Current JP1 remotes: URC-3660 and URC-3680

[The Robman]

The URC-3660/3680 is often relabeled under different brands, like Best Buy sells it under the Insignia brand and Walmart uses the Onn brand, but it's really the same remote and it's one of the few JP1 remotes currently on the market. It's usually about $30 in most places, but Best Best will occasionally have it on sale for $20.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insignia-8 ... /6495830.p
https://www.target.com/p/one-for-all-es ... A-86483715
https://www.walmart.com/ip/One-For-All- ... /854860600

No longer available:
https://www.amazon.com/One-All-SteriTou ... 09ZHM3D9R/
https://www.walmart.com/ip/ONN-R113663- ... /747238608

The following thread gives some advice about buying an FTDI cable to use as a JP1 cable:
https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16360

Amazon has an FTDI cable for $9:
https://www.amazon.com/Ximimark-FT232RL ... B07T45CC8K

Tindie has a JP1 cable for $13:
https://www.tindie.com/products/remotem ... ing-cable/


European models
One For All URC-3661
https://www.oneforall.com/en-gb/univers ... te-control
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09P2WSJV6

One For All URC-3680
https://www.oneforall.com/en-us/univers ... te-control

JP1 threads on these remotes
https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewt ... p?t=103026 (URC-3660)
https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewt ... p?t=102998 (URC-3661)

Manuals and other support
https://www.onn-support.com/
https://files.bbystatic.com/Wwm5sSNR5p7 ... er%2BGuide
https://www.datocms-assets.com/44652/16 ... pfinal.pdf
https://www.oneforall.com/sites/default ... delist.pdf
https://www.oneforall.com/sites/default ... delist.pdf
https://www.oneforall.com/sites/default ... 21-gec.pdf

[HamburgerHelper1]

Walmart still has the onn. R113663 6-Device Universal Remote for $14.34
which is the URC-3660


https://www.walmart.com/ip/onn-R113663- ... /747238608

[jim_henry_esq]

URC-3661 European counterpart
https://www.oneforall.com/en-gb/univers ... te-control
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09P2WSJV6

One For All page for URC-3680
https://www.oneforall.com/en-us/univers ... te-control

[Zim_256]

Does that mean that JP1 remotes are getting scarce? I noticed them missing from the shelves but I thought it was something to do with the local economy.

[jim_henry_esq]

My impression is that universal remotes in general are fading in popularity and I think this is a long term trend.

[The Robman]

I blame smart TVs and streaming. The days of folks having a DVD player, VCR, cable box, stereo and TV all hooked up together are moving into the past (even though that still describes my setup). But even for me, most of the time I just fire up the TV and stream something. I still have the sound running through my stereo but a lot of folks now have a sound bar that can be controlled from the TV.

And I bet there are a whole bunch of kids that will never own a TV as they do everything from their laptops.

[andyross]

Another issue is that more devices are moving to RF-based control. Some devices, like 'stick' streamers, are RF-only.

[Zim_256]

Meanwhile we have a bunch and I say A BUNCH of devices using the same card-style IR remote, with the same code.

I have a Hitachi soundbar, OSRAM lighting, DVD player and a random chinese stereo using the same IR codes, so when I turn on the lights, the soundbar goes to AUX input when I turn the volume up, the lights go blue.

The last OfA remote I saw in a store, was on closeout for about $4, I might get it just in case they never come back. It's a Contour 4. Enough for my needs.

[The Robman]

Yeah, there are lots of cheap devices that come with credit card sized remotes and they almost always use the NEC1 protocol with a device code of 0. I assume that one is free to use to OEMs.

[120240VAC60HZ]

I just bought a URC3680 and I noticed This from the manual! Don't touch for us yeah right LoL!

I do wonder if the manufacturers have a special keyed JP1 cable as I have been noticing that notch by pins 5 & 6 every JP1 remote I have.

Can't get a love like or hate at the moment as I'm in rehab for joint replacement surgery gone wrong

[davecs]

I just bought a URC3680 and I noticed This from the manual! Don't touch for us yeah right LoL!

Well, they would, wouldn't they?

[SysTech_Larry]

I have seen some Onn 3660s on eBay where the JP1 connector was not even populated.

[davecs]

I was looking for one with 8 device buttons, and although the URC-3680 can be posted to the UK, the postage charge is just plain stupid. Then I did a search for it under its alternate guise, the Insignia NS-RMT8D21. To my surprise, that's available on Ebay UK, for £9.47, no charge for postage, but a few weeks wait while it arrives from China. I just hope it has the 6 pins in the battery compartment when it arrives mid-January.

[HamburgerHelper1]

I found same thing for USA Walmart ordered one just to see if it is the real thing
3 week delivery time from china but at least its free shipping
https://www.walmart.com/ip/New-Original ... 7464852870

[davecs]

I found same thing for USA Walmart ordered one just to see if it is the real thing
3 week delivery time from china but at least its free shipping
https://www.walmart.com/ip/New-Original ... 7464852870

According to the pic of the one I bought, it has an Insignia logo at the bottom, and there are a number of identical ones on Ebay at similar prices (few pennies more). In their description they also say that it requires 2xAAA batteries, but in a couple of them they have another photo with the battery bay open, clearly showing that the batteries are AA, and the 6 pins that look identical to the same part of the remote on my OFA 3661. I think that they are being supplied by traders in China, so it remains to be seen how genuine they are, and whether the 6 pins work!! Hope so!