![]() ![]() If you only use a couple remotes then the answer is probably not. Now there is the question of whether buying a $249.99 remote control is actually worth it. I’m happy to say that my experience with the Logitech Harmony Touch has been much better. I’ve tried Harmony remotes in the past and always had problems getting them to work with my equipment. Works for me, but I wish I could automate it □ So now in order to watch TV, I press the Watch TV activity and then wait for everything to come on and then as soon as it switches back to TV/CD, I press the Mute button to go back to CBL/SAT. I can add other commands to the end of the Activity, but just not that specific one… To get around the problem, I changed the assignment of the physical Mute button on the remote to be the CBL/SAT input button. I was hoping I would be able to manually add an extra button press to the end of the Watch TV activity macro, but as far as I can tell, there’s no way to add that particular command. Sometimes I have to press the CBL/SAT input button 2 times before it “sticks” and doesn’t revert back to TV/CD. For some weird reason, I can turn on the TV, DVR and receiver and press the CBL/SAT input button to switch the audio input and a few seconds later, the input will automatically switch back to the TV/CD on the receiver. It’s a problem I’ve had since getting my Samsung TV and Onkyo TX-SR608 receiver. Other than my issue with syncing the settings via the web app, the only other problem I ran into was when I was trying to fix a problem with my Watch TV activity. Using the Harmony is definitely more convenient than using multiple remotes. I wish the remote was smart enough to know when I want to use gestures and not require me to switch to the gesture screen, which I can never seem to remember how to bring it up. ![]() It’s just that you have to manually switch to the different modes. The touch screen and the physical buttons all work well. You can also use gestures to fast forward, rewind, play, pause and change channels up/down. Tapping 123 will bring up a number pad so you can manually switch channels that might not be in your favorites list. Tapping the Star button will display a scrolling list of your favorite 50 channels. In my case, Watch TV will turn on my Samsung TV, my DirecTV DVR and my Onkyo A/V receiver. You can swipe the screen to scroll through the activities and then tap on it to perform the commands associated with that activity. If you tap the Home button, you’ll see the main activities screen that you see above. The remote is always on, so as soon as you touch it, it’s ready for action. I have been using it for about a week now and have found that it works pretty well except for a few quirks. This was annoying to say the least and happens each time I want to update the remote with a new activity, favorite channels, new device, etc.Īfter successfully syncing the settings to the remote, I was able to start testing it. When this happened a couple of times, I had to reboot the computer in order for it to work. ![]() This is where I ran into a little trouble… Several times on more than one occasion, syncing would make the fans on my Macbook Air start running full blast and would freeze the sync process until I unplugged the remote from the USB port. ![]() After you’ve setup the devices and created an activity, you can sync the data to the remote by connecting the included USB cable. ![]()
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