Works great

i got it and it wasnt what i expected, but was still a remote and it worked so i cant complain

This remote is way better than the "new and improved" one from microsoft. It has a stop button, and an open and close button that if you never had may not miss, but since this was my old remote that finally stopped fully functioning after 10 years I opted to get the same one again. Plus the backlight is another missed feature from the new one.

It doesnt work very well. Easy to program? yes. You cant move too fast for it. You have to wait for the lights to go out before you try another button. It's just really annoying. TOTALLY not worth the money. I only use it to turn the game unit off after watching a movie so i dont have to turn the controller back on to turn it off. Dont get it.

It was a Piece of junk. It froze after every command, it wouldnt accept new commands, and it wouldn't even turn on he xbox. It had a one in three chance of actually doing anything. Do not buy his remote. You will regret it

Solid 360 remote, won't learn volume down button on my remote so useless as universal remote for me. Have to give 4 stars for being worth what I spent on it. Learning is a hit or miss and only the lower half is learnable, good bonus if all the buttons you need work with it.

First off, If you don't have a remote to your TV do not get this remote, it will not help you with your TV controls.It gets the basic uses done (turn your Xbox 360 on and off) The controls are easy but they are the same as your Xbox 360 Controller as many reviews have said.Programming your remote to your TV is really easy (after you do 2 or 3 buttons) yes you have to program each button 1 by 1 using 3 AAA batteries, you program the remote by Syncing your Old TV remote and/or Cable remote to the Nyko remote (They probably added that feature because of the Zune). Even though this makes the setup very easy, if your remote doesn't do some of the things you would like it to do, you are pretty much out of luck with this remote. (I don't have Input for my TV on my cable remote so i can't get the right Video line without getting up and walking to the Tv, which is the same with this remote).I haven't had any problems with the Remote (yet) but there are some delays, its not smooth clicking or movements. Like the volume doesn't go up or down as easily, nor does the channels. (oh after Programming the remote to a key sometimes you have to switch it to xbox 360 and back to tv for it to take affect).But there are some great things about it,1. Like the back up light is great for dark times (only stays of for a second so its not annoying)2. The programming saves up time and helps you make the keys to your liking3. The second you put batteries into the controller for the first time, it automatically syncs to your xbox 3604. Makes DVD watching easy5. Can turn your TV on and off (if you set it)6. Feels good in your hand unlike the original Xbox controller (black and green)But again there are problems with it,1. The xbox 360 can use all the keys where on TV mode it only has half of the controls2. If you press volume on Xbox mode nothing happens3. You have to point the remote straight at the TV or Xbox4. The 360 button makes nose if you move the remote5. If you don't have a TV remote or Cable remote you are screwed6. The Green light goes into other buttons giving you the impression that you have more set keys7. DVDR or Tivo users the record, Play, rewind, etc can't be synced with the Xbox 360 buttons (which would be a nice feature)8. Can't tell what mode you are in until your press a button9. Other things can interfere with the remoteSo i guess what i am saying is There are a lot of buttons that could really make cable and Tv use very easy but you can set. You could just use your controller to do 98% of the Remote features. So my opinion if you have like $15 laying around or have Game credit (like i did at Gamestop) then Get the remote. At least the price went down from $30 to $14.95

I bought this to go with my new Xbox 360 so that I could watch DVDs more easily. The fact that it was a learning remote was neat, but not critical.Pros:- Inexpensive- Backlit- Learning (see notes)Cons:- Low powered IR emissions- Learning (see notes)- Went screwy on me and I had to reset by removing batteriesThe build quality of the remote is pretty decent for a low-end remote. It's not really heavy or solid feeling, but it's not dirt-cheap feeling like the original Xbox DVD remote (the green/black one). It fits in your hand OK just like any remote of this shape or size would. The buttons are the typical rubber buttons you'd expect, and I have had some issues with the directional (arrow) buttons not popping up immediately as they can get slightly wedged in the plastic case. This is only on the large buttons, primarily the left and right direction buttons.The backlight is green LED and makes the keys easy to see in the dark (see the Customer Photo I added). You must press a button to activate the lighting which could send a code that you don't want - there is no "turn on light" button. The backlight stays on for a very short time (probably 1 second) which was somewhat annoying to me. This is undoubtedly due to the use of AAA batteries and not wanting to use them up too quickly.The learning was easy enough to program and IMO, I prefer having to take the time to program buttons rather than get this gigantic sheet of paper with a million tiny codes on it for every make and model of equipment, punch the codes into the remote, find-out that some buttons don't work, then try the next code, and so-on. If you've ever used a pre-programmed universal remote, you'll understand. To program this Nyko, I simply got my original remote out, placed it end-to-end with the Nyko, started the learning sequence, and pressed the desired button on the remote to be learned. Fast and easy, but yes, you do have to do each button individually.The learning did have one problem though: it replays the codes too quickly. I programmed my TV's volume up/down into the Nyko. When I press the buttons on the Nyko, the TV volume jumps up/down rather than smoothly going up and down like with the factory remote. I'm guessing that the Nyko re-transmits much faster when a button is held down, thus causing the TV to jump from 1 to 5 to 10 on the volume rather than 1,2,3,4... This made the remote unusable for anything that needed careful control.The IR emitter seems to be either under-powered or mounted so far back in the plastic case that the beam is very directional. When using my Tivo, TV, or stereo remote, I just point them in the general direction of the units and they work. With the Nyko, I often had to carefully aim the remote at the device and press the button several times. I did have brand-new batteries in the unit as well. This was my largest annoyance.The switching between the "360 mode" and "learned mode" is somewhat annoying as other reviewers have stated. There is no real reason I can find to justify this since the 360 controls are at the top, and the others at the bottom with no/very little overlap.Last night, I had the remote do something weird. I was trying to watch a DVD in the 360 and the direction (arrow) buttons weren't being received, yet the 'enter' button in the center and the Xbox colored buttons worked fine. I fiddled with it for a minute and could not get the arrows working (which is somewhat critical when navigating a DVD menu) and ended-up pulling the batteries out of the remote to reset it. After that, it worked fine. Obviously there is some bug in the remote - at least in the version I got.Overall, this is an OK remote and if you only have a limited budget for a 360 remote, it might do the trick. However for me, the issue with having to aim the remote and try several times to get things done is too annoying and I'm returning mine (bought locally, fortunately). I suppose it's the old issue of "you get what you pay for" and perhaps spending another few bucks on the official Xbox 360 remote would fix these issues.