized Dealer..... if you like the MX-500 or perhaps the URC-200 or 300 ........ which offer a great deal of flexibility as universal remotes....... and then take it down to your Plinius dealer to learn the codes, especially if there are more than the Vol + and - and Mute that you need;

OR

2) Purchase one of those remotes from an Authorized Dealer and ask politely if they would take one of their own PC-programmable remotes and teach the Vol + and - and Mute to your new remote before they ship it out to you. You would get this at either a nominal charge or no charge at all.

SurfRemote.com and ProRemotes.com are both regular contributors to this forum if you want to buy online, and are very helpful and are Authorized dealers. Both can also help you to refine you search, although I think the MX-500 or URC-300 would be great for you. The MX-600 offers RF if you need to go that route. The URC-300 (same remote as the RF-30) is already RF ready.

Or, if you have an Authorized dealer in your area, ask them the same thing. You only need three codes.

I've got to run.

Have a great day.

Feel free to ask more questions, and email me if you wish. (Address in my profile.)

Greg

P.S. I'm leaning toward the URC-300 or RF-30, IMHO.

Thanks Greg.