Cambridge Audio M500

If like me you have a fistful of remotes and get fed up trying to find the one you want in the dark then you will appreciate this excellent little (well about half the size of house brick) device, as it will control up to ten separate devices. Although it cannot be used as a replacement remote for a broken one as it has to learn all the codes from the original. When you first see this remote, your first impression will probably be ‘Blimey, I’ve got no chance of losing that down the side of the sofa’, due to its size, but putting it up against my TV remote (a Philips) it proved to be not much longer or wider and about twice as thick – but ...

I have a lot of electrical items with remotes and have been on the lookout for a useable, affordable multi-remote control for a while. And I think i've found one that will suit me - the Cambridge Audio Multimedia Explorer M500. As far as I know, only Richer Sounds sell this, and they have it on sale at the moment at only 30 quid, which I think is a complete bargain, considering its features and the other remotes that are available at a similar price. It is fully programmable and will control up to 10 different devices - DVD, VCR, CD, MD, LD, TV, SAT, AMP, TUNER and TAPE buttons are present on the control, but obviously, these do not have to be followed and you ...