It definitely supports lots of devices and also has great features within. I know I’ve only eliminated 3 remotes here but I know friends who are using 5 remotes in the house! The Harmony One can actually replace up to 15 devices according to its specification page. Overall, I’m very pleased with the Logitech Harmony One. Logitech Harmony One Review – Overall experience Rather than having to switch to each device to turn it on or off, using the Activity feature saves you time and effort.įor example, here is my set-up for watching movies on my WD Elements Play: Turn the Blu-ray player and sound system off.When you’ve done watching the movie and want to go back to watching TV, an activity called “Watch TV” should: Your TV to be turned on and its source changed to HDMI1.For example, when you want to “Watch a Blu-ray movie” (you can name it anything) you want: You can also set an “Activity” which involves handling multiple devices at the same time. You can manually set the buttons on the Harmony One through the interface too if you want to customize it a bit further: I could find my Samsung HDTV, my Sony Blu-Ray player, and (surprisingly) my WD Elements Play. The instructions were really clear (step by step) so even if you are not a technical person, you should be able to set the remote up easily. Setting up the remote involves searching your devices in the Harmony remote program and set them up. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, just ignore this paragraph completely and suffice to say, you will not get this installation problem :) So if you experience freezes on the Harmony software installation, change your Windows environment paths back before installing. After doing some Google search, I found that the installation didn’t work because I had my Windows temporary folder path changed. I was having problems in trying to set-up the remote at the first time. Unless you own a legacy gadget, there is a high chance that it will be supported by the Harmony One. According to Logitech, they currently support 5000+ brands and 225,000+ devices. Logitech Harmony One Review – Setup and Configurationīefore you can start using it, an initial setup is required to program the Harmony One. The Harmony One is also rechargeable and the packaging provides a nice charging station for the Harmony One. As such, it may look quite boring but practically, it’s much clearer to see and easier to navigate. There are no complicated settings and buttons are all in texts so you don’t have to make a guess of what a button does. The LCD is a full color touch screen and really simple to use. They are back lit too automatically once you pick up the remote up which is great if you like to watch TV or movies with the lights off. Logitech design this remote really well – buttons are grouped based on their functions and some important ones are in different sizes and shapes with the other (for example the Play button). Not to mention that the remote itself is fairly light to lift and hold for a period of time. The shape is ergonomic – really comfortable to hold. It looks modern and elegant, adding an extra touch to your lounge room. It has a distinct color, coated mostly in black. The packaging looks huge but the Harmony One remote itself is fairly small in size: Logitech Harmony One Review – Look and Feel The AU $299 tag might surprise you, though and leave you pondering: “Do we really need such a luxury remote?” Let’s find out. I was given a chance by Logitech as part of their reviewers’ program to play around with the Logitech Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote. Thanks to Logitech, our digital life can be so much simpler with their Harmony remotes product range. My husband is old school and doesn’t want to have to learn a new remote to control all the things.Having more than 1 remote at home? Perhaps 1 for your TV, 1 for your video player, 1 for your sound system, 1 for your console… I should stop here as the list can go on and on. Hoping someone here has dealt with this issue. Reinstalling Logitech Harmony Remote Software (7.8.0.0) Uninstalling HID Compliant Device in Device Manager and scan for new hardware and drivers Removing battery for 15 seconds and reinserting Putting remote in “Safe Mode” (remove battery and hold down power button while reinserting) Restarting laptop and remote (by pressing Off for 15 seconds) However, when I try to update or sync from the Harmony desktop software it just sits on the Communicating with your Harmony Remote. When I have the remote connected via USB to my Windows 10 laptop, the remote display says USB Connected. I’ve tried everything I can find so far to no avail. Our old DLP finally bit the dust so I need to update the activities on our harmony one universal remote.
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