BR-2 Remote Question

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Nick1360

BR-2 Remote Question
« on: 29 Mar 2010, 10:28 am »
Hi All

Sadly Bryston does not have a transport to go with the BDA-1 so I must go with another make and model.

Can the BR-2 remote be programed to for use with units other than Bryston?

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Re: BR-2 Remote Question
« Reply #1 on: 29 Mar 2010, 11:07 am »
Hi All

Sadly Bryston does not have a transport to go with the BDA-1 so I must go with another make and model.

Can the BR-2 remote be programed to for use with units other than Bryston?

Hi,

No sorry the BR2 is not a learning remote.

james

Phil A

Re: BR-2 Remote Question
« Reply #2 on: 29 Mar 2010, 02:11 pm »
Hi All

Sadly Bryston does not have a transport to go with the BDA-1 so I must go with another make and model.

Can the BR-2 remote be programed to for use with units other than Bryston?

Just get a Harmony Remote.  I bought a lightly used BDA-1 without the remote and it takes very little time to go to Harmony's database and list the components you use for each activity.

Napalm

Re: BR-2 Remote Question
« Reply #3 on: 29 Mar 2010, 02:57 pm »
May I suggest the Sony 610 remote. It doesn't know Bryston out of the box but it can learn from your existing remote(s). The build quality and aesthetics are far better than Logitech. It's also half the price of the cheapest Logitech.

Nap.  :thumb:

Nick1360

Re: BR-2 Remote Question
« Reply #4 on: 29 Mar 2010, 03:08 pm »
Hi

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give them a try before I buy!

Nick

Napalm

Re: BR-2 Remote Question
« Reply #5 on: 29 Mar 2010, 03:27 pm »
Also here's a nice site with reviews and tests of various remotes:

http://www.remotecentral.com/index.html

Nap.  :thumb:

Phil A

Re: BR-2 Remote Question
« Reply #6 on: 29 Mar 2010, 05:24 pm »
May I suggest the Sony 610 remote. It doesn't know Bryston out of the box but it can learn from your existing remote(s). The build quality and aesthetics are far better than Logitech. It's also half the price of the cheapest Logitech.

Nap.  :thumb:

That is of course if you have a remote (from the original device or if the universal remote can do codes).  It depends on which Harmony you are talking about.  I easily prefer the Harmony One vs. the Sony.  The Harmony 890 I have which I keep in the bedroom and use for the bedroom and basement systems is not quite as good as it is not touch screen and the layout is not quite the same.  Of course the Harmony remotes are more money and don't make sense if you don't have enough devices to make it worth while.  I've seen refurbished ones at Tiger Direct.  I bought my BDA-1 lightly used without a remote for that reason.  I sold my BCD-1 and did not need to worry about spending an additional dollars for a unit with the Bryston remote, order the Bryston remote and then need to get a universal one too.  I had Pronto remotes for quite a while.  I like certain things about their flexibility vs. Harmony, but they take much longer to set-up to use in a manner for a device.  Once you decide on the Harmony, you pretty much know you don't have to spend much time setting anything up to getting something else to control what you need.