Furrion DVD/stereo remote - upgrade!

[Galileo]

For those of you who have been less than impressed with the tiny, difficult to use remote that came with the Furrion DVD player - stereo that came with your Oliver - thankfully there is an upgrade available.

 

Though a Furrion dealer I contacted said that there was no full sized remote available, I looked on Amazon (where else?) and found this:

Universal FUTVRS1-BL Replaced... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094NHGK5B?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
 

for the money, it seemed worth a try - even though a vendor on Amazon I also contacted also said it “will only work with TVs”.

Oddly enough, this remote arrived with two stickers that said just “Remote”. They were stuck clumsily on the front and back of the remote. Since they were obviously crudely stuck on, I peeled them off. Sure enough, it says “Furrion” under the stickers. Dunno why they bothered sticking them on.

 

At any rate, the remote controls the power, volume, DVD player functions, AM/AM functions, input/output functions - and probably stuff I haven’t even figured out yet. I haven’t tried to actually tune the radio yet, but I suspect that will also work as well. 
 

If you’ve been as frustrated with the tiny remote as I have, then you’ll enjoy this upgrade!

[Cameron]

Yes. That original remote is almost useless. Who designed that thing? A sadist, for sure. Lol

[jd1923]

Since upgrading our TV with soundbar and Blu-ray/DVD player, we rarely use the Furrion. The quality of the new sound is 10x the that of the Furrion and the 4 corner speakers. 🤣

I will occasionally tune in a local radio station, when home and working in the interior of the Oliver. When camping, Chris might Bluetooth connect her phone to play music. We do these tasks via the Furrion panel, as the remote sits unused in the nightstand drawer. You can also select speakers without using the remote. You have to limit the speakers when sitting in the corner dinette seat unless you're OK with one loud speaker on top of your head!

If you use the Furrion system, more than we do, a better remote would be a simple upgrade.

[mountainoliver]

The Amazon remote that you show is exactly like the one that came with my trailer. The useless tiny Furrion remote also came with the trailer. I thought that both remotes came standard with the trailer?

[Mountainman198]

11 hours ago, Galileo said:

For those of you who have been less than impressed with the tiny, difficult to use remote that came with the Furrion DVD player - stereo that came with your Oliver - thankfully there is an upgrade available.

 

Though a Furrion dealer I contacted said that there was no full sized remote available, I looked on Amazon (where else?) and found this:

Universal FUTVRS1-BL Replaced... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094NHGK5B?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
 

for the money, it seemed worth a try - even though a vendor on Amazon I also contacted also said it “will only work with TVs”.

Oddly enough, this remote arrived with two stickers that said just “Remote”. They were stuck clumsily on the front and back of the remote. Since they were obviously crudely stuck on, I peeled them off. Sure enough, it says “Furrion” under the stickers. Dunno why they bothered sticking them on.

 

At any rate, the remote controls the power, volume, DVD player functions, AM/AM functions, input/output functions - and probably stuff I haven’t even figured out yet. I haven’t tried to actually tune the radio yet, but I suspect that will also work as well. 
 

If you’ve been as frustrated with the tiny remote as I have, then you’ll enjoy this upgrade!

Thanks for posting this. Top of my list to order. 
 

It also appears that this remote may also operate the rare fireplace option that some Olivers have installed (wink).

Edited January 22 by Mountainman198

[topgun2]

11 hours ago, Mountainman198 said:

It also appears that this remote may also operate the rare fireplace option that some Olivers have installed (wink).

I thought that this was/is the Truma water heater.🤔

(Note:  my apologizes to Truma and its owners - just could not resist the chance to poke fun in response to all the Suburban water heater haters out there.)

[Galileo]

17 hours ago, mountainoliver said:

The Amazon remote that you show is exactly like the one that came with my trailer. The useless tiny Furrion remote also came with the trailer. I thought that both remotes came standard with the trailer?

Perhaps some (later? Earlier?) trailers did come with a real remote, but ours didn’t. Just the credit-card-sized aggravating joke of a remote.

 

Val

[Galileo]

21 hours ago, jd1923 said:

Since upgrading our TV with soundbar and Blu-ray/DVD player, we rarely use the Furrion. The quality of the new sound is 10x the that of the Furrion and the 4 corner speakers. 🤣

I will occasionally tune in a local radio station, when home and working in the interior of the Oliver. When camping, Chris might Bluetooth connect her phone to play music. We do these tasks via the Furrion panel, as the remote sits unused in the nightstand drawer. You can also select speakers without using the remote. You have to limit the speakers when sitting in the corner dinette seat unless you're OK with one loud speaker on top of your head!

If you use the Furrion system, more than we do, a better remote would be a simple upgrade.

For sure the Furrion-Vizio combo that came with our 2022 LEII leaves much to be desired. We’ve replaced the gosh-awful Vizio television with a Roku TV. Which - even though is the same 24” size, is -functionally- much more user friendly.

Yes, I do find the speaker arrangement on the Furrion in the Oliver to be lacking. Three speaker outputs and only two are used? Speaker placement? Missed opportunities to effect a much better outcome. I may add a third set of identical speakers amidships and hook it to the appropriate speaker output to make for a better sound balance. Also considering  wireless set of speakers to take outside. 
 

Anyway, the remote has been tempting me to hurl it against a wall for three seasons. (“What? You were trying to adjust the volume and you changed the input?!” or “You had to turn the lights on to make sure you had the remote upright and could find the right button?!”) Now, it’s tucked away - hopefully never to be used again.

 

V

[rich.dev]

12 minutes ago, Galileo said:

Perhaps some (later? Earlier?) trailers did come with a real remote, but ours didn’t. Just the credit-card-sized aggravating joke of a remote.

We have a 2023 and same credit-card size remote. 

[John Dorrer]

57 minutes ago, Galileo said:

Perhaps some (later? Earlier?) trailers did come with a real remote, but ours didn’t. Just the credit-card-sized aggravating joke of a remote.

 

Val

Never had an issue with either Furion or Vizio in our Oliver.

[Galileo]

4 hours ago, topgun2 said:

I thought that this was/is the Truma water heater.🤔

(Note:  my apologizes to Truma and its owners - just could not resist the chance to poke fun in response to all the Suburban water heater haters out there.)

Too soon? 😋

[Ronbrink]

On 1/22/2025 at 11:47 AM, John Dorrer said:

Never had an issue with either Furion or Vizio in our Oliver.

Me neither, but I can’t find any wood to knock on! 

Edited January 24 by Ronbrink