Logitech Harmony One - Advanced Universal Remote Control from Logitech

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Customer Rating:  Model No: 915-000038 Release Date: 01/02/2008 Availability: dispatched within 24 hours Index: Digital & Electronics
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Digital Box Price: £88.42
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Product Description The Logitech Harmony One will get the thumbs up from the whole family! This easy-to-use universal remote control reduces clutter on your coffee table, because it can control up to 15 devices. The Logitech Harmony One has a set of backlit buttons and a colour touch screen, so you can find the command you?re searching for even in the dark. All your multimedia entertainment is the touch of a button away. You don?t have to change the batteries either, because the Harmony One works with a single rechargeable battery. Technical features: Direct access to multimedia entertainment Replaces up to 15 remote controls Colour touch screen Sculpted, backlit buttons in logical zones User-friendly design A rechargeable battery Guided online setup Large A/V control database
Does exactly what it says on the tin! Sent: 09 January 2009 After reading some reviews on this product i decided to order one, most reviews for the "Harmony one" were good but there were some that did make me think about ordering! Well i did, and it was well worth while.
Setting up the remote was easy, after telling the software what i needed to use remote with and asking a few questions it was all set up and working perfectly in about 20 minutes. After checking the remote work with my system and all the activites were working i decided to set up the "Favorite channels" feature, which at first i thought could be a hassle, again it was easy! You just find the right website save the uk tv channel logos you need, save them and then apply the to the remote using the software. SORTED!
All in all i would recommend this product, ive got rid of all my remotes and have even got an electric fan which i control with the remote, the build quality is spot on and the "Harmony one" has added to my home entertainment setup, also the software worked well for me, ive read some review where they say its not good, but for me it all worked as is should.
IF YOU WANT A DECENT UNIVERSAL REMOTE ID SAY TRY THIS ONE!!!!!!
It's a good improvement Sent: 09 January 2009 The Logitech One is a vast improvement over what passed as 'one-for-all's' in the past. So it does not have wi-fi or bluetooth, but the only people who are realy going to use them are technonerds anyway. It learns from it's mistakes, it asks you concise questions & the set-up instructions are not gibberish so in my view it's a good piece of kit & deserves it's place at the head of the pack. My only concern for people who are not as patient as me is that it does take some time to set up on your PC & you need to re-review settings to get everything perfect, but like most things in life:- you only get out as much as you put in, so I put in 4 hours!!
Take a bow Logitec
Good, am pleased, but some niggles require patience Sent: 05 January 2009 I am generally very impressed with this remote. It has achieved what I haven't been able to with several others (i.e. it lets me control an av amp and a hifi amp located in the same room). Lots of remotes can probably do this now, but several years ago that would have been impossible at this price.
In all it controls a Naim cd3.5 & Nac 102, Sony KDL46w2000, Sky HD, Denon AVR2805 & DVD2930 and Apple Macbook pro. So some mainstream stuff and some less common stuff.
Interestingly the less mainstream stuff (i.e. Naim) were perfectly controlled and set up with a macro following the auto setup. As was the Denon stuff.
The mass market sony TV did provide some problems. Mainly in terms of input selection. The default for this had one too many selections (i.e. it had digital tv and analogue tv as separate inputs on the list which is different from way it is designed on the tv). So when selecting inputs it would scroll one too far. This was overcome by deleting analogue tv from the remote list using the software provided. This sorted the problem.
The other problem is crosstalk using codes from the database. This resulted in the up down channel buttons for sky altering the balance on the Nac 102 as well as the channel. This was overcome by selectively learning these commands from the original remote. There is also a mystery button that changes the input on the nac 102 when using it on the sky menus. Hopefully I'll track this down. I presume this is because the codes from the database aren't as narrow as they could be.
It works fine with my Apple as well (both in terms of the included software and replacing the sky remote).
So overall I am impressed. I think it is well worth the price and now use it successfully to replace all my remotes. Battery life is good too. Also when other people try to adjust the volume the activity profiles mean that on the same activity the volume controls the av amp volume. So no more turning up the volume on the TV and making it sound weird (and then me spending ages trying to work out why). So if you want a remote like this then it is a good choice. But be prepared to spend a while setting it up and then a prolonged snagging period to iron out any problems.
Amazing Sent: 04 January 2009 This product is awesome. I have owned a succession of universal remotes but none of come close to this for functionality and ease of use. Setup took me 30 mins and i would say i have fairly average technical knowledge. The provided software was easy to use and the setup went without a hitch. Previously my wife was virtually unable to use our av setup, now with this remote she can easily operate all of our equipment and was able to do so capably within 10 mins of use. It also happens to be easy on the eye and feels perfectly natural when holding it, not too heavy and not too light. Overall i highly recommend this product
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