After purchasing a different universal remote that instructed me to hold a button up to 15 minutes, this setup was relatively easy. Had to push a button a bunch of times but it saved my TV which was on for days and couldn't be turned off manually or with a broken remote. It's REALLY light and I use it for my cable and tv, but it also has a dvd option as well. My only complaint is that it doesn't pickup any of the select features or info buttons for my cable box (Io/Cablevision). The last channel button works, which is great, and I really like how the buttons are setup for volume and channel as opposed to other remotes I've had in the past.