Logitech Harmony Ultimate Remote 79stg

fdevine

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I ordered within minutes of the deal going live and mine hasn't dispatched yet.

Delivery is still down for on or before next Tuesday (13th).

Most times any delays are just down to allocating stock, with that stock being all over Europe. I got an Amazon order recently that dispatched from Spain.

bk

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This normally means that it is already shipping, usually it means it is being transferred from one warehouse to another one before actually sending it to you by courier.

Amazon have their own internal shipping service. Usually they transfer items from their UK depots to Irish depots by their own service before then shipping it out to you by courier. It doesn't really take any longer then if they shipped straight from the UK, as the courier would do the same.

namloc1980

Mine originally had the we're waiting for a delivery date but got an email this morning to say it's being prepared for dispatch! Have patience people.

dodzy

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Mine originally had the we're waiting for a delivery date but got an email this morning to say it's being prepared for dispatch! Have patience people.

I'd say they've 000's to fulfil. I'd be as, if not more confident with AMZ than pretty much any other online retailer with hot items such as this.

yoshimitsu

Amazon are (normally) true champions of the "under-promise, over-deliver" customer service philosophy

Just some advice to those receiving their Harmony in the next few days, I had a much easier time setting it up on my laptop vs the amsrtphone app. You're can definitely do it on a smartphone but the application for PC/Mac is more intuitive, less prone to getting stuck on one of the steps.

walshy123

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i'll take it off your hands

OldMrBrennan83

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Dummy

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Can't believe I missed this, up to 127 now. Must put an alert on CCC for this.

What is CCC please?

Rgds.

OldMrBrennan83

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namloc1980

My order has been dispatched from Germany. Amazon must be trawling all their warehouses for stock to fulfill orders.

irelandrover

MIne arrived on Wednesday. I havent really had a chance to play around with it yet but it seems good.

My wife seems highly skeptical that we need a smart remote.

irelandrover

irelandrover wrote: »

MIne arrived on Wednesday. I havent really had a chance to play around with it yet but it seems good.

My wife seems highly skeptical that we need a smart remote.

I've had various harmony remotes for the last 10+ years and once she gets used to it she wont go back.
Have worn out two harmony 885s and on my second touch.
Would like an ultimate but I dont need the extra function as I dont like the philips hue/smart home stuff

Optimus Prime

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as I dont like the philips hue/smart home stuff

Blaspheme! :pac:

bk

irelandrover wrote: »

My wife seems highly skeptical that we need a smart remote.

BrownFinger wrote: »

I've had various harmony remotes for the last 10+ years and once she gets used to it she wont go back.

Same experience here. Missus is initially sceptical of anything I buy, then a few months later she is like:

"When are we getting Hue Smart bulbs for the bathroom"
"I miss the Google Home" - When on holidays, etc.

Chimichangas

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Same experience here. Missus is initially sceptical of anything I buy, then a few months later she is like:

"When are we getting Hue Smart bulbs for the bathroom"
"I miss the Google Home" - When on holidays, etc.

:rolleyes: :pac:

so true.

OldMrBrennan83

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Toast

Arrived yesterday. Got mine to replace a Harmony One that was starting to show its age.

The remote is a step down it feels in terms of design... It invites random screen pushes when you pick it up (the screen locks to stop this but if you grab it during the unlocked period it'll hit something). Apparently they gated the spiritual successor to the Harmony One remote to the Elite package but I feel with the smart apps I will use the remote far less.

I'd recommend just the Harmony Hub or with the non screen remote (though this deal was cheaper than both). It is super nice to be able to finally turn on my (non-smart) telly from the phone. It imported my old activities from the Harmony One and the setup is far far easier these days than creating activities for that (both interface wise and not having every little change needing the remote reconnected to the PC).

bk

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Install the harmony app on your phone and it will guide you through the setup process.

Toast wrote: »

The remote is a step down it feels in terms of design... It invites random screen pushes when you pick it up (the screen locks to stop this but if you grab it during the unlocked period it'll hit something). Apparently they gated the spiritual successor to the Harmony One remote to the Elite package but I feel with the smart apps I will use the remote far less.

Yes, with the Ultimate I think they thought using the touch screen was the future and placed it right under where you thumb sits. They then realised everyone hated that and rarely used the touch screen, so they released the Elite to fix it, moving the touch screen out of the way at the top and putting the play/pause, etc. buttons directly under your thumb. Makes much more sense layout wise.

bk

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https://www.tomsguide.com/us/google-home-mini-logitech-harmony-setup,review-5012.html

Though I recommend focusing on getting the Harmony all set up and working first with all your devices, before trying to get it working with Assistant, etc.

garlad

Mine arrived yesterday
Software update for remote kept failing, eventually loaded.
Couldn't connect Amazon Fire TV to Hub until remote/hub were updated and synced.
Alexa integration was the easiest bit surprisingly

fdevine

Mine arrived slightly ahead of schedule on Friday, but to work and I was OOO on Friday.

Have tried connecting to the hub via the app and finding it frustratingly troublesome with either error messages or getting stuck in a login loop.

Have the long weekend to play around with it and get it set up fully.

Toast

Did that for me when trying to use the Android App to do the setup. Worked first time when I hooked the remote into the PC and used the Windows software. There's some odd disconnect with what you can do on Android and what you can do on Windows. You can reprogram the remote screen and buttons in windows.. but only the buttons via the Android App (you can do the screen from the remote itself but it is a pain).

yoshimitsu

I've found their phone support to be excellent. From memory, I wasnt able to call during the week because their office hours were fairly limited but i remember spending a good half an hour on a saturday morning with a polite Romanian bloke who helped me set up two devices that were not officially supported by the remote (Roomba vacuum cleaner and LED candles). He also answered a few random questions and gave a few usage tips

OldMrBrennan83

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dubrov

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Make sure the hub had a direct line of site to your devices or at least close to it.

75% suggests the signal is bouncing off walls/ cabinets which is not dependable

OldMrBrennan83

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TitianGerm

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It's not really that, it just seems to be a toggle rather than a definite On or Off.

Like I have a thing set to Watch TV and it's to turn the TV on, the Horizon on, and HDMI1. Sometimes if I hit this then it turns both off if they're on already. If I have the TV on and the Shield on (HDMI2) and I hit Watch TV then it does nothing except turn the Horizon off.

At the moment it's completely crapped out and won't do a thing at all. Seems to be stuck in a loop on the Watch Shield section and it just times out if I use the TV routine. Volume, etc won't work at all from the app or remote and the app on the PC just sticks in a loop when trying to open it with the remote plugged in.

If you turn on your Shield TV when the TV is off will your TV wake up automatically?

OldMrBrennan83

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dubrov

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Some devices have a separate on and off button. The problem is Horizon has just a single power toggle button (one of many shocking design decisions). So if the remote thinks it is off but it is actually on, it will do the wrong thing.

So somehow the remote has gone out of sync with reality. The reason for this is that it sent an instruction that did not work. This should not happen.

I'd check the hub positioning as if there is no direct line it may not work all the time. There could be other reasons, like the box is booting up and you are trying to send it instructions.

OldMrBrennan83

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The high horse brigade

Sometimes you need to add delays of a few seconds between commands. I have a TV in the kitchen which needs 5 seconds after turning on before sending the command to change source otherwise it's not ready for it. It's all a trial and error thing and is down to the devices you have.

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dubrov

Just one other thing, check your TV setting to ensure HDMI-CEC/Anynet+ settings are disabled.
A lot o TVs allow other devices to control them.

E.g. When your shield switches on, it can switch your TV source to what it is using.

I'd also make sure that your activities turn off any devices that you don't use in case they are doing something they shouldn't.

If the remote is in the dock, it is idle so shouldn't be affecting anything.

The high horse brigade

Also CEC is called different names on different devices. On LG is called Simplink

slave1

Mine arrived yesterday, amazingly favourite tv channels do not work on satellite via Sony TV, loads of internet hits about it.
Also when I use it to turn on the TV it randomly selects AV inputs.
Set it up to turn on my projector and screen and when I used it to turn off my TV some time later it turned the projector on (different makes).
Absolutely will not connect to my W10 PC via bluetooth.

Useless to me

Fr_Dougal

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Mine arrived yesterday, amazingly favourite tv channels do not work on satellite via Sony TV, loads of internet hits about it.
Also when I use it to turn on the TV it randomly selects AV inputs.
Set it up to turn on my projector and screen and when I used it to turn off my TV some time later it turned the projector on (different makes).
Absolutely will not connect to my W10 PC via bluetooth.

Useless to me

You can use ‘Buttons’ to overcome most of that. Are you using an AV receiver with your setup?

slave1

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You can use ‘Buttons’ to overcome most of that. Are you using an AV receiver with your setup?

Yes, I'm using an AV receiver but I do not want that included in Projector activity as chances are I'll already have the AV receiver on watching TV and just want to turn off the TV and turn on the Projector

The high horse brigade

slave1 wrote: »

Yes, I'm using an AV receiver but I do not want that included in Projector activity as chances are I'll already have the AV receiver on watching TV and just want to turn off the TV and turn on the Projector

You can set individual devices to never power off between activities unless you press the power of button. I think you need to spend some time digging a little deeper in the settings

slave1

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You can set individual devices to never power off between activities unless you press the power of button. I think you need to spend some time digging a little deeper in the settings

Yeah perhaps, the Sony satellite TV not being added to favorites is a bit of a deal breaker though....I'll give it a bit more time

slave1

I found the settings that control the power when switching between activities and adjusted it to leave power on.
Still turning everything off. I tried deleting and resetting up the activities but still turns all off?

I set the Harmony to switch the TV on to satellite (which is the third AV input on the TV on the activity set up screens) but it does not work, instead it cycles down three inputs and selects that instead so e.g. I was watching Satellite the last time the TV was on then it cycles to three AV inputs down which could be AV2 which I've nothing connected to, so I turn off and try again and it turns the TV on and cycles down three more AV inputs. To test this theory further I got it finally to the Satellite input on the TV and selected the Satellite activity on the remote and it duly cycled down to the AV input three away
I then setup another activity to get the harmony to select my digital TV AV input (which is the second AV input on the TV on the activity set up screens) and you guessed it, it does not select the Digital setup but instead cycles to the next AV input two down from the one last in use...
Same result whether I use the remote, the app or Google Home shortcuts

EDIT found setting for cycling through AV inputs, works but falls over if I use the original remote to change AV input

fjon

Eventually got mine after a bit of a delay.
Played around with it quite a bit, great little gadget, but it's overkill for what I needed. If anyone missed out and wants it at the price I paid for it I will sell it, otherwise will probably put it up on Adverts.

vjmcdonnell

fjon wrote: »

Eventually got mine after a bit of a delay.
Played around with it quite a bit, great little gadget, but it's overkill for what I needed. If anyone missed out and wants it at the price I paid for it I will sell it, otherwise will probably put it up on Adverts.

I'll have it if it's not gone yet

TheIrishGrover

I have the Elite (Which is only a slightly modified version really - moving those top buttons below the screen). I have the hub which gives me control of Wi-Fi enabled devices like my Philips hue lights. It has it's quirks (Hub-related activities can only be modified on the hub app for example) and it took me ages to change the philips hue icon to an imported icon (I created a new activity, imported an icon I liked and then, on the remote itself, changed the Lights activity icon to the imported one and then deleted the new activity)

The only problem I have is trying not to put EVERYTHING on the remote (I'm buying a remote controlled switch for living-room lights next)

SickBoy

I bought two of these on an impulse due to this thread but they seem massively overkill for what I need.
Never opened, willing to let them go for what I paid.
PM if interested.

slave1

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I found the settings that control the power when switching between activities and adjusted it to leave power on.
Still turning everything off. I tried deleting and resetting up the activities but still turns all off?

I set the Harmony to switch the TV on to satellite (which is the third AV input on the TV on the activity set up screens) but it does not work, instead it cycles down three inputs and selects that instead so e.g. I was watching Satellite the last time the TV was on then it cycles to three AV inputs down which could be AV2 which I've nothing connected to, so I turn off and try again and it turns the TV on and cycles down three more AV inputs. To test this theory further I got it finally to the Satellite input on the TV and selected the Satellite activity on the remote and it duly cycled down to the AV input three away
I then setup another activity to get the harmony to select my digital TV AV input (which is the second AV input on the TV on the activity set up screens) and you guessed it, it does not select the Digital setup but instead cycles to the next AV input two down from the one last in use...
Same result whether I use the remote, the app or Google Home shortcuts

EDIT found setting for cycling through AV inputs, works but falls over if I use the original remote to change AV input

These remotes are geared towards people with av receiver setups.
With that you never have to change input source at the TV.they obviously work without but can be extremely annoying if your TV can't directly change source (without cycling)

MayoForSam

I tried setting mine up but my missus is not convinced and continues to use her trusty old Sky remote, which messes up the Harmony settings :mad:

It has great potential and was very handy for controlling my Nvidia Shield, as well as jumping to the BBC channels on Sky, but alas it has to go. I've put it up on Adverts.

bk

MayoForSam wrote: »

I tried setting mine up but my missus is not convinced and continues to use her trusty old Sky remote, which messes up the Harmony settings :mad:

It has great potential and was very handy for controlling my Nvidia Shield, as well as jumping to the BBC channels on Sky, but alas it has to go. I've put it up on Adverts.

Take the batteries out of the Sky remote and put it in a cupboard.

That is what you need to do with these remotes and what I did. These completely replace your existing remote, there is no reason to use your old remote, as you say it just messes things up.

OldMrBrennan83

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The high horse brigade

Is AP isolation enabled on your wireless router?