Pronto TSU3000 remote good?

[steingra]

Im thinking about getting one of these. I like the programmability of it. My backlight went out on my MX500, and I need to replace it. So im thinking of taking a step up to the pronto 3000 model. Just wondered how many of ya all are using one of these devices.

Thanks

[Jere_Jones]

I LOVE mine!

It has made my complex system easy for my (bless her heart) non-geeky wife.

Jere

[bob_s]

If you enjoy programing this sort of thing, it will do just about anything you can think of. Check out www.remotecentral.com You will get much more info.

[jchiso]

I have a couple of Pronto remotes but for Sage purposes each is supplemented with a tactile remote. The touchscreen format is great for automated tasks but for skipping, rewinding and guide and menu navigating I prefer physical buttons. In two other rooms (with Sage clients and systems) I use MX-500s myself; I think they are great remotes. If they had seperate cursor buttons instead of the five-way disc they'd be perfect Sage remotes.

[camshaft]

I use a TSU7500 and would not be happy without it, it has just enough real buttons to go with the touch screen buttons. I have not found anything it can't do with my system.

[dfitz43]

Hi all,

I've been really happy with Sage for about the past year, but have just been using wireless keyboard (Motorola Airboard) with no remote. WAF would go up dramatically if I could get a remote integrated into the setup and automate some tasks. Can one of you guys just paint some broad strokes as to how to get a pronto set up with Sage? I have an old TSU1000 I got from a friend. Here's my impression of what to do:

1) Buy USB-UIRT
2) Map discrete Sage keyboard codes from Airboard to Pronto
3) Download ccf for my Yamaha receiver from remotecentral.com
4) Use Prontoedit software to make nice frontend with Sage/Yamaha screens, as well as automated tasks

Do you guys have a Sage ccf that might save me some time from doing the mappings myself to the pronto? When I looked on remotecentral, I didn't see anything for SageTV.

Also, how does one control Foobar or Winamp via remote? Is this possible/easy?

Thanks in advance for any help. Really looking forward to improving the WAF = improved ability to buy new toys.

cheers,
Dave