We used the Comcast ENT-EXPL-3005 remote for decades with set-top boxes ans so, review it here. Very good results over all.
It’s a slim and sleek remote that fits comfortably in your hand. Plus, you can reach all the major feature / function buttons with a simple thumb extension. While DVR support is not provided here (this remote has been around too long for that), it has enough functions to adequately control standard definition (SD) televisions, video cassette recorders (VCRs), and popular set top cable boxes from Scientific Atlanta, Pace, and others.
Allows the user to press a single power button in order to turn on and off all devices controlled by this universal remote. However, these command sequences take a second or two to completely transmit. So avoid blocking the path between this controller and your entertainment center, until after you’re sure that command transmission completes.
The number keys are reasonably big, which makes this unit more accessible to the blind or vision impaired.
The batteries last a very long time (well over a year) and I used the ENT-EXPL-3005 a lot. In fact, I worried that they’d begin leaking before they actually went dead.
This Comcast ENT EXPL 3005 universal remote is quite durable. Indeed we never experienced any buttons failing to register when pressed. For this, the manufacturer ought to be proud.
The infrared signal is unusually strong. I’ve successfully operated my cable boxes from fifteen feet away, and I need not point this universal controller directly at the cable box either. Pointing it at an adjacent wall or even at dark-colored furniture still properly actuates the cable box. Very long range.
A red LED for each device, near the top of the unit, blinks brightly when a command transmission to that device is in progress. By looking at the lights, you can tell, for each key press, which device you are controlling. You can also tell when long command sequences finish.
The battery access door on the Comcast ENT EXPL 3005 remote falls off often. Even when you just lightly drop the remote onto a carpeted floor from just a couple of feet up, that door still pops off. This remote still operates with the missing door. But the battery door contains instructions on how to program the remote. Without that, you may not be able to use the controller with a different set or cable converter box if you must reprogram the remote.
The latching tab on this door stick out pretty far, held to the door itself by a thin strip of plastic. This make the latch springy, but also easy to break off. Adelphia should go with a less protruding latching design for the battery door in later revisions of this controller.
The programming instructions were not easily located on the Internet. So I’m including them below, just in case I lose the door in the future, or someone else needs them.
You get no real warning that the batteries are dying; not, that is, until the unit begins emitting faulty commands. Adelphia might add a blinking code or warning beep, to tell the user when the batteries have gone too dead to reliably operate this device. However, the very astute remote wielding couch potato may realize that his batteries are running on their last legs by noticing that the LED brightness fades steadily as end-of-life for the cells draws nearer.
Some of the more unusual function push-buttons are a bit small, like the (A)ccept key. They may have squeezed too much functionality onto the face of this unit. Bigger keys, please.
No illumination provided for the control panel.
If your remote ever stops working with your TV or cable box, try reprogramming it before concluding that it has gone bad. The instructions are pretty simple, and you don’t necessarily need to know the exact remote codes for your devices.
However, if you’re unable to program your devices to this remote with the procedure above, then check out this remote’s users guide for more specific (and involved) instructions, that almost always resolve any remote control programming problems that you may encounter.
This control is exceptionally easy to program, light on batteries, and not terribly expensive. You can configure it to command about every television or set-top cable box we tried it with, and its extended range is phenomenal. So we rate it at 95 out of 100.
This is a 1990s vintage control. So it’s hard to find it in today’s retail stores. But you can still get ont on eBay, sometimes in huge lots, for very cheap; way under $10.
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