Doro HandleEasy 321rc Universal Infrared Remote Control (White/Grey)

When my 91-yr-old mum (who has difficulties following a stroke three years ago) was forced to "go digital" I anticipated problems for her having to juggle a new digibox remote together with her original TVs' remotes, so we chose together two new TVs with freeview. I hadn't expected that she would have such enormous difficulty with the complicated remote controls supplied with the new TVs, mainly as a result of accidentally pressing the wrong buttons. She was in despair and getting terribly stressed.These doro remote controls have come to the rescue. I've set one up to work with her Panasonic Viera TV, and programming it to "learn" from the TV's own remote was very quick and very easy. I can just set up the TV the way she wants it (picture preferences etc.) using the TV's own remote - which can then be stored out of the way. All she now has to do, using the doro remote, is turn on/off, move volume up/down and change channel up/down.Hopefully a second doro remote will be just as easy to set up, to work with her other Samsung TV.It works!! The design is brilliantly simple*. Everything has been so cleverly thought-out. Amazon's price is very good, as well.I only wish I'd known about these before, because my father and my mother-in-law had exactly the same difficulties when they suffered similar cognitive impairment.On another point, I notice that other reviewers have had difficulty getting these to work with Tesco's Technika range of TVs. I'm not surprised, as I experienced lots of problems with the Technika that we chose for my mum. Even if it had worked properly - it didn't - the sound quality was atrocious, especially at the high volume a hard-of-hearing person requires. I'm a big fan of Tesco normally, but you should steer well clear of their Technika TVs (which I think at the moment are the same as their own-brand ones).*P.S. (Added six months later). It turns out that for some people there is just one problem with this remote: the absence of numbers with which to select channels. You can only up/down, which is effected by a right/left pair of buttons. For someone who's never used the up/down method before this became a big difficulty. The good news: it's encouraged her to try again to master each TV's own remote, which she's managed fairly successfully! C'est la vie. Still a great 5-star product, all the same.

Yes after three minuets we had a happy 91 year old able to turn the volume up and down without loosing the picture. Like so many old people new tech is not good for them with small buttons and volume buttons next to source buttons etc. This remote is simple and easy to set up and has combined the TV remote and the Digital box so now only one remote control is needed and its no longer confusing for this old man when the picture disappears because he has fumbled with the wrong button.It does take a little time to get use to not being able to input channel numbers to find the right channel but after getting use to pushing the button five or six times to find the right one the old man got on with it. The best thing is separate On Off Buttons this is a real bonus for the old man.What he also soon got used to was having to repeatedly push the Volume button instead of pressing and holding the button. Some might not get used to this so be warned.The set up is simple, Put it into learn mode point it at the remote you want to pair it with. Push the button you want to program and the corresponding button on the other remote and Bobs your uncle. Do this for each button you want to program. Like I have already said you can pair one handset for the volume and another for channel hopping. EASY. BTW you need to also program the ON and the OFF button for them to work.

My husbands Gran is finding this simple to use. She can switch the tv on and off with the remote control that came with it and now she has this simple remote programmed for the separate digi box. I programmed the on and off the same so she thinks she's switching it off with one button and on with the other when in reality they both do the same thing! She's partially sighted, almost blind actually and the only reason I didn't give this five stars was because she would have preferred the numbers one - five instead of flicking up and down the channels. She's not always aware what channel she's on but has got used to this. If a ninety three year old can deal with the change, it's gotta be easier. I did find I had to program the buttons a few times to get it right but once set they're there until you want to change the settings for a new device. Little things like this make such a difference to old people's lives and take away some of the frustration. Worth every penny.

I bought this to help my grandmother, who is struggling to remember the standard TV remote from her Samsung TV.The control is very well built, very easy to program, and feels like good value.I chose not to programme the AV button (as I didnt want my grandmother changing TV source by mistake) but all other buttons were programmed very easily.The remote is even supplied with batteries.Highly recommended.------------Update:A big downside is that the remote 'repeats' the signal quickly, if a button is held down. This is a problem for my elderly grandmother who suffers with dementia and isnt very dexterous.Instead of moving 1 channel at a time, she will often jump 3-4 due to holding too long on the button.Therefore I'm dropping my original 5 star review to 3 stars - as this a signifcant flaw for the remote.

Parent has more control enabling what channels she can select and watch without fumbling over too small buttons.