There are many downsides to being a dedicated gadgeteer, the stack of black boxes under your TV, the nest of cables behind desks and furniture, even the increased power bill, but the biggest bugbear is the number of remote controls that accumulate in the home.

We have seen a fair few all in one remote controls and some of the cheaper models do a good job of doing the work of 5 ordinary units but the Sony RMAV3000T can eliminate a whopping 18 devices in one go, but this brings some unique challenges of ergonomic design and user interface set-up.

The downsides of a unit that is so programmable is that teaching it is a bit like taking on a job at an inner city school, you settle down for a one on one learning session and every time you press a button something else reacts, in fact we had to resort to taking each device into another room for the process. Some devices are easier than others, gadgets like CD players and TV's proved fairly simple, but the latest set top boxes were a 1 hours job and Sky+ took forever.

But the results are worth the pain, you can control any IR device from your sofa from TV and DVD to HiFi and even your curtains (if you have an IR control unit for them).

The well designed RMAV-3000T has large keys for easy navigation paired with a good size blue backlit LCD which allows customised screen layouts and up to 258 customisable labels, even the most complex macro (up to 32 stages) can be executed with a single button push.

The Sony RMAV-3000T is powered by 4 x AAA batteries and this with moderate use should run the control for approx 6 months.

If you are the type of gadget nut that has looked at so many all in one remote controls and found them lacking then this baby has enough options to run Nasa and at £130 you won't need to go to the Government for funding!
 

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