Smash Mute.The Big, Fat TV Mute Button (a.k.a. Your Happy Button)

Fed up with screeching commercials, but my fingers always had problems finding the teeny-tiny Mute button on the remote. Often I missed and instead hit the Off button. Now, just a quick hit of the button stops the irritating noise. $19.50 isn't inexpensive, but it's worth it to me. Silence is golden.Product Comments:- The unit is large, as pictured. No problem finding Mute with this one.- Appears well constructed, button has solid feel. It should take a lot of angry pounding.- Very easy set-up. Just move a switch on its underside to "LEARN", point your remote to its underside "LEARNING" portal, press your remote's "Mute" button, wait for the light to blink and return the switch to "USE." That's it.- Works well. No problem with it finding my TV's IR port.

Finally! A big freaking button to quiet those annoying stupid commercials! Easy to set and use! And yes, it works great! Will probably order more as my parents seen it and took it with them! lol They love it too!One note: When setting the mute button from your remote, HOLD the mute on the TV remote until the red light blinks. As you are still holding down the mute on the TV remote, slide the switch from LEARN to USE. If you just push the button until the light blinks, stop pressing the mute on the TV remote, and slide the switch BEFORE, the Smash Mute will not mute the TV. It will basically record the TV remote being pressed then released and not mute the TV. Hope that helps!

This remote was such a disappointment. My elderly mother has dementia and does not know how to use any remote. I purchased this so she could mute the television when those loud commercials start during her game shows (7pm-8pm) or if she wants to watch the hallmark channel…otherwise we stream everything. I was hoping it would also help me from having to mute it (E V E R Y .single. C O M M E R C I A L) myself. I think the invention is genius, but the product is junk. It only works once in a while. You have to hold it up and point it STRAIGHT at the tv (and it still doesn’t work the way it should) … I then found that if I hold down for a couple seconds then let off it will work a little better (but it’s still not every time) - I tried changing the batteries too, because you never know.All in all I would not recommend this to anyone, wasted money, and I am now on the look out to see if I can find something similar. I need to find her something that has a larger mute button, so her fingers are not touching more than one thing at a time.

This is an excellent product! We are adapting its use for my wife's dad, who lives with us and has Alzheimer's. He spends a good amount of time watching TV while my wife and I work from home (especially during the pandemic). He needs to get up frequently to visit the bathroom. We programmed the remote to 'pause' the Tivo rather than mute it. He can manage this large red button fine, so whenever he wants to pause the TV he hits it, comes back and hits it again, and away he goes. Independent living!One enhancement would be an RF version. The remote uses IR, like most basic remotes do, so it requires line-of-sight to the TV to work. RF remotes (used with Tivo and other devices) do not require line of sight. Often my father-in-law will place a glass or something in front of the one-button remote and he then needs help using it. If it were an RF remote that wouldn't happen. I would like to suggest that the manufacturer offer an RF version of the remote, or modify this one to function with RF and IR both.

Sets up very easily. However our tv uses the Sonos sound bar, hence, no remote for the sound bar, no remote to set up the sound for mute. Works great if we’re using the tv speakers only.

I gave this a shot and considering the price, I figured it might be going back if it didn't work. My husband even thought it was a weird item to spend $ on, but we tried it and love it! It's become almost a game: who can mute the obnoxious commercials first. Also, I found a neat way to use it. I leave it on the coffee table near the corner where I sometimes rest my feet. It's easy to use my heel to press it and stop loud commercials. Easy to set up and easier to use. Give it a shot. Some reviewers commented that the words on it were offensive and thus didn't want to purchase it for family. If that's something you are thinking about, I believe it would be easy to place a sticker or label to cover up the top of the device. Not ideal, but a workaround.