US Electronics ENT-EXPL-3005 Universal Remote Review
I’ve used the US Electronics universal remote, model ENT-EXPL-3005 with set-top boxes from Atlantic Broadband and Comcast cable companies through the years with very good results.
Benefits Of The US Electronics ENT-EXPL-3005
- The all-on and all-off feature, that allows the user to press a single power button in order to turn on and off all devices controlled by this universal remote.
- The number keys are in the same of each number, which makes this universal remote 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.
- The ENT-EXPL-3005 has proven to be quite durable, as I’ve never experienced any of its buttons failing to register when pressed.
- The infrared signal from the ENT-EXPL-3005 is unusually strong. I’ve successfully operated my cable boxes from fifteen feet away, and I need not point this universal remote directly at the cable box either. Pointing it at an adjacent wall or even at dark-colored furniture still properly actuates the cable box.
What I Dislike About The US Electronics ENT-EXPL-3005
- The battery access door falls off frequently; even when the remote is lightly dropped onto a carpeted floor from just a couple feet up. This remote can still be operated with the missing door. However, the battery door contains instructions on how to program the remote, and without it, you’re dead in the water if you wish to use the remote with a different set or cable converter box, and
- The programming instructions were not easily located on the Internet. So I’m including them beelow, just in case I lose the door in the future, or someone else needs them.
Programming The US Electronics ENT-EXPL-3005
- Turn on the device you want to operate with this universal remote (TV, VCR, Etc.);
- Press and hold the matching mode key on the ENT-EXPL-3005 until mode keys flash;
- Press power key on the ENT-EXPL-3005. You will shortly see the mode key stop blinking and stay lit;
- Press and hold up-arrow key on the ENT-EXPL-3005 until the device turns off;
- When the device turns off, press OK/SELECT on the ENT-EXPL-3005 to save the code.
- Your universal remote is now set up and ready to use to control your desired device.
I’ll add any new information about this control I discover, to this post.