Coming from the Harmony world one issue that I find irrittating is waiting for the R3 to wake up and reconnect to the various integrations. My familiy is constantly telling me the remote is displaying the red ‘service unreachable’ message to which I have to remind them to wait a sec. But very annoying for them if they need to quickly pause or mute for example.
One solution is to prevent the remote from sleeping in the activities menu. But doing so the remote barely lasts a day. And if someone forgets to put is back in the dock overnight then the remote is dead in the morning…grrrrr!
So I aquired a wireless Qi charger stand (10000mAh) and put it on the side table. Not the best looking but does the job. We have no power points nearby. Now we can ‘dock’ the remote on the Qi charger and reduce the likelyhood of the remote going flat.
If you do have a power point near your side table you can also undermount wirelss qi chargers that work through wood and tiles up to 20mm thick. So your side table becomes a charging surface.
Could be a great opportunity for Unfolded to make a good looking battery dock for the remote. You could easily use a 10,000 to 20,000 mAh battery and get up to a week of use.
