Seniors in Mississippi

Flipper Big Button Remote for 2 - DEVICES

Description

Flipper works your TV and cable, satellite or over the air dtv box only. It also works with a cable ready TV. Easy to set up, simple to use - preset to Motorola cable boxes. Once set up, the On/Off works both the TV and set top box; the Channel buttons work the set top box, and the Volume works the TV. Optional Favorite Channel feature allows you to program up to 30 of your favorite channels, eliminating channel overload. Stylish yet functional design features large tactile friendly buttons, and full function labels for easy use. The set up locks to prevent reprogramming the TV. Other senior friendly remotes were designed for kids. And still others are simply multifunction remotes with bigger buttons, leading to bigger confusion. Uses two AAA batteries (not included). Some set up assistance may be required due to age and experience. Ships in Frustration-Free Package - easy to open clam shell requires no scissors!

Reviews

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-03-01
Summary: "Perfect remote for the elderly or those with low vision"

This is the perfect remote for anyone having trouble with the remote from their cable company or the TV remote. After reading the other reviews, I ordered this remote for my 91 year old mother-in-law. She couldn't use the cable remote, so we first purchased a remote with large numbers. However, she could not figure out how to turn the TV and cable box off without touching other buttons which then changed the cable box set-up. We went through that for 2 years. It was a nightmare. She has been using the Flipper for 2 months now with no problem. We haven't received any more phone calls that she can't get a picture on her TV. I programmed her favorite channels into the remote and she just presses the forward arrow to decide which channel she wants to watch. No more numbers to find and press. It was so easy to program for her. I have never written a review before, but I am so pleased with this remote that I had to write this review. I highly recommend this remote for anyone who just needs a remote to turn on the TV and cable box at the same time with no problem. The channel numbers are small but the arrows to advance the favorite channels are large. I think the price is high for a remote control, but it has been worth every penny in just the last two months. Therefore, this TV/cable remote is well worth the extra money.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-02-22
Summary: "Works Like a Charm!"

This item was wonderful...it was easy to program and worked perfectly for my elderly parents. I had tried a large white remote by tek pal with only six buttons, but it would not program to all tv's (sansui for one). This one comes with codes and is super easy to install, gave up on the other one...

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-02-11
Summary: "Perfect for the elderly with satellite or cable box"

I purchased this remote for an elderly lady from our Church who had been having problems seeing the very small buttons on her DishTV remote. We first tried a large button universal remote but switching control from TV to satellite and back confused her, and she was calling me every day for help. The Flipper remote solved all her problems. It was easy to set up and once locked there is no way she can do anything other than turn the TV on and off, change channels and adjust the volume. She absolutely loves it and has had no problems whatsoever.

I chose the option not to have the remote turn the Dish receiver on and off since there was a good chance this would cause one device to be on and the other off, since they are not located adjacent to each other. The receiver just stays on all the time this way.

I highly recommend this device for anybody who has an elderly person in their family who has a cable or satellite box attached to their TV, or even if they don't!

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-02-04
Summary: "Worth it's weight in gold!"

My mother has mid stage Alzheimers and just can't learn new things. Before we knew that she had Alzheimer's and before she came to live with us, we tried changing her cable TV over to AT&T U-Verse. After 2 weeks of struggling to teach her the U-Verse remote, we had to disconnect it and go back to the service she was used to. She came to live with us and we really, really wanted U-Verse which had just come available in our area. I found the Flipper and I wrote to them to ask if it would work with the AT&T U-Verse and they wrote back that they knew it would work with the Motorola set top boxes but that AT&T uses a variety of boxes. They also said that they would provide customer support during the setup if we needed it. The AT&T Tech could get the remote to work with the set top box to change the channels but he could not get it to work in "dual mode" where it would turn off and on both the tv and the set top box nor could he get it to change the volume. He left me with my problem so I wrote back to Flipper and they promptly sent me a phone # to call. I called, they picked right up(no sitting on hold) and within 5 minutes it was working beautifully. To find this wonderful product that works great AND has awesome customer support is a delight. My Mom is just happy as can be with it and to me, the caregiver, it is priceless. I highly recommend it.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-02-04
Summary: "This should be an option with every TV purchase!"

Every TV manufacturer should offer this remote as an option! The numbers of folks who cannot SEE the small buttons on the average remote and/or are CONFUSED by the proliferation of buttons should provide a huge market for this remote!! I had been searching for this for 2 years since we upgraded from CRT to HD TV. I could not find any remote that my husband could use reliably. He has some dementia and would point the wrong end of the remote (the DVD functions) at the TV, or press the buttons that changed the remote into cable box or DVD functions . . . and someone was forever having to "fix the remote." This remote worked so wonderfully for him, I now have one for myself since I can no longer SEE small buttons (especially black on black) without putting on my glasses!! Spread the word. Fantastic product and fantastic customer support!!