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Insignia Media Remote for Xbox Series X|S & One (Black)

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Best Buy has Insignia Media Remote for Xbox Series X|S & One (Black) for $8.99. Shipping is free for My Best Buy members (free to join). Otherwise, select free store pickup where available.

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Features:
  • Intuitive TV remote layout
  • Pause, skip, and volume controls as well as an Xbox home button
  • Rubberized buttons and sleek design
  • Powered by 2*AAA batteries (included)

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Best Buy [bestbuy.com] has Insignia Media Remote for Xbox Series X|S, One (Black) for $8.99. Shipping is free for My Best Buy members (free to join [bestbuy.com]). Otherwise, select free store pickup where available


Product Description from Best Buy
  • Stop fumbling around with your game controller trying to navigate through movies and music. The Insignia Media Remote for Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and Xbox One is designed to make it easier to control your Blu-ray movies, streaming video, apps, and more with it's simple TV remote layout. Batteries included.
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Customer reviews indicate that this remote has to be aimed directly at your Xbox.
Like others said - all Xbox remotes in the market are IR.

But if you are in the market for one, and care about parental controls, I would recommend buying the longer 8BitDo remote with the number pad.

I bought the shorter 8bitDo remote without a number pad (even though it was more expensive than the bigger one at the time, cause I figured the smaller one will be more convenient). I regret that decision now, and it's too late to return it.

There are two issues - if you are using a number lock on the Xbox startup log in screen, you cannot enter the number without the actual controller. So I have to go pick up the controller, log in, turn it off and then use the remote. Xbox UI doesn't allow you to navigate to the numbers with the remote. 8BitDo remote has the ABXY buttons but it does not have the trigger buttons, so you cannot punch in all digits.

The second issue is that on most streaming apps, if you lock out profiles via a number lock, without having numbers on the remote you have to navigate to the numbers and press enter; which makes the code decipherable. On remotes with numbers on it you can simply enter the number without your choices showing up on screen.

Again - this is an issue only applicable to folks who care about parental controls. But thought I'll share my experience in case anyone finds it helpful.
Yep, the Series X/S have a IR receiver (but not an emmitter like previous models) so it's line-of-sight for all remotes.

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05-25-2024 at 01:30 AM.
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I went with the Woot deal instead for $1 more. The fact that the PDP one also has backlight makes it better.
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05-28-2024 at 05:54 AM.
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Line of sight..eewwwww!
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05-30-2024 at 10:24 AM.
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Based on the reviews, this remote must be aimed directly at your Xbox.
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06-01-2024 at 01:22 PM.
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Unavailable for shipping, and none within 250 miles of me.
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06-08-2024 at 05:53 AM.
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Quote from DragonflyPunch :
Like others said - all Xbox remotes in the market are IR.

But if you are in the market for one, and care about parental controls, I would recommend buying the longer 8BitDo remote with the number pad.

I bought the shorter 8bitDo remote without a number pad (even though it was more expensive than the bigger one at the time, cause I figured the smaller one will be more convenient). I regret that decision now, and it's too late to return it.

There are two issues - if you are using a number lock on the Xbox startup log in screen, you cannot enter the number without the actual controller. So I have to go pick up the controller, log in, turn it off and then use the remote. Xbox UI doesn't allow you to navigate to the numbers with the remote. 8BitDo remote has the ABXY buttons but it does not have the trigger buttons, so you cannot punch in all digits.

The second issue is that on most streaming apps, if you lock out profiles via a number lock, without having numbers on the remote you have to navigate to the numbers and press enter; which makes the code decipherable. On remotes with numbers on it you can simply enter the number without your choices showing up on screen.

Again - this is an issue only applicable to folks who care about parental controls. But thought I'll share my experience in case anyone finds it helpful.

I bought this and have the lock function turned on. If you look under the numbers on the Xbox screen you will see pause, play, fast forward, etc. as options that correlate to the numbers. I use those and are fine. The issue I have is like others said if you don't point straight at it, it won't work. Just sharing my experience.
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